Replaced timing belt and water pump, car starts and dies....

[FestYboy]

ummm make sure there's no holes in the intake tube that would allow air to get in past the VAF, that can easily cause your issues.

[Larry Hampton]

I cannot find hole one. Again, it start acting stupid all of a sudden. The rubber intake hose is fine, I haven't pulled the plastic one. I'm thinking of putting a fuel pressure tester on the car.at.idle. but when I pull the fuel line off the intake, I get a lot of fuel coming out. I wonder if the return is clogged maybe?

[FestYboy]

if the return was cloged, you'd never know it aside from poor fuel milage.

[Larry Hampton]

Okay, if the intake tube had holes, why would unplugging the VAF make a difference?

At idle, with the VAF off the car and unplugged, holding your hand over the rubber tube will collapse and kill the car. Can't hear any sucking noises either.

We soldered the VAF, but it still doesn't work.

No idea as to the age of the gas, it might also be E10 that has attracted H2O......

[Pu241]

Can't speak to the first two lines of the above.

Check the connections at the VAF very carefully, I've done this and I do not possess the skills of an EE. Only other option is to check that the connector to the VAF is making good contact. They can get bent/burned/corroded and cause issues. As a last resort place a [WTB] and see if anyone near by has a known good unit, but only as a last resort. Do you have a member(s) near by that you can swap in a known good unit to confirm VAF failure.

Open the sender/pump access port under the rear seat carpet and remove the sender/pump assembly. Using a good nylon brush and gloves, scrub as much of the inside of the tank as you can get to. Then ASAP unbolt the tank drain and see what comes out. If it's nasty looking try to filter the crud from draining the tank so you and use it to flush out more crud by refilling and scrubbing. Repeat as necessary. You might have to purchase new clean gas for flushing, if it's coming out really bad. At which point a new sock filter for the pump would be a good investment.
Good luck with the tank and VAF.

[Larry Hampton]

Went and picked up another Festy this evening, i'll put its VAF on tomorrow and see if that helps.

[Larry Hampton]

Put the blue car VAF on and it runs perfect, so maybe the red VAF went bad before I took it apart. What do they go for used on here? I had a hard time searching for one.

[91mcnasty]

I have an extra!

[Larry Hampton]

Also, is there a way to test the old one? It.like a rheostat (sp?) Right?

[Larry Hampton]

I have an extra!

How much shipped on the slow ride to 73103?

[FestYboy]

yeah you can test, i'll have to pull up the factory manual and then type it out, but it's failry easy.

[Larry Hampton]

That would be cool, or just scan it and email it to me.