[Z06] Please help!!!
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Instructor
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From: Lincoln Nebraska
Please help!!!
Ok so like a couple of weeks ago I noticed my vette coming over the information center LOW VOLTAGE & CHARGING SYSTEM FAULT so I changed the battery with a NEW GM battery. After installing the battery it fired right up took it around town a couple times no big deal. Got it back home parked it for two dayz and when I went to start it again the gauges started going crazy and running ruff. So I shut it off and tried to start it again all it does now is turns over no fire. Had a buddy hooked his scanner to it witch didn't come up with anything, so he told me to check to c if I had fuel pressure on the rail. Took the cap off pressed the center n and nothing no fuel came out. So after I got home from work that same day I went and a cycled the key like 5 or 6 time and then for some reason it fired and ran . So I let it run for 10-15 mins shut it off and now it doing the same thing all over again . If u have any advice or have heard/had this prob please help I'm getting discouraged. Thanks
Last edited by 1stZ06vette; Jan 11, 2014 at 12:17 AM.
Melting Slicks
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From: Atlanta GA
Ok so like a couple of weeks ago I noticed my vette coming over the information center LOW VOLTAGE & CHARGING SYSTEM FAULT so I changed the battery with a NEW GM battery. After installing the battery it fired right up took it around town a couple times no big deal. Got it back home parked it for two dayz and when I went to start it again the gauges started going crazy and running ruff. So I shut it off and tried to start it again all it does now is turns over no fire. Had a buddy hooked his scanner to it witch didn't come up with anything, so he told me to check to c if I had fuel pressure on the rail. Took the cap off pressed the center n and nothing no fuel came out. So after I got home from work that same day I went and a cycled the key like 5 or 6 time and then for some reason it fired and ran . So I let it run for 10-15 mins shut it off and now it doing the same thing all over again . If u have any advice or have heard/had this prob please help I'm getting discouraged. Thanks
Check this thread for clues and answers:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...ont-start.html
Safety Car
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From: pueblo co
I was getting the CHARGING SYSTEM FAULT message, which I did the same as you I put in a new battery fixed my issue for a few days...then I noticed my volts were dropping on a brand new battery..so I put a tender on it over night drove it the next day..same thing volts were dropping...so did some tests I found on the forum to check the alt..and mine was a bad alt going out...I bought a new Acdelco alt...fixed my issue completely
Melting Slicks
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From: Sammamish WA
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How many miles? See much rain in its life? There are grounds all over, some of those can get corroded (think there is location info in the C5 Tech forum). Also, clean the chip on your Key with rubbing alcohol. Look in the Z06 Faq top section in this forum and pull all your codes yourself. Report what you find...
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Check this out. If your DIC is reading 14.4 volts, and your meter reads it, it may not be your issue. You're no fuel is also another sign... but this just happened to me, so be aware just in-case.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...esting-ok.html
Last edited by Pchild; Jan 12, 2014 at 09:32 PM.
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I would check the main ground connectors. They are located on the front frame rail right behind the headlights. They have many wires going into the clip, and that clip is grounded to the frame rail. Disconnect the clip and clean the corrosion on the inside (for both of them).
It's the very first sticky thread under C5 tech, written by Bill Curlee: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...tion-long.html
It's the very first sticky thread under C5 tech, written by Bill Curlee: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...tion-long.html
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From: Cypress Texas
I would check the main ground connectors. They are located on the front frame rail right behind the headlights. They have many wires going into the clip, and that clip is grounded to the frame rail. Disconnect the clip and clean the corrosion on the inside (for both of them).
It's the very first sticky thread under C5 tech, written by Bill Curlee: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...tion-long.html
It's the very first sticky thread under C5 tech, written by Bill Curlee: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...tion-long.html
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From: Lincoln Nebraska
I would check the main ground connectors. They are located on the front frame rail right behind the headlights. They have many wires going into the clip, and that clip is grounded to the frame rail. Disconnect the clip and clean the corrosion on the inside (for both of them).
It's the very first sticky thread under C5 tech, written by Bill Curlee: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...tion-long.html
It's the very first sticky thread under C5 tech, written by Bill Curlee: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...tion-long.html
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From: Lincoln Nebraska
Well I changed the ignition switch n the z and now I can hear the fuel pump kick on and no more light flashing going crazy anymore ( thank God) but now when I turn my key to like start it it will not turn over. It's like I'm trying to start the car with out pushing the clutch n does anyone know what that could be?