Squirrelofdoom
Registered User
Hi all,
Having a starting issue with my ko4 20vt APY conversion I need some help with :S Below is a description of what's going on, and I can't figure out the cause...
29th August:
Drove the car about 40 miles, no problems. Started first time, ran perfectly, no issues. Stopped at my destination and left the car sitting (not running) for probably around 30 minutes. Went to start the car again and nothing. The engine turned, but nothing fired. I usually turn the key to first position to prime the in-line fuel pump, and it usually makes a little whine when I do this and I take that to mean it's primed, then I turn to second position and fire the engine. This time though, turning to first position would only rarely produce the little whine from the in-line pump. So, I checked the pump and the wiring was a little dodgy, bad crimp on the positive terminal. So, got the car towed to a nearby friends and left it there for 5 days while I went back home to get necessary tools etc.
2nd September:
Re-crimped the terminals and reconnected to the fuel pump. Turned the key and started first time, ran perfectly, left to idle for a few minutes and no problems at all. Great, I thought, all solved.
3rd September:
Started the car again in the morning, no issues at all, drove about 50 miles. Halfway through stopped to re-fuel, again, no problems with restarting the car. Got to my destination, again left the car for about 30 minutes, tried to restart. First position, heard the whine, but then the car wouldn't start again... Exactly the same symptoms as last time...
So, I'm confused. The engine turns over, sometimes splutters up to 500rpm and then stalls out, sometimes just cranks and cranks with nothing. I'm going to try leaving the car for a few hours and try starting again.
Thought maybe a hot start issue...but then it fired fine after stopping at the petrol station for a few minutes. Quite confused...Recently my Forge DV has started to "flutter" when dumping boost, don't know if connected at all.
Confused, would appreciate help with fault finding a bit.
Cheers,
Aran
Having a starting issue with my ko4 20vt APY conversion I need some help with :S Below is a description of what's going on, and I can't figure out the cause...
29th August:
Drove the car about 40 miles, no problems. Started first time, ran perfectly, no issues. Stopped at my destination and left the car sitting (not running) for probably around 30 minutes. Went to start the car again and nothing. The engine turned, but nothing fired. I usually turn the key to first position to prime the in-line fuel pump, and it usually makes a little whine when I do this and I take that to mean it's primed, then I turn to second position and fire the engine. This time though, turning to first position would only rarely produce the little whine from the in-line pump. So, I checked the pump and the wiring was a little dodgy, bad crimp on the positive terminal. So, got the car towed to a nearby friends and left it there for 5 days while I went back home to get necessary tools etc.
2nd September:
Re-crimped the terminals and reconnected to the fuel pump. Turned the key and started first time, ran perfectly, left to idle for a few minutes and no problems at all. Great, I thought, all solved.
3rd September:
Started the car again in the morning, no issues at all, drove about 50 miles. Halfway through stopped to re-fuel, again, no problems with restarting the car. Got to my destination, again left the car for about 30 minutes, tried to restart. First position, heard the whine, but then the car wouldn't start again... Exactly the same symptoms as last time...
So, I'm confused. The engine turns over, sometimes splutters up to 500rpm and then stalls out, sometimes just cranks and cranks with nothing. I'm going to try leaving the car for a few hours and try starting again.
Thought maybe a hot start issue...but then it fired fine after stopping at the petrol station for a few minutes. Quite confused...Recently my Forge DV has started to "flutter" when dumping boost, don't know if connected at all.
Confused, would appreciate help with fault finding a bit.
Cheers,
Aran