Car died this weekend!!!! *update*

noknwldg · Tweet this Post! #1 (**permalink**) 07-17-2006, 02:01 AM

Yep that's right. I was driving around town this weekend and on saturday I went to a couple cell phone places. I get in my car start it up and drive away, as I pull up to the drive way to pull onto the street my car sputters bucks, check engine light comes on and then it just died. Tried to start it wouldn't kick over just kind of sputtered out everytime. I pushed my car out of the way sat there for about 20mins checking in the engine bay for any noticable problems and couldn't see anything. After about a half hour I of trying to start it it finally kicked over and I was able to drive it home, thank god I hit everygreen light and did not have to stop once. On the drive home it was surging (I thinkg that's what it called) kind of a irratic gassing it letting off type of feeling even with my foot still on the gas pedal. The boost guage needle jumps all over the place yet the RPMS stay normal when this happens. When I got home I let my car run and the RPMS were going up and down at idle and my car was making a kind of sputtering tiny backfiring noise out the exhaust. So I don't know what's wrong with my car it sucks. I think it's a combination of a few things. One a boost leak or the ECU or MAFS. Now Roberts gone in Hawaii for 2 weeks awesome huh

I am not going to contiue to drive my car because I don't want to break down some where. If anyone has any insight to what they might think it is or have had any similar problems feel free to jump in and troubleshoot.

Robert · Tweet this Post! #2 (**permalink**) 07-17-2006, 08:01 AM

My best suggestion is to get up to Greg's and have him use the Consult to check your MAF. Maybe even try swapping one out quickly to see if thats the case.

noknwldg · Tweet this Post! #3 (**permalink**) 07-20-2006, 05:28 AM

Well I did a little tinkering on the car on Tuesday and saw that one of my couplers was kind of lose. I pulled out the battery and re-adjusted the charge piping and re-tightened the clamps on the coupler. Put the battery back in fired it up and the check engine light was gone car idled good so I took her for a spin. All I have to say is GOD DAMN!!!! it was like a whole new beast car pulled harder than it ever had. Drove it around for about an hour and decided to take it to work the next day.

Now the bad news so I drove the car to work yesterday (wednesday) and low and behold it's freaking out again WTF!!! so it has to be something else. I don't understand though the car runs so strong like I said stronger than it ever has. Yet it still like surges or whatever. The RPM's don't move just the boost gauge needle. But I can feel the car moving like I'm stepping on and off the gas quickly. If I step on the gas when it's freaking out it stops

I can boost the shit out of the car and it pulls like hell with no stuttering or lagging yet when cruising it will freak out

My friend Marvin and I are gonna try to figure it out today. It has to be either boost leak something to do with fuel (maybe an injector) the MAF or ECU. I don't think it's Vacuum because the boost gauge still reads 20HG of Vacuum at idle like always. IDK it's pissing me off though.

G3.5T · Tweet this Post! #4 (**permalink**) 07-20-2006, 07:21 AM

I had a similiar experience. I took my car out for a drive and it started bucking and surging bad. What I found was a loose coupler on the intake. Easy to get to I just re-adjusted it, and tightened it back up. After that the car was A-1. Actually it has happened to me a few times after messing around with stuff and not putting the coupler on right. As soon as a little boost goes through it blows the coupler out of place if it is not on correctly.

I would suggest you check all your coupler connections to make sure they are completely on and sealed and tightly clamped down.

noknwldg · Tweet this Post! #5 (**permalink**) 07-21-2006, 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by G3.5T

I had a similiar experience. I took my car out for a drive and it started bucking and surging bad. What I found was a loose coupler on the intake. Easy to get to I just re-adjusted it, and tightened it back up. After that the car was A-1. Actually it has happened to me a few times after messing around with stuff and not putting the coupler on right. As soon as a little boost goes through it blows the coupler out of place if it is not on correctly.

I would suggest you check all your coupler connections to make sure they are completely on and sealed and tightly clamped down.

Yeah I did do that and I thought I fixed the problem but now it's doing it again so it has to be something else. I am really irritated right now with my car it's driveable I guess, but once it starts surging and stuff I want to put my fist throught the windshield

ZMedic · Tweet this Post! #6 (**permalink**) 07-21-2006, 08:46 AM

I had a situation that caused the engine to run very unsteady at idle and that turned out to be the injectors. Do you have an A/F Guage? Can you tell if you are running very rich or lean at those instances where the car is acting up???

That may be a clue. The injectors I had (550cc's) were running too rich and the car was very unstable at idle, and would often die. I would have to start it over and over and over. Once I changed the injectors to 440's it purred and ran very strong. I am not suggesting you change your injectors, but at least consider that 1 may have gone bad.
I have read a couple of threads that suggest that occassionally an injector can get stuck in the open position, causing an over-rich condition, which will cause the car to buck and have unstable idle. That injector would have to be replaced.

Just a thought.

noknwldg · Tweet this Post! #7 (**permalink**) 07-21-2006, 09:37 AM

The injectors could very well be what's wrong with it. I have 630cc's on my car that's a big ass injector

It has to be a fuel problem, running to rich something.

Robert · Tweet this Post! #8 (**permalink**) 07-26-2006, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by noknwldg

The injectors could very well be what's wrong with it. I have 630cc's on my car that's a big ass injector

It has to be a fuel problem, running to rich something.

I still think its a MAF or air reversion issue. I'll look at it when I get back. Call me Saturday.

noknwldg · Tweet this Post! #9 (**permalink**) 07-27-2006, 09:29 AM

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I still think its a MAF or air reversion issue. I'll look at it when I get back. Call me Saturday.

Yeah the MAF I don't know if that's it. If it was wouldn't the car freak out all the time? Marv and I have driven the car and he thinks it's fuel related too. It's very inconsistent is what's weird, like yesterday I drove all the way to work and it didn't happen but it did on my way home. When Marv drove my car it didn't happen either but when I've been driving and he's in the car it's happened. I don't get it I'm thinking clogged or messed up injector though. Just from describing it a few different people have said "sounds like injectors" right away.

Robert · Tweet this Post! #10 (**permalink**) 07-27-2006, 07:58 PM

Well I know from perosnal experience with a certain turbo Focus who did the same thing that the MAF was an issue. The Focus would not always do that but sometimes it would. I ended up cleaning the MAF element and it was fine for a while till it got dirty again. Like I said call me Satrurday and we'll look at it.