Classic-00-Crew
OBS Enthusiast
So, had fuel in the intake, rough idle and seemed like hesitation when up to cruising speed and trying to accelerate. Still drivable but just not right. Ordered a FJ504 and installed it with no issues. I'd had the heads off of this motor a few months back so I remembered how it all came apart and actually did the job right at 2 hours while on shift at the FD haha. Buttoned it all back up and it fired right up and ran like a champ. The next morning when I got off however it was slow starting. Probably took a good 2 seconds to fire then it stumbled to life. Seemed to run fine after that though. Now I have to cycle the pump 3 or 4 times before it will start normally. If I don't it takes forever like it did that first day. Am I to assume that I got a bad spider out of the box? Because obviously my pressure is bleeding off over the course of a few hours. It takes it 3-4 hours to bleed down to where its noticeable on startup. Another possibility I thought of was if I somehow knocked one of the o rings off the connections on the hard lines would that cause it? I assume there is a check valve up in the spider itself that should hold fuel in it even if I did lose the ring. I've looked and I don't see any fuel leaking externally so Im leaning towards the unit itself being bad. Also just a note, as of 3 months ago it has a brand new Delphi fuel pump and fuel filter. So with the exception of the lines the whole system is new. Just want a few opinions in case ive missed something obvious before I go to tearing into it again. Thanks!
