Car died on me!!
#1
Car died on me!!
I took my car out for a little joy ride and I'm still trying to get the programming bugs out of it since my recent rebuild. I just was messing around and my car died on me. I cranked it over and nothing. Every once in a while it would cough like it was going to fire, but nothing. I pulled a plug, cranked, and no spark. I pulled the fuel rail off and cranked, no fuel. I heard if the opti goes, it cuts off the fuel supply also. But, I have had a lot of programs burned into my computer. Could my computer have fried or is it probably my opti? The car had been running funny after this last program install. It would run $hitty for a minute everytime I fired it up, even if I was just getting gas or something (warm or cold). It would clear up and drive fine, and then it would miss real bad about 4000 rpm. And sometimes it wouldn't. But, it didn't do this before the last program was put in there. What could this no spark, no fuel problem be???
Thanks,
Benji
Thanks,
Benji
#2
Re: Car died on me!!
Sounds like the opti went. The opti is responsible for injector and spark plug fire so it sure seems like your opti bit the dust. Id check to see if the connection from the harness is clean and tight before you tear it out though.
#3
Re: Car died on me!!
Is there any way to check the opti to make sure that it is the problem? I was going to have my tuner look at my computer to make sure everything was alright, but I haven't had a chance. The only thing that gets me is that it just started running bad after this last program install.
Benji
Benji
#5
Re: Car died on me!!
When the guy put the program in, I immediately starting getting a code for the Electronic Spark control. He said it wasn't too big of a deal. I was getting a lot of false knock at idle and he said that could have something to do with it. Does that help?
Thanks,
Benji
Thanks,
Benji
#6
Re: Car died on me!!
Originally Posted by Sweetred95ta
When the guy put the program in, I immediately starting getting a code for the Electronic Spark control. He said it wasn't too big of a deal. I was getting a lot of false knock at idle and he said that could have something to do with it. Does that help?
Thanks,
Benji
Thanks,
Benji
What you should look for is DTC 16. If current, it won't allow the engine to run, but does not set the SES.
#7
Re: Car died on me!!
He kept splicing programs. The programs were identical, but one would throw the code and the other wouldn't. The knock retard went away when I gave the car some gas though. I was running open headers, so it was understandable. But, is it my computer or my opti??
Benji
Benji
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