[T3] a stumper!

Max Welton max.welton.2k at gmail.com
Sun May 16 08:06:31 PDT 2021


Maybe a harmonic that shows up in that range and is making some
connection unhappy?

Max

On Sun, May 16, 2021 at 8:16 AM Keith Park <topnotch at nycap.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Once the 2056 went in, for the first few hundred miles I had a miss between
> 2000 and 3000 RPM, fine at idle, fine about 3000 RPM, but it would go lean
> and miss,
>
> But it's a chicken or the egg issue, is it showing lean on the AFR because
> its missing or is it missing because it IS going lean?
>
> Anywho, I checked sensors, swapped out injectors, pressure sensors, looked
> for vacuum leaks and finally swapped out the control unit and it fixed it.
> Well,
>
> Its back, but intermittently, sometimes its fine.
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> But.  WHAT could be causing a lean or missing issue ONLY between 2000 and
> 3000 RPM UNDER ANY THROTTLE RANGE?  I did pull the control unit again,
> tighten up the plug and used some contact cleaner on it and it was fine for
> a few miles after that but it came back on the way to the camp,  idles
> perfect, runs perfect on the highway, its just in that RPM range..
>
>
>
> Ideas?  I don't get stumped often but.
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> It's a 2056 but stock D jet.
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> Keith
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