22re/celica

[ducman]

hi, i bought a '83 celica gt with a toasted 22re motor that had been pulled from car. motor that came with car had spun a crank bearing so i bought a 22r motor and swapped on the efi to that block and put it in my car. the problem is the car will start and run for 2-7 seconds than quit. sometimes i can restart the car which will run for less time or not at all immediately following the first start. after waiting a minute or two the same senario will happen,start for aliitle than quit then maybe restart maybe not. if i sqirt starting fluid in the car it will run until i quit with the starting fluid. i have between 36 and 38 psi fuel pressure. i have firing signal to two of the four injectors(figured it should stay running on at least two cylinders if the other two are not firing). i have between 155 and 165 psi compression. i have replaced the timing chain, distributor cap and rotor, and sparkplugs. i have added new gas to the existing gas which may be old. does anyone think the motor will act like this on old gas or is there another problem?
thanks for any help.

[Wraith]

Originally posted by ducman
hi, i bought a '83 celica gt with a toasted 22re motor that had been pulled from car. motor that came with car had spun a crank bearing so i bought a 22r motor and swapped on the efi to that block and put it in my car. the problem is the car will start and run for 2-7 seconds than quit. sometimes i can restart the car which will run for less time or not at all immediately following the first start. after waiting a minute or two the same senario will happen,start for aliitle than quit then maybe restart maybe not. if i sqirt starting fluid in the car it will run until i quit with the starting fluid. i have between 36 and 38 psi fuel pressure. i have firing signal to two of the four injectors(figured it should stay running on at least two cylinders if the other two are not firing). i have between 155 and 165 psi compression. i have replaced the timing chain, distributor cap and rotor, and sparkplugs. i have added new gas to the existing gas which may be old. does anyone think the motor will act like this on old gas or is there another problem?
thanks for any help.

You might want to get all four injectors wired first before starting the motor... Starting fluid is close to gasoline in its combustion characteristic... So your starving the motor... Try wiring all injectors before starting it up...

[ducman]

wiring all injectors? i have them all hooked up to the harness already. i just checked signals to the two i could unhook the easiest. i have been doing more to the car with no more luck. i swapped out the entire fuel rail (injectors, fuel regulator, and pulse dampener), igniter/coil assembly, a sensor on the fender(don't know what it's for but i changed it out anyway), and the cold start injector, all with the same results. the car just won't stay running. one other note, it seems as though the only run time the engine will offer is off the cold start injector, if i unplug this the car will not fire at all so it seems like the regular injectors just are not firing. i think my next step is to change out the distributor and/or ecu. any other ideas. thanks.