tech problem
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2001 10:58 am
get a heat gun, put your car up on some big jackstands, and heat the whole
fuel line until you're sure that it's all thawed out. =)
No. just kidding. Don't do that, you'll explode yourself, and more
importantly, the car.
in other words, i have no idea, and i like using commas today.
good luck..
Jason
>well yesterday on my 91 legacy turbo i was trouble shooting a vaccuum
>problem. found it to be my turboXS boost controller... turned it down to
>stock levels, and all was fine. then 3 hours later at night i go to get
>into
>my car and start it again, it started and IMMEDIATELY stopped. tried it
>3-4
>more times and the same result. this morning, i tried it and it just
>cranks
>without starting. last night it started for about 1 second, then died. i
>tried keeping foot on the gas, diddnt do a thing... what i am thinking is
>doing this, please help me out here peeps, is when it dropped below
>freezing
>last night quite fast it froze some water in the fuel lines, thus not
>letting
>the fuel through, or im out of gas (shows about 1/8th tank.). i have a
>haynes manual here and it offers some ideas like:
>1 loose or faulty electrical connections at coil or alternator
>2 insufficient fuel reaching the injectors *
>3 vaccuum leak between the intake and plenum
>4 idle speed incorrect
>
>those are all found under engine starts but stops immediately
>
>now, under engine rotates but wont start it lists the same PLUS:
>1 fuel empty (1/8th tank)
>2 battery discharged (cranks very lively, no issues)
>3 battery connections loose, (um no)
>4 leaky injectors (no gas smell)
>5 broken timing belt (nope)
>6 ignition componanats wet (from what?)
>7 incorrectly gapped plugs (they are new iridiums)
>8 broken loose wires in starting circuit (? not sure)
>9 broken or loose wires at coil or faulty coil
>
>so theres what we got... when you combine the two problems, sounds more
>like
>a fuel issue, any ideas folks?
>
>mike
>
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fuel line until you're sure that it's all thawed out. =)
No. just kidding. Don't do that, you'll explode yourself, and more
importantly, the car.
in other words, i have no idea, and i like using commas today.
good luck..
Jason
>well yesterday on my 91 legacy turbo i was trouble shooting a vaccuum
>problem. found it to be my turboXS boost controller... turned it down to
>stock levels, and all was fine. then 3 hours later at night i go to get
>into
>my car and start it again, it started and IMMEDIATELY stopped. tried it
>3-4
>more times and the same result. this morning, i tried it and it just
>cranks
>without starting. last night it started for about 1 second, then died. i
>tried keeping foot on the gas, diddnt do a thing... what i am thinking is
>doing this, please help me out here peeps, is when it dropped below
>freezing
>last night quite fast it froze some water in the fuel lines, thus not
>letting
>the fuel through, or im out of gas (shows about 1/8th tank.). i have a
>haynes manual here and it offers some ideas like:
>1 loose or faulty electrical connections at coil or alternator
>2 insufficient fuel reaching the injectors *
>3 vaccuum leak between the intake and plenum
>4 idle speed incorrect
>
>those are all found under engine starts but stops immediately
>
>now, under engine rotates but wont start it lists the same PLUS:
>1 fuel empty (1/8th tank)
>2 battery discharged (cranks very lively, no issues)
>3 battery connections loose, (um no)
>4 leaky injectors (no gas smell)
>5 broken timing belt (nope)
>6 ignition componanats wet (from what?)
>7 incorrectly gapped plugs (they are new iridiums)
>8 broken loose wires in starting circuit (? not sure)
>9 broken or loose wires at coil or faulty coil
>
>so theres what we got... when you combine the two problems, sounds more
>like
>a fuel issue, any ideas folks?
>
>mike
>
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