Tuesday, February 17, 2009 - 04:46 pm, by: Veronica Mead(Vronika)
everytime i turn my car on my car stalls and i have to keep the revs up and smash it so that i can just get it going and once i am idolling it stalls again, iv taken to the mehcanic and they have no clue what it could be!! what am i suppose to do when the mechanic doesnt even no! any one else have an idea what it could be?
Adam Peterson Goo Roo Western Australia Supercharged & Intercooled V8
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 - 07:36 pm, by: Ben Lipman(Ben12a)
Adam Peterson wrote on Tuesday, February 17, 2009 - 06:09 pm:
Veronica, i cant help you that much with your problem but i can with your punctuation.
Capital 'I' champ!
Veronica, something like that will be a bit hard to diagnose over the internet. You would need to give a bit more information. What did the mechanic say? Did he rule anything out?
Try finding another mechanic or a mate who's into cars. At least they could check the simple things.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 10:01 am, by: Veronica Mead(Vronika)
adam - i asked for help with my car not a smart ass remark that was really rude and uncalled for.
ben - well i started my car first of all and put it in reverse and it just stalled, did that about 3 more times and i had to keep the revs up and it drove fine but while that was happening the over heated light came on for a sec then i took it to my dad he also said it looks like a fuel problem so next day i started again and same thing happened but once it got running it was ok.. the mechanic just said that it runs fine but as soon as it gets to hot or just when you start it, it stalls he said the car is'nt new enough for the computer tehcnoigily and that he had and did'nt no what it was but said he would have another look as he is busy :| thanks for advice ill look for another mechanic, iv had nothing but dramas everytime this car brakes down.. no one can figure them out. nathan - how did you fix it? i will let the mechanic no hopefully that helps him thankyou
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 10:44 am, by: David Ward(Djwtoyota)
Could be faulty MAP sensor. I had same trouble, once engine warms up to 66C ECU swaps over to run mode and dies, Worth a try, see if you can borrow one and swap it to see if that is the cause. Otherwise do a search for "fuel pump ECU or controller on this forum as there is an easy way to check by putting a jumper over the board from memory cheers David
Adam Peterson Goo Roo Western Australia Supercharged & Intercooled V8
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 12:49 pm, by: Veronica Mead(Vronika)
bring what? i dont want to bring anything .. if you had of said to type properly in future to help you understand that would have been fine, but you cant go putting people down like you did when all there looking for is help, its just rude and nasty.
thanks carlo and david i will give that a try
Adam Peterson Goo Roo Western Australia Supercharged & Intercooled V8
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 08:17 pm, by: Tom Richards(Tomr)
to check the fuel ECU, go to the diagnostic port and short between FP (fuel pump) and B+ (battery). use a thick wire as a shorting link (paper clip) if the car runs ok with the 'link' in place the fuel pump ECU is at fault
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 09:34 pm, by: Cameron Laufer(Ivboost)
I think you will find it has leaky caps in the ECU.
The ECU is located under the carpet, passenger side foot well, if they are leaking badly when you remove the ECU plugs, you will see oily looking fluid on the plugs.
Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 12:49 am, by: Peter Callegari(Peterc_69)
My car had a similar problem when i first bought it and it ended up being the fuel pump ecu. There is a diagnostics port in the engine bay, on the passenger side of the engine, and as Tom said, put a small paperclip between the Fp and B+ port. You should be able to find out what each port is by looking under the lid of the diagnostis ports. This worked for me, so if the problem is the fuel pump ecu then this will fix it. Temporarily albeit but it saves all the annoying mornings trying to start the car. Hope this helps
Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 08:20 pm, by: Veronica Mead(Vronika)
yea i read it, but i did'nt type in sms talk.. all i did was spell mechanic wrong and a few words with no ' or commas.. but if that really upsets you i will take your "advice" and better my typing from it .. but you did'nt have to be so rude about it in the first place.
thanks for the posts guys most of you have been more then helpful, every bit of info is appreciated as i don't have much knowledge of fixing cars and faults. or punctuation for that matter. cheers
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 09:50 am, by: Ilia Raykhtin(Greasemonkey)
I agree with the fuel pump ecu diagnosis, i have the same problem at the moment, i installed a switch which shorts the FP and +B in the diagnostic box, works like a charm, just waiting for a new ecu. Although when i have the switch "on" so the car runs and drives normal, i get an "electrical engine error", if you get this, its normal, its because the computer senses an error when trying to switch to 9v mode and the short forces a 12v mode.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 10:48 am, by: Veronica Mead(Vronika)
um i dont no, i was by my self every time it happened so im not really sure.. why is that? well everyone has said the same thing which is great hopefully that is the problem.. im going to pick my car up from mechanic today and try those suggestions thanks for your help.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 01:22 pm, by: Cameron Hvala(Hvalac)
i was just curious, because if if there was someone in the front passenger seat every time it stalled, i could just read this thread to fix my problems
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 09:23 pm, by: Veronica Mead(Vronika)
haha smart.. how weird your car stalls every time someone sits in the passenger seat? well everyone was saying that The ECU is located under the carpet, passenger side foot well.. maybe its nocking it or something i really wouldnt have a clue :S perhaps someone else could help you in this thread
Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 12:42 am, by: Cameron Hvala(Hvalac)
yeh it's a pretty funky problem hey, passengers can be in the rear left/right back seat and no dramas but when they get in the front passenger seat the car can stall at anytime, most of the time it stalls on startup, had some moments where i stalled 3 times at a big intersection.
Friday, February 27, 2009 - 10:36 am, by: Veronica Mead(Vronika)
haha that would have been annoying.. you must have to get your friends to sit in the back and look like a showfer.. and theres not al that much room in the back either .. sucks
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - 12:38 pm, by: Cameron Hvala(Hvalac)
haha man funny s***, i was telling my next door neighbour who's excellent with imports, and he sort of didn't believe me, so we went and got some pizza last night and the way back it died at a set of lights, so i sitting there trying to start it up while there was traffic behind me, no much was happening, so i told him to get in the back. DAM i've never seen anyone jump into the back of a soarer so quickly with the limited space it has. Anywho as soon as he got in the back what do u know my car started.
Monday, March 16, 2009 - 05:12 pm, by: Veronica Mead(Vronika)
hahahaha what did hey say about it? i bet he was wiggin out lol how embarrasing being held up at the lights with traffic all behind you! does he no what could be the problem? i just got my ecu today so i wil try and change it sometime this week il let you no how i go.. but maybe thats the problem with your car to? did u do that paper clip test? i did and my car ran perfect with it in.. it stalls the most when iv just filled my car up with fuel, how bout you?
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 06:36 pm, by: Mike Dobkin(Razman)
Veronica, If your mechanic says the car 'isn't new enough for the computer' then take it to a mechanic who knows what he is talking about - Soarers have several on-board computers and shouldn't be too much of a challenge for a modern mechanic. Speaking of which, have you checked out the error codes from the ecu (a search will tell you how) It might give you a clue as to where the problem lies before you start swapping ecu's and other stuff. Perhaps even resetting the ecu will help solve it too. Worth a try anyway.
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