Problem with my Datsun

[pinto]

Help needed .. My Navara with VG30E fuel injected engine has developed a flat spot on acceleration . When cold it runs like a carburetor engine with a huge flat spot and the flat spot is still there when hot but not as bad. I have cleaned the maf sensor , air filter etc Any ideas as to the problem ?? Cheers

 

[amber.2]

Looks like you have traveled many dusty roads , Have you changed your Air filter and fuel filter ?

 

[KevinE]

Seeing as it runs off a distributor, have you checked the spark timing? If that's out, everything is out. It's pretty easy to check using an old fashioned timing light.

 

[erol ashık]

Help needed .. My Navara with VG30E fuel injected engine has developed a flat spot on acceleration . When cold it runs like a carburetor engine with a huge flat spot and the flat spot is still there when hot but not as bad. I have cleaned the maf sensor , air filter etc Any ideas as to the problem ?? Cheers

Is it a Datsun B210 ?

 

[Old.Tony]

Timing is definitely a possibility, but also consider the timing advance - it may be sticking, and not advancing quickly like it's supposed to. Older distributors had a pair of weights on an arm that spun under the rotor that would swing out and change the position of the points (thus advancing the timing). Easiest way to test this is with a timing light. It might be as simple as adding some WD40 to the workings in the distributor and if that works, consider disassembly + cleaning + replacing any worn/corroded parts.