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Well guys i dont know where i can really start.
I am having alot of loss of power in my sol. I will go to step on the gass to get up and going and what will happen is im getting a BIG lag in power and then maybe 10 to 50 ft it will kick it like nasty vtech lag is a good way to put it but i dont have vtech. LOL Then if i let the car sit it will just try and die and has a hard time trying to run. Also im having problems with the car trying to crank over so i thought i had a bad bat so i put an other one in it will a good charge and i will still getting the cranking over problems.
So i wanted to know if there is anyone that might know whats going on or at least try to help me fix my sol without taking it to a shop and paying like 100$ an hour just to get bsed around.
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time to replace the fuel filter
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for the fuel filter would i get some kind of light on my car? does anyone know how much those cost?
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Change plugs, fuel filter, rotor, and cap this should solve any problems you have. If it doesnt you might have a something major wrong. Does it sputter or just bog down? sputter could be miss fire or bad plugs. If when it takes off and the car is running ok does it make minor noises like it is running rough? could be something like a sucked valve and thats bad.
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Change plugs, fuel filter, rotor, and cap this should solve any problems you have. If it doesnt you might have a something major wrong. Does it sputter or just bog down? sputter could be miss fire or bad plugs. If when it takes off and the car is running ok does it make minor noises like it is running rough? could be something like a sucked valve and thats bad.
Well it is kind of boged down when i tryed to drive it and then it kicks in. But when im trying to start it and it's cranking it will sputter and back fire. it will crank 1 or 2 times stop then i try then it sputters and fires over.
I was also told on honda's that if you have a bad ground and the bats not taking a charge it can make alot of problems also.
When i was just letting the car run and charge the bat it died like it was out of gass or somting.
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Does anyone have the real book on the del sol i might be able to look at and read?????
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Don't forget the air filter too. Do the tune-up stuff first and see if that helps the hard starting problem due to maybe the lack of fuel.
Geo
President
Team Sol of Washington
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The fule Filter sounds like what it could be from the way it is trying to start not getting the gass it needs.
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My first thought is fuel starvation. How...why, I don't know. [img]frown.gif[/img]
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i would try replacing your fuel filter first. if that doesnt fix the problem then start on the other stuff. the fuel filter needs to be replaced every 30,000 miles anyway and it would also be a cheap fix if that the problem which most likely it is. the same thing happened to me so im almost possitive that the problem.
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Well where is the damn thing on the del sol? LOL can anyone take a pic of it becasue i bet it's looking me right in the face. also how much is cheep????
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the filter is on the left side just on the right side of your battery. there is a nut on top of it with a pipe going through it. well they usely only cost no more then $20
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$24 for the Honda replacement and it's every 60K for '93-'94 after that for '95-'97 it's 100K, different design. On the aftermarket ones I'm not sure of when to change them, it maybe 30K.
By the way take care on the banjo bolt, it will give you fits to take off, the other one is a piece of cake and be sure to install all the washers needed or it will leak, not a good thing at all.
One more thing, only use flare wrenches to take off the fitting or your guaranteed to strip the banjo bolt.
Geo
President
Team Sol of Washington
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<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ September 30, 2005 04:11 PM: Message edited by: Geo VP ]</font>
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Well i really hope with your guys help we can fix the sol [img]frown.gif[/img] Thanks for the tip on the filter geo. every 60k sounds right. I have had the car 3 years and put about 120k on it. I have really been good out up keep things on the car and never thought of that filter.
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another thing you could be loosing compression in a cylinder i have heard of that make sure your sparkplugs are tight also that happend to my mirage
but the fuel filter also sounds like a problem
if you still havnt found it its black canister looking thing about the same size as a pop can around and it has brass fittings bolted to the fire wall beside yoru battery
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Yeah it's just really strange how the car started to drive and all that.
