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welp, she died today 
got stranded... car was going up a hill in 3rd gear behind a box truck at about 35-40 mph... all of a sudden, shes dead, CEL on, 0 rpm, water temp gauge to C. Fuck. luckily, no one was behind me, and i just pulled off the road. luckily i wasn't too far from home (right in front of sessions woods on rte 69) called my mechanic (bill ) and he came and rescued me.
before he got there, i dignossed the problem... no fuel.... fuel pump = dead. was looking at the wiring, and turn the key, no noise. hrm... looked for a fuse... can't find one that says fuel pump. looked at the relays, can't find one that says fuel pump. fuck.
bill arrives... within a min bill finds the ECU fuse is popped. hrm.
luckily i had a spare in there, replaced, started right up.
drove it home, and here i am.
so, wtf mate?
does the walbro 255lph hp pump require more amp/voltage than that stock wiring system can provide?
got stranded... car was going up a hill in 3rd gear behind a box truck at about 35-40 mph... all of a sudden, shes dead, CEL on, 0 rpm, water temp gauge to C. Fuck. luckily, no one was behind me, and i just pulled off the road. luckily i wasn't too far from home (right in front of sessions woods on rte 69) called my mechanic (bill
) and he came and rescued me.before he got there, i dignossed the problem... no fuel.... fuel pump = dead. was looking at the wiring, and turn the key, no noise. hrm... looked for a fuse... can't find one that says fuel pump. looked at the relays, can't find one that says fuel pump. fuck.
bill arrives... within a min bill finds the ECU fuse is popped. hrm.
luckily i had a spare in there, replaced, started right up.
drove it home, and here i am.
so, wtf mate?
does the walbro 255lph hp pump require more amp/voltage than that stock wiring system can provide?
ScrapinSi
Senior Member
brian... what you need to do is run a 10 gauge wire from the battery to the fuel pump access panel.. then there, have a relay that taps into the OEM wire.
http://www.roadraceengineering.com/fuelpumptechtip.htm
http://www.stealth316.com/2-fuelpump-rewire.htm
http://www.roadraceengineering.com/fuelpumptechtip.htm
http://www.stealth316.com/2-fuelpump-rewire.htm
the plot thickens.
was out in teh car again tonight... bought a 5-pak of 15-amp fuses.. trying to replicate the problem.
sure enough, about an hour into my drive, it died- just like last time.... going up a hill in 3rd gear. boosting a whopping 5in/hg - or, still in vacuum for those non- boost heads here.
preparred, i popped in a new fuse... worked last time.
click.
nope. popped again.
another.
click.
ut oh.
3 more...
nope.
1800trippleA.
830 i broke down. 1130 i get home... a whopping 2.2 miles from my house.
on further investigation- my radiator fan fell off... and melted onto my downpipe.
more problems.
i hate cars.
was out in teh car again tonight... bought a 5-pak of 15-amp fuses.. trying to replicate the problem.
sure enough, about an hour into my drive, it died- just like last time.... going up a hill in 3rd gear. boosting a whopping 5in/hg - or, still in vacuum for those non- boost heads here.
preparred, i popped in a new fuse... worked last time.
click.
nope. popped again.
another.
click.
ut oh.
3 more...
nope.
1800trippleA.
830 i broke down. 1130 i get home... a whopping 2.2 miles from my house.
on further investigation- my radiator fan fell off... and melted onto my downpipe.
more problems.
i hate cars.
brian11to1
Senior Member
what, did he just show up with a chain or something.
When distributor bearing went out on ef9civicgen4 and us which left us stranded it only took the tow guy like 5 minutes, to hook and load. Of course he had a roll back tow truck. But it took him like 3 hours to get to us.
i was a short distance from home, and in jeef's neighborhood.. so i called him up. jeef has a pickup. i figured, bah jsut tow it home with his truck.
lol
mistake #1. we got about a mile before i was out of e-brake, and had snapped the tow rope once. lol
the problem with the tow truck guy... is that when i put the FR traction bars on, which utilitze the stock tow-hook mounting points, i never put the hooks back on... so there was nothing for him to hook up to with his chains.
lol
mistake #1. we got about a mile before i was out of e-brake, and had snapped the tow rope once. lol
the problem with the tow truck guy... is that when i put the FR traction bars on, which utilitze the stock tow-hook mounting points, i never put the hooks back on... so there was nothing for him to hook up to with his chains.
brian11to1
Senior Member
how did you get it home?
