Dead on the road!
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From: hamilton nj "Life's tough......It's even tougher if you're stupid."-John Wayne
Dead on the road!
Took the wife out for a ride tonight, top down oldies blasting, about 15 minutes into the drive she dies, the car not my wife :cry Cranks over and runs for about 5 seconds and quits :mad AAA gets her home and I do a quick fuel pressure test. Key On 30# at the fuel rail, crank it over, it starts pressure drops to 10# and dies. :confused:
Tell me it something simple, right :yesnod:
Thanks :cheers:
Found the problem, when I changed the rear I forgot to properly tighten the ground for the fuel pump. As soon as I tighten it down the pressure went up to 60 PSI. :lol:
thanks to all :seeya
[Modified by budmont, 2:25 PM 6/29/2003]
Tell me it something simple, right :yesnod:
Thanks :cheers:
Found the problem, when I changed the rear I forgot to properly tighten the ground for the fuel pump. As soon as I tighten it down the pressure went up to 60 PSI. :lol:
thanks to all :seeya
[Modified by budmont, 2:25 PM 6/29/2003]
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From: Memphis Tn
Re: Dead on the road! (budmont)
What year is your car? Back when I had starting problems alot on my 99' it turned out to be a leaking positive post on the ol' delco battery. Leaks onto the main pcm, wires and lines bellow it and causes all kinds of misread codes. Have you pulled your codes yet? Bad fuel filter? Injectors need cleaning?
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From: hamilton nj "Life's tough......It's even tougher if you're stupid."-John Wayne
Re: Dead on the road! (ScreaminDemon)
What year is your car? Back when I had starting problems alot on my 99' it turned out to be a leaking positive post on the ol' delco battery. Leaks onto the main pcm, wires and lines bellow it and causes all kinds of misread codes. Have you pulled your codes yet? Bad fuel filter? Injectors need cleaning?
Thanks
:cheers:
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From: Memphis Tn
Re: Dead on the road! (budmont)
Have you tried cleaning the injectors? Chevron with Tectron is cheap at Walmart and is the same thing GM puts out, great stuff. If you have to replace you fuel filter/pump unit it's alittle less than $60.
I was wondering if this was a recent problem since you did the rearend work. Maybe you could have accidentally pulled off a vacuum line or left an 02 sensor apart to make the pcm ajust the fuel or something when removing the exhausts.
I was wondering if this was a recent problem since you did the rearend work. Maybe you could have accidentally pulled off a vacuum line or left an 02 sensor apart to make the pcm ajust the fuel or something when removing the exhausts.
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From: hamilton nj "Life's tough......It's even tougher if you're stupid."-John Wayne
Re: Dead on the road! (ScreaminDemon)
Have you tried cleaning the injectors? Chevron with Tectron is cheap at Walmart and is the same thing GM puts out, great stuff. If you have to replace you fuel filter/pump unit it's alittle less than $60.
I was wondering if this was a recent problem since you did the rearend work. Maybe you could have accidentally pulled off a vacuum line or left an 02 sensor apart to make the pcm ajust the fuel or something when removing the exhausts.
I was wondering if this was a recent problem since you did the rearend work. Maybe you could have accidentally pulled off a vacuum line or left an 02 sensor apart to make the pcm ajust the fuel or something when removing the exhausts.
Thanks for your help! :lol:
:cheers:
[Modified by budmont, 11:26 PM 6/29/2003]
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