car died

General Questions and comments

Moderators: IMC, Club Staff

adzski
Veteran Mechanic
Posts: 1013
jedwabna poszewka promocja
Joined: Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:57 am

car died

Post by adzski »

was driving then all of a sudden i heard a back fire and spluttering and she died. still trys to crank but just wont turn over.

i was thinking maybe a fuel pump but probably not.
thinking some kind of sensor? anyone have have some ideas? dont know where to start looking.
User avatar
PHIL069
Oldtimer
Posts: 4719
Joined: Sun Sep 20, 2009 5:00 pm
Location: Central Coast > South Australia

Re: car died

Post by PHIL069 »

Get codes.
Test cylinder compressions.
Test spark/coils.
Test fuel flow/pressure.
Check oil level.
mikeey01nzl wrote:Hats off to you too Phil for spending so much time on the phone trying to help someone out, your a top man and only a few would've spent so much time. well done! :salut:
Daniel2019 wrote:Come on phil, we bonded at the bonfire, lets be honest here...me and phil are besties now... :lol:
adzski
Veteran Mechanic
Posts: 1013
Joined: Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:57 am

Re: car died

Post by adzski »

cheers phil, ill check those sometime next week.
I have checked the oil level last night when it happened, was normal
Spark plugd were recently changed like month ago but will just go over everything again
adzski
Veteran Mechanic
Posts: 1013
Joined: Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:57 am

Re: car died

Post by adzski »

i think i found the problem. 3 wires coming out of injector wiring has been torn up by the ac belt. just going to give it to the auto elecs
adzski
Veteran Mechanic
Posts: 1013
Joined: Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:57 am

Re: car died

Post by adzski »

i attached a photo of what wires are torn. not my engine but same wires.
can someone tell me what they are for?

my poorly drawn circle and arrow, show which wires i am referring to.
Image
adzski
Veteran Mechanic
Posts: 1013
Joined: Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:57 am

Re: car died

Post by adzski »

i think its the crank angle sensor wiring? can someone confirm
User avatar
Technikhaus
Oldtimer
Posts: 3656
Joined: Wed Dec 28, 2011 4:45 pm
Location: Dunedin - NZ
Contact:

Re: car died

Post by Technikhaus »

That would be correct, Nick's was damaged when his P/S belt snapped as well, we swapped the sensor out and all was good.
His refused to start, and the Check engine light flashed the error code for the Crank angle sensor when we checked the codes.
Man '96 FTO GPX
Man '89 Legacy RS Rally car
Man '90 MR2 GT
Auto '08 Fairmont Ghia
adzski
Veteran Mechanic
Posts: 1013
Joined: Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:57 am

Re: car died

Post by adzski »

kool. how hard is it to replace the sensor? considering just getting the auto elecs to come out and change it and fix wiring?
User avatar
Technikhaus
Oldtimer
Posts: 3656
Joined: Wed Dec 28, 2011 4:45 pm
Location: Dunedin - NZ
Contact:

Re: car died

Post by Technikhaus »

It's a bit of a pain in the backside, you have to remove the P/S and alternator belts etc, then remove the harmonic balancer, and the timing belt covers, then you can get to it.
If it's just the cable snapped and you can see the snap then you may be able to repair it without removing all that

We were able to do it in a few hours at home, but we didn't have the right tools etc on us, so with the right tools it'd be a reasonably painless job.
Man '96 FTO GPX
Man '89 Legacy RS Rally car
Man '90 MR2 GT
Auto '08 Fairmont Ghia
User avatar
Daniel2019
Oldtimer
Posts: 7957
Joined: Thu Jan 12, 2012 12:25 pm
Location: Sydney!
Contact:

Re: car died

Post by Daniel2019 »

Hard to tell but are you sure that doesn't go down to the crank angle sensor?

Edit: sorry page didn't refresh before I posted. Yeah pretty sure is crank angle.
I fix cars.
Bennoz wrote:I got Bali beli & sharted on my phone. But it was fun :D
bjk wrote:you old people are no help at all.
adzski
Veteran Mechanic
Posts: 1013
Joined: Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:57 am

Re: car died

Post by adzski »

Daniel2019 wrote:Hard to tell but are you sure that doesn't go down to the crank angle sensor?

Edit: sorry page didn't refresh before I posted. Yeah pretty sure is crank angle.
yeh i was looking over some diagrams before. pretty sure its the crank angle sensor
User avatar
PHIL069
Oldtimer
Posts: 4719
Joined: Sun Sep 20, 2009 5:00 pm
Location: Central Coast > South Australia

Re: car died

Post by PHIL069 »

Same happened to me.

I was able to solder the wires back together without removing anything.
mikeey01nzl wrote:Hats off to you too Phil for spending so much time on the phone trying to help someone out, your a top man and only a few would've spent so much time. well done! :salut:
Daniel2019 wrote:Come on phil, we bonded at the bonfire, lets be honest here...me and phil are besties now... :lol:
User avatar
Bennoz
National President
Posts: 23668
Joined: Fri Jan 21, 2005 6:00 pm
Location: Sydney
Contact:

Re: car died

Post by Bennoz »

If you'd checked the effing error codes, you'd know by now :lol:
User avatar
Daniel2019
Oldtimer
Posts: 7957
Joined: Thu Jan 12, 2012 12:25 pm
Location: Sydney!
Contact:

Re: car died

Post by Daniel2019 »

Bennoz wrote:If you'd checked the effing error codes, you'd know by now :lol:
This guy..
I fix cars.
Bennoz wrote:I got Bali beli & sharted on my phone. But it was fun :D
bjk wrote:you old people are no help at all.
adzski
Veteran Mechanic
Posts: 1013
Joined: Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:57 am

Re: car died

Post by adzski »

hahaha yeh i need to start checking error codes. i always just play with stuff till i fix it. would save time and $$$
User avatar
Astron_Boy
Trolling Gen Y
Posts: 8400
Joined: Sun May 27, 2007 5:00 pm
Location: Wine Country NSW
Contact:

Re: car died

Post by Astron_Boy »

adzski wrote:hahaha yeh i need to start checking error codes. i always just play with stuff till i fix it. would save time and $$$
Nah.
Image
bumpak
Apprentice
Posts: 59
Joined: Thu Mar 20, 2014 8:18 pm

Re: car died

Post by bumpak »

(yes that is your crank angle sensor 100%) I had my crank angle sensor foul up to. Obviously engine wont start if its not working, but the thing was it would display no error codes. I bet if u ground a wire on the diagnostic port it wont show up anything, unless of course its another code for something else. Lucky for me my first guess was crank angle sensor.
User avatar
Bennoz
National President
Posts: 23668
Joined: Fri Jan 21, 2005 6:00 pm
Location: Sydney
Contact:

Re: car died

Post by Bennoz »

bumpak wrote:(yes that is your crank angle sensor 100%) I had my crank angle sensor foul up to. Obviously engine wont start if its not working, but the thing was it would display no error codes. I bet if u ground a wire on the diagnostic port it wont show up anything, unless of course its another code for something else. Lucky for me my first guess was crank angle sensor.
That's a bit odd... especially as there is a code (22) specific for the crank angle sensor.
User avatar
shadowarrior
Tightarse
Posts: 2703
Joined: Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:48 pm
Location: Gold Coast

Re: car died

Post by shadowarrior »

So there's no funeral and free food and wine? dafuq? Misleading title. :|
User avatar
Bennoz
National President
Posts: 23668
Joined: Fri Jan 21, 2005 6:00 pm
Location: Sydney
Contact:

Re: car died

Post by Bennoz »

shadowarrior wrote:So there's no funeral and free food and wine? dafuq? Misleading title. :|
I call BS, you're looking for upset, loose-moraled women in black, ya beat off :lol:
Post Reply