Thursday, August 20, 2009 - 01:10 am, by: Walter Gillmore(Cl33pa)
tried hitting the immobilizer button? mine does the same thing, turn the key only the bottom lcd parts light up, says charge as well but doesnt turn over and no revs or any upper lcd lights come on, until i hit the immobilizer button, hazards flash then all dash comes on,
not sure if they came out with imobilizers standard, so i'm just having a stab at your problem here
Thursday, August 20, 2009 - 08:53 am, by: Martin Costa(Mxmarty)
im starting to think it might be a immobilizer problem , ive sourced that and i can hear it switching circuits on and off , but i have a feeling its faulty so i might just remove the immobilizer if i cant source the problem
Thursday, August 20, 2009 - 01:48 pm, by: Walter Gillmore(Cl33pa)
check the inline fuses? mine was missing two of them when i bought the car. and also grounding, its a bit hard to tell whats what cause on mine all the wires are black for security. but yes sounds very likely that the immobilizer is preventing you from firing up the beast.
Thursday, August 20, 2009 - 04:38 pm, by: Martin Costa(Mxmarty)
well the guy i bought it from said it stopped running , and he cranked the starter motor until it ended in smoke. he put a second hand starter in. and thats when i bought it ,
no crank , no start , no run ..but yes i hear the fuel pump prime (thats why i think ive ruled out immob problem, cause the fuel pump doesnt prime until i de-mobilise ) im going to check fuses everywhere i can find .
walter as for all black wire for immob, just follow them back to where they join in the car wiring loom , you will find they dont go far , one cuts ignition wire and the other cuts the fuel pump wire .. ( most of the time ..)
Thursday, August 20, 2009 - 06:18 pm, by: Walter Gillmore(Cl33pa)
cheers costa, yeah ive sorted my immobiliser out by doing just that. since my car is not under the house (located elsewhere) i cannot remember if the fuel pump still primes... with the imob on. i know it shouldn't cause its an immobiliser point. but stranger things have happened.. lol
one thing tho. if the guy said it stopped running and then killed the starter. then you should see if you can turn the engine over by hand. socket and breaker bar on the harmonic balancer nut. least you can rule out a seized engine then.
Thursday, August 20, 2009 - 10:39 pm, by: Martin Costa(Mxmarty)
just sounds like no compression .. turns over very easy with plugs in .. removed plugs and cant hear any wooshing sounds of compression ..
i will do a proper test tomorrow .. still im worried about that dash display .. if i get the car running i want the dash to work at least . motor doesnt bother me , i got spare 1jz's
Thursday, August 20, 2009 - 10:47 pm, by: Walter Gillmore(Cl33pa)
unsure but check the threads on here about the ccfl tube that lights the dash. if your certain theres no compression then it definitely wont start, so the dash problem could be a blown fluro tube, change it to a blue or red one while your at it... but if the charge/ clock lcd is still lit..... hmmm..
does the radiator have any water in it? does it have oil? and the sump oil check it for emulsification of water into it. could be blown head gasket causing no compression.
have you got any sort of history on the car from the owner?
Saturday, August 22, 2009 - 05:52 pm, by: Martin Costa(Mxmarty)
ok done a compression test 115-120 across all cylinders , is that enough ? usually suppose to be up near 140-150 ?
either way ive checked everything else other than crank angle sensor.
replaced map sensor , ignitor , new plugs , coilpacks ,rigged up external fuel system with fresh fuel , replaced fuel reg, differnt ecu , checked timing , no oil/water mixtures in sump or radiator.
it almost starts and runs .. JUST .. but not quite. cant understand how loss of compression at 154,000kms
sorry cant get history on car , looking at car condtion , service stickers on engine and engine bay , its legit. timing belt done at 119 in japan , water pump doesn look that old either , serp belt changed 2008 at 151kms , so everything looks to be correct
Sunday, August 23, 2009 - 06:41 am, by: Matthew Sharpe(Madmatt)
Definitely sounds low on compression, but if its consistent then its probably just a sign of a generally tired motor, and probably not much to worry about at least short term, once you get it running anyway.
K's might not be genuine, or it may have just had a very hard life with harsh driving and few oil and filter changes.
f course it'll be a bit down on power and will probably use a bit of oil, but at that compression it still should run OK.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009 - 08:07 am, by: Robert Day(Lexsmaz)
It might pay to check the cam timing, before you do anything drastic, if its say jumped a couple of teeth or more it would be enough to effect the cranking comp figures & also make it not start too .. Certainly worth a look i feel ..
Friday, October 16, 2009 - 06:04 pm, by: Walter Gillmore(Cl33pa)
the exhaust wheel fell off. so it would have gone straight out the dump to the cat. no travelling through the combustion process..
sorry to post this on your thread but can anyone tell me what i'm supposed to do to remove the 'rear light' warning? it comes up when i have the headlights switched on.. is it because i am using 91 tailights on a 95??
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