Thursday, March 14, 2013 - 06:42 pm, by: Samuel Gaete(Silverrush)
So i parked the car outside over winter with a car cover on it, temperatures drop to about -35 in the city, but before parking it the car was running just fine and such, now that spring is coming i wanted to take it for a run around the neighbourhood and it wont start. i did have fuel in it, almost half a tank, and i forgot to put gasoline antifreeze and fuel stabilizer in the tank before parking it. so i am leaning towards frozen fuel lines, or something to do with the old fuel in the tank? when i turn the key to crank it sounds like its trying to start but its not actually getting a solid start, even if i put my foot on the gas pedal and give it a little bit of gas as i try to start it. Any help would be much appreciated! Also i tried to look for the Engine ECU but cant seem to locate it, can someone point me in the right direction? please and thank you guys
Thursday, March 14, 2013 - 07:56 pm, by: James Tims(Timzy)
Hi mate, If your in Alberta I'm guessing that's somewhere in the states. Firstly this soarer site is predominantly for the australian soarer scene but I'll try my best to help. We don't get temps like that down here so most of us have never encountered anything like that before.
The ecu for your soarer would be located under the passenger side footwell I think, so just pull back the carpet, you should see a black cover, unbolt that with a 13mm and then the other bolt and after you lift that up you should see your ECU.
Personally sounds like 1 of 2 things, either your spark plugs are gone and they will need to be replaced or your fuel lines are frozen. I'm leaning more towards fuel lines but you say -35 in the city is that degrees celcius???
If it's actually ice cold over there then chances are your fuel lines are frozen, sounds like your car is cranking but it's not getting the fuel it needs to actually start, try thawing them out or something even when the weather is better and don't forget to put anti freeze and fuel stabilizer in the tank before parking it next time. That's my 2 cents worth anyway, hope you solve your problem
Thursday, March 14, 2013 - 08:36 pm, by: Nathan Sheehan(Soarermad1)
•••• fuel, clogged your injectors probably. Throw in heaps of injector cleaner. Take the return line off the fuel pressure regulator on the fuel rail and crank the car over to see if fuel is passing through the rail, if not it's frozen lines.
Thursday, March 14, 2013 - 09:32 pm, by: Samuel Gaete(Silverrush)
Thanks guy, I forgot to mention I had the car parked for over 6 months with the gas tank almost half full, and actually I live up in Canada, Alberta. We get some cold winters here, is there anyway of being able to inspect the ECU? To tell if it's damaged or not working properly?
The fuel return line is part 23280B on the above diagram, its just to the left of the throttle body as you look at the car from the front. When you pull it off and turn the car over it should gush all over the place.
Friday, March 15, 2013 - 12:48 pm, by: Samuel Gaete(Silverrush)
Thanks a lot! Really appreciate the input guys, I'll give it a shot once it stops snowing here, I was thinking about syphoning out the old petrol, I guess I would have to go through the fuel pump outlet right?
Friday, March 15, 2013 - 01:33 pm, by: Matthew Sharpe(Madmatt)
Yeah, as Dave says - if your fuel is anything like what we get down here, it's full of unstable additives that cause the fuel to go stale after a few months... I've even had issues after 3 or 4 weeks with my lawn mower from time to time that have been fixed by flushing out with new fuel.
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