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« on: April 14, 2011, 07:14:09 PM »
Man! It's been a rough couple of days with my car!
I pulled her out of the garage yesterday afternoon to make sure all was good before today's track day. As soon as I backed up I saw a trail of fluid in the ground and it didn't take long before I realized it was gasoline! So I tracked down the pinhole leak and decided to change the hose, which was the one that went from the gas tank into the fuel filter. Well turns out to even get to the hose clamp I had to move the return hose out of the way so while I was at it I decided to change at as well, along with the fuel filter. This morning I went to drive it confident that othe fuel wasn't leaking and ran across the hesitation. So I posted about that but track time was at 3 so I decided to investigate. Luckily I found the spark plug was the culprit! Bosch +2 Platinum was what was in there and that's what i replaced them with because the ones y'all recommended on the sparkp plug recc page were not in stock immediately. So I was super pumped I drove out to the track and had a total blast I don't think my car had ever run this smoothly honestly. I attribute it to the combo of new fuel filter and plugs.
O k so i went to refuel. I topped off on accident I dont like to do that because my car smells like gas for a while after I fill up all the way (no idea why or where it comes from). Anyways at start of the third session I was going around the carousel at around 5k rpm and the power just cut out completely! I was able to immediately pit in and cruised for a few yards and when I went to accelerate again it was fine. I let it cool down for a bit to think about what could have happened then I went back out. I didn't even get down the pit before it happened again. It is like I was redlining at 5k but not with the needle bouncing at the line, it would die and if i accelerated nothing would happen then a couple of seconds later it would pick back up again.
So I decided to go home because I was worthless on the track and didn't want to get stranded in angleton! The drive home went swimmingly, but I didn't get past 5k which is around when it happened. After the 30 minute drive on the freeway I tried pushing it again and for about 5 minutes it was back to normal I could redline no problem. I was perplexed but the took a sharp turn and immediately following that it happened again, this time at 6k.
So I have no idea what's up, but since it's not a hesitation I feel like it's a fuel supply problem. Maybe changing the hoses and filter made a weak link out of the fuel pump? Is there a break in procedure for a new fuel filter I missed?
Ah and to add icing to the cake my wheels started squealing, but instead of squealing while braking which is normal after a track day with my hawk hps pads this time it was when the car was rolling. Wheel bearings? Is that the sign they're going out?
Anyways thanks for reading. I'd love to know if anyone else has experienced this? I have another track day on Sunday and id love to get it resolved before spending $150 for it to happen again!
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