87 R20 5.7L Dying when Idling

[shiftpro]

Sadly, when active men retire from work and sit around idle all day, they soon die.

 

[RetroC10Sport]

I'd dance at your wedding if you did. Alternately, I have beer and some other foreign alcohol.

I will see when she is available and let you know. I know Mother's day is next weekend so she might be busy (I'd sort of adopted Abby a couple of years ago, hah. Super bright kid and wants to learn everything squarebody). She's excited to meet Maureen.

 

[Craig 85]

As an aside, can anyone tell me what some of these missing hoses would go to (like that last photo)?

I'm not sure which engine code you have, but look at post #'s 32, 34, 35 & 38. They apply to 1987 TBI 5.7's.

http://www.gmsquarebody.com/threads/under-hood-vacuum-diagram-and-tuning-stickers.3520/

 

[fussfeld]

i'm going to guess that you need new injectors, but really we should do an organized, systematic way to diagnose and fix the problem.

 

[Raffles]

Sorry for being MIA - been traveling a lot for work.

I fired her up this morning to continue troubleshooting, and she ran like a champ. I drove her around the neighborhood for about 15 minutes, stopping anytime I could, and she refused to die. I got nothing.

 

[Ol Blue 2018]

The missing hoses (two ports at the pump and one on the air cleaner) in the last photo are for emissions. AKA smog pump. I would not worry about that at this point, nor the plastic intake hose, nor the pre heater hose that runs from the exhaust manifold up to the air cleaner.

I would drive it, look for trouble codes and and read about TBI's. Get a vacuum gauge and watch a couple you tube videos on how to use one. And get familiar with Rockauto.com. haha

Good luck !

 

[4WDKC]

you never mentioned if you did the IAC relearn after replacing the battery. Did you mess with the IAC when you cleaned the TBI?

 

[RetroC10Sport]

Any more updates? Abby still wants Bertha to meet Maureen.