Satsuma simply won't stay running

[StoneC0ld]

Everything is assembled.
MSCEditor shows no damaged parts.
MSCEditor shows nothing unbolted that should be bolted.
MSCEditor shows everything in good maintenance. (Okay, so I cheated and used the "fix" button on a bunch of it...)
MSCEditor maintenance page shows everything should be in good adjustment.
Air/fuel mixture shows okay, or at least okay enough to not explain why it's doing what it's doing.
Choke or no choke, makes no difference.

But, the Satsuma just won't stay running. Just keeps stalling. If I keep revving the engine to try to keep it running, it regularly hesitates and momentarily completely ignores my throttle inputs as it tries to stall.
I'm out of ideas. Any ideas why my Satsuma is refusing to stay running longer than 30 seconds?

[dis0nored]

Do you have gasoline, coolant, motor oil, break fluid?

[StoneC0ld]

Apparently I did forget to put the one radiator hose back on and refill the coolant (so many alt-F4's and putting that back on many times while fighting with this). Put it back on, refilled the coolant. All fluids are fine, althought unless something changed in the last patch, I've never had this behavior from lack of any particular fluid.
Still refuses to idle at a smooth RPM, and still stalls.

[Pete]

Most likely distributor timing. Advance it until it starts to ping, then back a notch. Dont forget to screw it back down afterwards.

Oh, and try new spark plugs if that doesn't work. Spark plugs are seperate items so they don't show up in MSCE unless you open up items.txt

[dis0nored]

Have you adjusted that air intake?? there's dashboard gauge that tells u air/fuel ratio, its gotta be in the green zone

[StoneC0ld]

As I said in my original post, air/fuel ratio is fine. Spark plugs are brand new.
As of the moment I'm typing this, I'm about to go into the game and try a manual adjustment of the distributor. I had used MSCEditor to adjust it, but maybe it failed to do so properly....

Edit: Manually adjusted the distributor, which was, indeed, pinging. Although, still needs fine-tuning, since it's currently backed off several clicks from where it starts pinging. Engine now idles and stays running, although still does not stay running smoothly. RPM still drops on a regular basis.

[StoneC0ld]

Haven't been able to touch the game since my last post....

And now, I'm right back to the Satsuma refusing to stay running at all, without me having to keep the gas pedal on the floor. Almost literally.
I can hold the gas pedal to the floor, and the engine RPM keeps going up and down and up and down, like there's a big brake on the crankshaft that keeps cycling on and off.
Satsuma report still says there's no damaged parts, and everything is in good maintenance.

I do not see this effect in any other vehicle, just the Satsuma.

I can capture a video demonstrating the problem and post it on youtube, just let me know if there's anything specific that you'd need me to show in the video....

[Choose]

Make sure the sparkplugs are tighten down.
Sparkplugs are not saved in the "defaultES2File".

[RinChanMeow]

Originally posted by StoneC0ld:

Haven't been able to touch the game since my last post....

And now, I'm right back to the Satsuma refusing to stay running at all, without me having to keep the gas pedal on the floor. Almost literally.
I can hold the gas pedal to the floor, and the engine RPM keeps going up and down and up and down, like there's a big brake on the crankshaft that keeps cycling on and off.
Satsuma report still says there's no damaged parts, and everything is in good maintenance.

I do not see this effect in any other vehicle, just the Satsuma.

I can capture a video demonstrating the problem and post it on youtube, just let me know if there's anything specific that you'd need me to show in the video....

Yeah, a video or the savefile would be good, because that sounds like it's the sparkplugs, even though you say they're fine

[StoneC0ld]

Ok, so apparently I'm an idiot.... LOL ;)

While recording that video, I decide to swap out the spark plugs for new ones. So, I captured a video of myself finding out that all four spark plugs were not tightened down. Not one click.

*facepalm*

Tightened them down, now it runs and idles perfectly.

Thanks! :)

[Legendary_Frank]

Originally posted by StoneC0ld:

Ok, so apparently I'm an idiot.... LOL ;)

While recording that video, I decide to swap out the spark plugs for new ones. So, I captured a video of myself finding out that all four spark plugs were not tightened down. Not one click.

*facepalm*

Tightened them down, now it runs and idles perfectly.

Thanks! :)

I have the Weber manifold on mine with fuel injection and the turbo and it runs like ♥♥♥♥ I removed the distributor and I just checked my spark plugs and they are tight what do I do I can barley drive it I need like a new fuel table or something

[Legendary_Frank]

Originally posted by John (Chirch):

Originally posted by Legendary_Frank:

I have the Weber manifold on mine with fuel injection and the turbo and it runs like ♥♥♥♥ I removed the distributor and I just checked my spark plugs and they are tight what do I do I can barley drive it I need like a new fuel table or something

Nice necro.

does it really matter cause this was the only solution I could find