hi i posted 1 time already i am a newbie i could not find my posted so i am posting again ..... here is my prob i hope someone can help me pls i am in a really bad way i love my car and really want to drive in again its been 6 months first the problem started that it would whip lash me all of a sudden so i took it home barly made it home got it home it would start up fine every time but if i would hold the gas pedel down it would go to abotu 5 grand and gurgle could not blow the engine if u wanted to....and when u put the car in gear to go foward or backwards it woudl die soon as u release the clutch....i put a cheep 3 dollar inline fuel filter on the car and seems it worked i got to drive it for 3 days in them 3 days car stoped 2 times i let it sit and then started back up and and it ran i took it home parked it tryed to get in and started it on the 3rd day after i thought i fixed it and it would not start... payed to get dignosics on the car and the man told me was the fuel distrubutor cause it leeked alittle and was not getting gas to the injectors but when i had it it was and when u push down on the thorttle body it ran good and u coudl blow engine if u wanted to i mean it ran strong i dont know where to go from here i am running out of options i dont know what to do they said they check the vacum lines and its fine and they said the fuel pump was adaquate putting out fuel .... what should i do pls help me i love porscheand i love my car pls someone help me i will do anything i am told to do

 

did you or did you not change the fuel distributor?

 

i have not changed it no my friend
cause it used to leak before like it is now and ran fine tho it is a fire hazard but it ran before fine

 

if that thing is leaking fuel STOP TURNING IT ON!!!!! RIGHT NOW

 

what should i do i was told that it needs to be replaced because that it leaks but after that he still cant tell me for sure if the car will run and start i dont have the 800 dollars to buy a rebuilt one what do i do

 

If it is leaking, it really does need to be rebuilt.
It probably needs some new gaskets.
At the same time, you can clean the fuel screens, in case they are clogged.
One idea is that it might have clogged screens, and because the CIS is such
high fuel pressure, it caused the distributor to leak, from the blockage...
Perhaps if you clean it out, and reseal it, it might work.
But it would probably be easier to just get a used one from a wrecked car, or junkyard, and swap it out...

 

where i live they call a Porsche a portch they dont know what they are i live in a small town does anyone know where i could find one cheeper i am really desprate and omg i would love to drive my car once again

 

will a 1979 928 porsche fuel distributor work on a 1981 manfatured but supposedly 82 euro pls if someone can tell me if it will fit that would be a great help...thank u

 

If you can make it to Blacksburg, there is a small independent import garage here called Gabor's that does good work. I have seen a few 928s out front and many 914s, 924s, and 944s. That might be something to consider if replacing the fuel distributer doesn't solve the problem.

 

thank u flayingdog do u know tho if the 1979 fuel distrubutor works on a 81/82 928 porsche

 

All the fuel distributors are the same. You need an understanding of CIS injection ,it operates and meters fuel based on fuel pressures. The warm up control pressure regulator is setting the mixture ALL the time and it is possible that the problem is the WARMUP regulator and not the fuel distributor but only by attaching two fuel pressure gauges and actually measuring system and control pressure can anyone determine the cause of your poor running condition. My guess is it is that it is the warmup regulator. At one point in time Bosche was rumored to have said 1/2 of all the core fuel distributors sent in for rebuilding were FINE !!! Mercedes ,VW, Volvo, 911 all used CIS for many years.

 

Jim, I hear this all the time, I look at the wsm and pet and they show cold start regulator and warm up valve can you please educate me

 

Rixter,

Did you mean cold start "valve" and warm up "regulator"? Pressure control regulator is used synonymously with warm up regulator in the manuals.

 

thanks Scott, the diff names get confusing

 

is this also auxiliary air regulator?