My Engine replacement odyssey - 1994 HR
My engine replacement odyssey has begun. I posted questions about the 460 V8 in my 1994 Holiday Rambler some time back and after much engine diagnosis and finally laboratory analysis of my crankcase o...
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IT’S ALIVE! IT’S ALIVE!!!
I finally fired up my RV’s new engine and set the dynamic ignition timing, and tested the engines running with the SPOUT* plug reconnected and she appears to run fine. I haven’t hooked up the cooling system yet so I was only able to run the engine for a very short time, but it starts right up and seems to run fine.
All I have left is to install the fan and belt pulley, the two serpentine belts, the radiator and shroud, and hook up about a dozen other miscellaneous things and it’s done!
Steve
*Removing the SPOUT (Spark OUTput of the ECU) plug temporarily disables the engines computer controlled ignition timing. It’s akin to unplugging the distributer vacuum advance when timing earlier engines.
BTW the only problem I had starting the engine was that apparently the fuel injectors and associated injector tubing had lost their prime while removed from my old engine and it wouldn’t start, it would just “burp”. I asked a knowledgeable friend and he said to switch the ignition on and off for about 30 cycles. That was taking a long time so I gambled and put a small shot of starting fluid down the throttle body throats and it fired up and then stalled. I did it a second time and it stayed running, the injectors were finally primed! Now it starts and runs without hesitation, or the need for starting fluid.
I finally fired up my RV’s new engine and set the dynamic ignition timing, and tested the engines running with the SPOUT* plug reconnected and she appears to run fine. I haven’t hooked up the cooling system yet so I was only able to run the engine for a very short time, but it starts right up and seems to run fine.
All I have left is to install the fan and belt pulley, the two serpentine belts, the radiator and shroud, and hook up about a dozen other miscellaneous things and it’s done!
Steve
*Removing the SPOUT (Spark OUTput of the ECU) plug temporarily disables the engines computer controlled ignition timing. It’s akin to unplugging the distributer vacuum advance when timing earlier engines.
BTW the only problem I had starting the engine was that apparently the fuel injectors and associated injector tubing had lost their prime while removed from my old engine and it wouldn’t start, it would just “burp”. I asked a knowledgeable friend and he said to switch the ignition on and off for about 30 cycles. That was taking a long time so I gambled and put a small shot of starting fluid down the throttle body throats and it fired up and then stalled. I did it a second time and it stayed running, the injectors were finally primed! Now it starts and runs without hesitation, or the need for starting fluid.
