Why am I stuck on the side of the road?
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Dang it! Car stopped again.
It gave me a clue this time though. When it was happening, the fuel pump wouldn't run but the cooling fan was being lightly back-driven. Checked the wiring diagrams and . . . bad ground . . . duh! Check/clean your grounds. The one that is under the brake booster/clutch master is especially important. Both your fuel pump relay and your cooling fan ground there. That area also gets soaked if you wash your engine bay or if a heater hose develops a leak. Turbos cook the area.
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It gave me a clue this time though. When it was happening, the fuel pump wouldn't run but the cooling fan was being lightly back-driven. Checked the wiring diagrams and . . . bad ground . . . duh! Check/clean your grounds. The one that is under the brake booster/clutch master is especially important. Both your fuel pump relay and your cooling fan ground there. That area also gets soaked if you wash your engine bay or if a heater hose develops a leak. Turbos cook the area.
Basics.
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Anyone with experience putting in the DW200 in a 90-93? The kit comes with 3 o-rings, but I could only get 2 to fit on the fuel out nipple with the lower spacer in place. Also this o-ring retainer thing snapped when I tried to force it on. Anyone know if it is intended to swap over? Is it critical? Any way to get a hold of extra one?
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ugh... car no start.
so I just swapped in the DW200 fuel pump. I'm cranking, and getting no start. Tail pipe sniff suggests it's getting lots of fuel. While logging my non-start cranks, I'm noticing that the battery voltage in TS looks really low. I'm showing 12.8-12.5v when I measure across the posts of 2 different batteries I've tried, but 11.7v in TS. I've never needed to use the "calibrate battery voltage" tool in TS, and the manual basically says: "don't fiddle with it". Some googling turns up a few posts where Brain & others recommend checking voltage at the injectors. What is the calibration procedure? TS wants the supply voltage at min and max ADC count. Can this be done without a running vehicle? Also, is this just a band aid? should I be chasing a grounding issue instead?
so I just swapped in the DW200 fuel pump. I'm cranking, and getting no start. Tail pipe sniff suggests it's getting lots of fuel. While logging my non-start cranks, I'm noticing that the battery voltage in TS looks really low. I'm showing 12.8-12.5v when I measure across the posts of 2 different batteries I've tried, but 11.7v in TS. I've never needed to use the "calibrate battery voltage" tool in TS, and the manual basically says: "don't fiddle with it". Some googling turns up a few posts where Brain & others recommend checking voltage at the injectors. What is the calibration procedure? TS wants the supply voltage at min and max ADC count. Can this be done without a running vehicle? Also, is this just a band aid? should I be chasing a grounding issue instead?
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Measured voltage at injectors with just the key in the on position, and I was seeing 12.2v. I just fiddled with the calibration setting until the battery v gauge in TS matched. Damn thing fired right up.
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Hmm... Still happening. Getting much worse. I could only idle it for a few minutes before it stalls. Cracked open the pump relay, and it looks like too much of the smoke has got out of the wires. Hopefully this is just a tired old relay problem...
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