Milano starting woes

[AlfaNeely@domain.elided]

       That could be a ground problem.  When I overhauled my Milano, I failed 
to hook up the ground wire from the plenum to the block.  It would not start 
and I could not figure out why.
       Not sure if there is a place to ground the individual fuel rails or 
not.  But it does sound like a problem with one of the fuel rails.
       You can test and free up the injectors.  Unplug the wire from each 
injector body.  Run a jumper wire from ground to one of the two terminals on 
each injector.  Quickly put 12 volts to the other terminal.  The injector 
should click.  Click it several times to free it up.  But do not leave the 
current attached too long or you could turn the injector to toast.

Ciao,
Russ Neely
Oklahoma City



In a message dated 10/12/2002 7:50:51 PM Central Daylight Time, 
owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:




> Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 15:03:15 -0500
> From: David Morales <davidm@domain.elided>
> Subject: Milano starting woes
> 
> My 87 Milano Gold had not been started for about nine months. When I
> parked it (indoors), it ran fine. I did take off the throttle body,
> plenum, injector rail and intake runners, plus valve covers, and changed
> the timing belt. Everything is back in place and connected correctly;
> the valve timing is also right. When I start the engine, it runs well,
> but a few seconds later, as soon as the cold-start injector closes, the
> engine stalls. I've managed to keep it running (sort of) by opening and
> closing the throttle repeatedly. Once the engine warms up somewhat, it
> runs on its own, but just on the three right-bank cylinders --the three
> on the left spark fine, but there is no mixture being ignited. Because
> the engine runs on all pistons when the cold-start valve is open, it
> seems like the three left injectors are not doing their thing, but I
> have no idea why; from what I understand, all the injectors are
> connected in parallel, so they should all open simultaneously. 
> 
> Is it possible that those three injectors are stuck? If so, how to
> unstick them? Maybe some ground wire I can't find, or a hidden fuse? All
> suggestions welcome. 
> 
> Best luck,
> 
> David Morales
> Stubborn '87 Milano Gold
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