Help please 1990 excel...
somejoshguy
07-27-2008, 11:51 PM
My mom 1990 excel either wont start, or after a few minutes of running the car just shuts down. There is a buzzing sound coming from under the dash when its not working right, and sometimes its fine. Sometimes after it shut down if u let it sit it starts back up.We dont know how to fix it. Under the dash there is a ECU relay, or the engine control unit could eithe rof these be the problem?
giddymatt
08-13-2009, 12:51 PM
Just a few quick questions
1. Does it swing over when it stop?
2. Is it carburetor or fuel injector?
1. Does it swing over when it stop?
2. Is it carburetor or fuel injector?
denisond3
08-17-2009, 11:17 AM
Its been over a year since the posting you responded to - so its likely their Hyundai is long since fixed, or even more likely discarded.
However, I have an 87 Excel in good shape body-wise, with the little Mikuni carb on the Mitsubishi motor. And I wish there was an (inexpensive) aftermarket replacement for that carb. I have about the same type of carb on the family's two 87 Dodge Caravans, and its the weakpoint of the entire vehicle if you ask me. I would get a 'rebuilt', but my experience with the Mikuni's is that another one will just have another annoying issue. And they are expensive. (I only paid $550 for the running Excel). Mine runs the car too lean at an idle, making it hard to start off decently from stoplights.
Mine is a 4 speed, and I bought it to get good mileage, thinking it would have a 5 speed. So.... I got a junkyard 5 speed tranny and plan to swap it for the 4 speed. I only get about 31 mpg in town (the suburbs), & havent taken it on long enough highway trips to learn its open road MPG. (It needs a clutch soon, so will get the clutch and the 5 speed as soon as my daughter has her baby and I get my other daughter's Saturn fixed for the annual safety inspection.
I wasnt able to find any 1st gen. Excels/Precis/etc. in the junkyards near me. Even at the Hyundai dealership the 4 salesmen all came out to the parking lot when I pulled up to the parts department. None of them had even seen a 1st gen. Excel that was still running. !! Luckily there is ebay, and junkyards from Newfoundland to Quartzite AZ are 'accessible' from my computer.
In 3 more years I will be able to put antique tags on the Excel, in VA, or in TX - where body rust isnt much of a problem.
However, I have an 87 Excel in good shape body-wise, with the little Mikuni carb on the Mitsubishi motor. And I wish there was an (inexpensive) aftermarket replacement for that carb. I have about the same type of carb on the family's two 87 Dodge Caravans, and its the weakpoint of the entire vehicle if you ask me. I would get a 'rebuilt', but my experience with the Mikuni's is that another one will just have another annoying issue. And they are expensive. (I only paid $550 for the running Excel). Mine runs the car too lean at an idle, making it hard to start off decently from stoplights.
Mine is a 4 speed, and I bought it to get good mileage, thinking it would have a 5 speed. So.... I got a junkyard 5 speed tranny and plan to swap it for the 4 speed. I only get about 31 mpg in town (the suburbs), & havent taken it on long enough highway trips to learn its open road MPG. (It needs a clutch soon, so will get the clutch and the 5 speed as soon as my daughter has her baby and I get my other daughter's Saturn fixed for the annual safety inspection.
I wasnt able to find any 1st gen. Excels/Precis/etc. in the junkyards near me. Even at the Hyundai dealership the 4 salesmen all came out to the parking lot when I pulled up to the parts department. None of them had even seen a 1st gen. Excel that was still running. !! Luckily there is ebay, and junkyards from Newfoundland to Quartzite AZ are 'accessible' from my computer.
In 3 more years I will be able to put antique tags on the Excel, in VA, or in TX - where body rust isnt much of a problem.
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