george.bryant Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Car wont start! Ran fine, now not so fine...HELP PLEASE! Hey guys, I got drift_orcon's 4door r30 yesterday. Ran excellent from Christchurch back to Nelson...But now: Travelled 30 km this morning to drop my gf off at a friends, travelled 30km back and visited my father. Went to start the car and it started but very rough. I tried for 2 hours to sort it out, I tried another dizzy, AFM, bought a new ignition coil lead, reset ecu by removing battery terminals and pumping brake pedal a few times...but it help anything. Me and my Dad couldnt figure it out, it was getting a strong spark, getting air and the fuel pump was priming so i'm assuming it was staging. We towed it to his friends son-inlaw's Auto Electrican company and they had the same problem then all of a sudden it started fine (they hadnt done anything to get it to start). I thought all was good and I drove back to town around 5km away), got to town and felt like i had 1% power. So I pulled into a carpark and went for a hour long walk. came back to the car and it started when I tried, i got about 400m down the road and it died at the traffic lights so these guys helped me push it outta the way. I went for another walk and then came abck and tried to start it but it wouldnt go, it turns over and it sparks but it just doesnt start. Then I walked home and talked to stagefumer11 on msn and he said he had the same problem and it was the ecu. So I grabbed a handfull of the ecus i have (5 in total), drove down in my Mum's car and tried to start it but no go, so then I started trying each ecu but I had the same problem. I can hear the fuel pump, im getting spark but its not starting! I've tried another AFM but no luck with taht either. I'm starting to get a real headache and really frustrated by this, plus im really worried about it sitting in town. Does anyone have any suggestions that may help? Anything please I need help!!! THANKS By the way this post is originally located @ http://www.skylinesdownunder.com/for...ad.php?t=53472 (anyone im referring to in this thread are SDU users) May pay to read the thread from the link above too. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom'sZ Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 look... I noticed it's been 16 hours and nobody has replied so I'm just going to throw this out there. it is a wild guess. I thought I recall someone saying that when the electronic ignition modules go out, they run then get warmed up and die. Since you've already tried AFM ECU dizzy and it seems to get better if you leave it alone for a while. Again... just guessing since it sounds like your in a pickle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george.bryant Posted November 11, 2006 Author Share Posted November 11, 2006 Thanks for the suggestion! I'm looking more so at a faulty fuel pump. This is what I posted on SDU: "I just finished work and i walked down to the car and tried to start it and it went! Then it started running all spluttery and rough. I got under the car and gave the fuel pump a whack and the pump got real loud then died. Started car again and did the same thing and it died. So i've narrowed it down to the fuel pump being faulty. Sound about right ?" I'm also going to replace the ignition module aswell. Just have to find one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george.bryant Posted November 14, 2006 Author Share Posted November 14, 2006 OMFG!!!! I just changed the ignition module and the fuel pump and is still wont start!!!!! I'm pulling my hair out with ultra stress of this thing. Please anyone help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george.bryant Posted November 15, 2006 Author Share Posted November 15, 2006 Cmon guys I thought half of you wouldve helped me get her going by now. I just put in a new fuel filter but that didn't make any difference... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetleaf Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Put a fuel pressure gauge on it and watch it under load. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_V Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 If it has low fuel pressure run new 12G or bigger wires. Just hook them directly up to the battery with one switch and see if that helps. ~Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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