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Rich wrote:

Paul wrote:

David E. Munday wrote:

On Sun, 08 Aug 1999 00:41:01 -0700, Paul <rotaryeng@earthlink.net>
wrote:

Al Fuller wrote:

Question:  What would make a rotary start right up, and then shut down
[probably from fuel starvation] within 5 seconds or so?

Any ideas??

Is sounds like a massive intake leak.  Mine had one of those the first
time I ran it.  Only a small fraction of the intake air is passing
through the air flow meter, and it forces the mix WAY lean.

This also sounds like a similar problem I had on my 93 Ford Probe. It
wouldn't idle. Keep the RPM's up & everything was fine. Let off on the
gas pedal & it stalled every time. I found out I had a bad MAF (Mass Air
Flow) sensor. This is installed right in the air intake stream.
Hope this helps.

Rich

 
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