Bad Electrical gremlin
Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2016 7:53 am
Hi everyone, I've been having a problem with a hesitation and miss for a week or so, now car won't start.
It's a Rob 550 tune on a 20g swap, somewhat common with ppl on here. For around 15k miles everything was good, no problems at all. Only in the last couple weeks something started to slowly die.
Car first would just miss every once and a while, when driving normally. Then would tweak out and hesitate bad under boost. Then had hard time starting, now won't start at all. I consider my self a patient man, but I lose my cool with eltrical problems.
So far only threw one code, 32 so I replaced that on th side of the road when it first died. No change.
So far I've replaced:
O2 sensor
Swapped multiple coils to diagnosis, no change
Cam and crank sensors
Ignitor
3sets of plugs (due to fuel soak)
Spark plug wires.
And so far and checked or swapped:
ECU (swapped another 20g with Rob 550, no change)
Robs ignition converter-good
Timing-good
Swapped to coil on plug-no change
Ohm and volt readings on multiple sensor and ECU pins-so far good
Ignition relay under dash-swapped with another, so assuming good
Fuses-good
Ignition cylinder-good
Am I missing something to check??? I've exhausted mine and friends of mine ideas.
Car would only throw a spark at the coil AFTER turning key from start to on(if that makes sense)
Car started ONCE since all this but missed, ran rough and backfired a lot then died. I'm going to check the fuel regulator and some more stuff tomorrow but I've ran out of ides to search for.
I know there are a lot more ppl on here smarter then me, so hopefully someone can help
I'll entertain any ideas so don't be shy.
Thanks ppl
It's a Rob 550 tune on a 20g swap, somewhat common with ppl on here. For around 15k miles everything was good, no problems at all. Only in the last couple weeks something started to slowly die.
Car first would just miss every once and a while, when driving normally. Then would tweak out and hesitate bad under boost. Then had hard time starting, now won't start at all. I consider my self a patient man, but I lose my cool with eltrical problems.
So far only threw one code, 32 so I replaced that on th side of the road when it first died. No change.
So far I've replaced:
O2 sensor
Swapped multiple coils to diagnosis, no change
Cam and crank sensors
Ignitor
3sets of plugs (due to fuel soak)
Spark plug wires.
And so far and checked or swapped:
ECU (swapped another 20g with Rob 550, no change)
Robs ignition converter-good
Timing-good
Swapped to coil on plug-no change
Ohm and volt readings on multiple sensor and ECU pins-so far good
Ignition relay under dash-swapped with another, so assuming good
Fuses-good
Ignition cylinder-good
Am I missing something to check??? I've exhausted mine and friends of mine ideas.
Car would only throw a spark at the coil AFTER turning key from start to on(if that makes sense)
Car started ONCE since all this but missed, ran rough and backfired a lot then died. I'm going to check the fuel regulator and some more stuff tomorrow but I've ran out of ides to search for.
I know there are a lot more ppl on here smarter then me, so hopefully someone can help
I'll entertain any ideas so don't be shy.
Thanks ppl