my brat misses at high RPM, it has little power, and hesitates when starting out.

Asked by tommycalc56 Apr 07, 2017 at 01:06 PM about the 1986 Subaru BRAT GL Standard Cab

Question type: General

this car has had everything gone through including a new fuel pump, rebuilt carburetor, tank dropped and cleaned all new fuel filters, new plugs, wires, distributor cap and rotor, valves adjusted compression checked, the only thing I have not done to this car is replace the engine.  yesterday I pulled the carburetor to check the gasket and after putting new one on I started it and it started blowing white smoke, not sure if the intake manifold is leaking or it has a blown head gasket at this point, but there is no water in my oil and compression is still good in all cylinders.   any help would be aprreciated

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Kelly answered 7 years ago

spray some carb cleaner around everything...could be a lean miss power issue...

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GuruXGP5 answered 7 years ago

I will try that seeing it is about the only thing I have not tried yet. Thanks for the advice

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F_O_R answered 7 years ago

Did you replace the coil pack? Have you checked the catalytic converter?

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GuruXGP5 answered 7 years ago

coil pack is new I put one in yesterday, catalytic converter seems to be ok, but not sure how to check it?

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asafbmw answered 7 years ago

Run the engin on idle. Pool out waires one at the time from cilender 1and 3 and lessen to the sound of the engine. If each time you fool a wire and the engine dosnot cheing the sound you probably have a problem with the. ERG valve take it off and check if the valve is not moving. If soo tray to relics it or replace it . Good luck.

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