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Photoshop, Media, & Artwork / night pics

« on: October 25, 2007, 05:45:49 PM »

one of mine...


Keep at it! More pictures you take, the better you will get.

What did you do to get the lights to look like that?

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General Topics / My pile shut off on my today.

« on: July 06, 2007, 05:11:51 PM »

easiest way to test if you are getting fuel is disconnecting the fuel line at the engine itself, take a bottle and crank. If there's fuel comming out, you haven't got a problem there.

Ive been super busy at work finishing up a protoype mustang.

Anyway.....

I disconnected my fuel line just before the fuel filter and cranked and nothing came out. I left the bottle on the line then ran wires from my battery to my fuel pump and it pumped fuel into the bottle. I then hooked it all back up and tried to start it and again it just cranks over and i get nothing.

My spark plugs do look a little oil fouled.

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General Topics / My pile shut off on my today.

« on: June 27, 2007, 08:19:53 PM »

I ohmed out my cam sensor and it was 1300 ohms but my connector wasnt showing any voltage.

Is there only 12v when cranking or when key is "on?"

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General Topics / My pile shut off on my today.

« on: June 26, 2007, 06:25:13 PM »

If the camshaft position sensor is bad then the car won't start. I believe it controls the injectors and the crankshaft position sensor controls the spark.
I believe you should have around 1100 olhms at the camshaft sensor and 560 at the crank sensor.
It may be your ECU also but I doubt it  . Do you have a known good one to switch out .

i didnt ohm out the cam sensor because i couldnt find one to compare it to.

The crank sensor was at 568 so pretty much right on what you say.

Ill just go ohm the cam and see if its around the 1100 you say or just OFL.

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General Topics / My pile shut off on my today.

« on: June 26, 2007, 12:49:52 AM »

So today i finally got 12v at the fuel pump, i removed the cover of the relay and watched it make contact while cranking so i know it was running the pump but its still not starting. It just cranks. I also had a crank sensor laying around so i swapped that and no luck. Anyone else have any ideas i can try.

Ive read through all the threads i could find through seaching and ive checked all wires, fuses and what not and still no dice. i have no idea whats up with the car.

ECU??

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General Topics / My pile shut off on my today.

« on: June 25, 2007, 07:32:05 PM »

When you turn the key to the on position do you have 12 volts at the pump(under the rear seat) ?
When you jumped the relay did the pump run?
Are your spark plugs wet ?

No i didnt have 12 volts or any voltage for that matter. it was a big fat .0002v

Yes, but when i jump it, it sounds like the injectors are spraying too. I'm not really sure what that sound is.

I never checked the plugs but ill go check them now.

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General Topics / My pile shut off on my today.

« on: June 24, 2007, 11:54:29 AM »

does anyone know where the wires for the connector to the pump go when they are above the tank but under the car?

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General Topics / My pile shut off on my today.

« on: June 24, 2007, 11:52:11 AM »

Relay may be bad
you can try and jumper the relay. I believe it's the center one in this photo but I'm not sure . Hopefully someone will confirm this .When you turn the key to the on position you should hear or feel a click of the relay .

I ran wire straight from my battery to my pump and it turn on so i know the pump is working, i then used the same wires and touched them to the middle relay and clicked. i did it about 10 times to make sure it wasnt intermittent. I even tested out two others i took from a junkyard and they clicked also. i swapped them out and i had the same problem.

It's the white one.

according to this pic the relay is the middle one

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Engine + Driveline / Loss o power!!!

« on: June 23, 2007, 09:56:41 PM »

What number would the fuel pump fuse be?

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General Topics / My pile shut off on my today.

« on: June 23, 2007, 07:31:52 PM »

I dont have any power going to those two prongs in the pic above. I have power before the relay and none at the connector.

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General Topics / My pile shut off on my today.

« on: June 22, 2007, 06:15:56 PM »

i let it sit over night and i tried starting it and i got nothing, it just cranks over.

Does the fuel pump always run? I checked it with my DMM and im getting power to the pump but its not turning on. I know that sometimes i would hear it and sometimes i wouldnt.

Would the pump go bad from just sitting there?

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General Topics / My pile shut off on my today.

« on: June 21, 2007, 09:09:31 PM »

The fuel pump has gone out before and thats what it feels like its doing. But with the fuel pump i had the luck of it being intermitent. You know everyonce once in a while it wouldnt start, but now its just wont start at all.

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General Topics / My pile shut off on my today.

« on: June 21, 2007, 08:06:12 PM »

My car saw a good share of its down time replacing/upgrading/fixing stuff. So she was all good and ready and ive been driving it for like a week now. Just filled up my second full tank since i started driving it. This morning i was headed to work and im cruising at like 80 when i feel it just start slowing like i let off the gas pedal. I'm in the fast lane so i put the hazards on, cross the double yellow then to the center divider. as im crossing through the carpool lane the car shut off.

It turns over and coughs like it wants to start but just never makes it there. i feel like its not getting fuel. So before i start getting into it i thought i'd see what you guys have to say. I hope its not the pump. the one in it has been in the car a while but doesnt not have many miles on it.

What do you think?

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General Topics / Think i have a bad head gasket?

« on: June 07, 2007, 01:08:45 AM »

I'm at almost 3 gallons and its finally staying around the fill line. I didnt realize our motor took so much.

I've also been super paranoid with the motor because of all the crap ive been through with the motor before.

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General Topics / Think i have a bad head gasket?

« on: June 05, 2007, 06:35:30 PM »

Is the coolant just draining out of the engine and onto the ground? If so, fill it and run it while looking around the engine bay to see where it is leaking and plug it. Sounds like you would have already done that, though, so look for coolant in the oil or a smoking exhaust. That is *usually* what happends with a bad head gasket.

coolant doesnt drain to the ground or anywhere else outside the motor.

the coolant has to go somewhere ..........
Either White smoke out the tail pipe = leaking into combustion chamber.
Or coolant into oil passages or past rings = coolant into oil pan .
Do you have milky looking oil on your dipstick and is the oil level high

good luck

Oil level is good and it is not milky or "milkshaked" on the dipstick.

There are no heavy signs of white smoke coming from the exhaust. If it were that it is so minute i can not see it just standing at the back of the car.

Just how much coolant goes in our motor? I see that being the problem as i filled it up cold, let it run and then filled it up again. Maybe i just need to check all the lines under the intake manifold again and make sure i have them connected correctly. As of right now i just find it very odd.