Cellar car issue - Page 3

jinx · 01-21-2010, 07:13 PM

Oh, good call mon.

capnhowdy · 01-21-2010, 07:42 PM

Let's just get Tony a new car.

Nirvana · 01-21-2010, 09:05 PM

Good idea Cap, got you covered UT

Nirvana · 01-21-2010, 09:09 PM

Sounds weather related my cruiser has been "burping" lately. Advanced Auto, Pep Boys and Auto Pro can read your codes for you free.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-21-2010, 11:57 PM

Just tell them NOT to erase any, in case they're needed later.

Undertoad · 01-22-2010, 08:26 AM

Distributor cap is OK.

glatt · 01-22-2010, 08:36 AM

Must be fuel then. I'm a lazy ass. If it were me, I'd pour some of that STP fuel stuff in there to take care of any water, and I'd make sure to keep the tank pretty full for a while to reduce the chance of condensation.

I wouldn't bother to get anything checked out unless it acted up again.

YMMV

ZenGum · 01-23-2010, 05:54 PM

It's running now, right? Don't fool with it. If it plays up again, then maybe get your mech-tech to diagnose it.

richlevy · 01-23-2010, 07:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by capnhowdy

Let's just get Tony a new car.

Well, all my discretionary charitable money is going to Haiti. If I got Tony a new car, he'd have to pick it up in Port-au-Prince.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-23-2010, 11:38 PM

If we send him to Haiti, he won't need a car.

richlevy · 02-07-2010, 11:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nirvana

Good idea Cap, got you covered UT

No No No. This one. I don't think you'll need to worry about paying too much insurance, unless your neighbors store armor piercing ammunition.

And since the company is in the U.K., we can send Dana or SG to do the inspection.

capnhowdy · 02-08-2010, 06:50 AM

How about an update, UT? Wassup?

Undertoad · 02-08-2010, 09:47 AM

Absolutely zero problems since that day. Did a treatment of dry gas.

capnhowdy · 02-08-2010, 07:16 PM

Great! PMA at it's finest.

Undertoad · 02-07-2011, 06:54 PM

OK, the Cellar Car is experiencing intermittent rough engine and throwing the check engine light.

Some might remember that the check engine light was flashing earlier, and that I had to manage drilling out two plastic rivets in order to get to the computer to use the "back door" method to check the code. Before I could do that, the car repaired itself, which it annoyingly is failing to do this time. So I drilled out the rivets.

So the thing threw two codes, one "cylinder 4 misfire", one "multi cylinder misfire".

I looked up online and they said this is often a bad fuel injector, and how to test the fuel injectors. The resistance across each injector's connector spades should be 10-15 ohms.

It turns out that the front injectors are easy to get to and test, and the rear injectors require skill, patience and 3 hours to get to and test.

So I tested the front 3 (of a 6 cylinder engine, you see), and #2 and #4 showed 34 ohms while #6 showed 12 ohms.

So I might get two new fuel injectors and change out the known bad ones to see what that does. That's about $150 at Pep Boys. But it'll suck if one or more of the rear injectors have to be replaced too, and the only way I find out is by replacing the front bad ones and waiting for another check engine light.

01-21-2010, 07:13 PM	#31
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Oh, good call mon. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

01-21-2010, 07:42 PM	#32
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Let's just get Tony a new car. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

01-21-2010, 09:05 PM	#33
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	Good idea Cap, got you covered UT Attached Images __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

01-21-2010, 09:09 PM	#34
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	Sounds weather related my cruiser has been "burping" lately. Advanced Auto, Pep Boys and Auto Pro can read your codes for you free. __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

01-21-2010, 11:57 PM	#35
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Just tell them NOT to erase any, in case they're needed later. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-22-2010, 08:26 AM	#36
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Distributor cap is OK.

01-22-2010, 08:36 AM	#37
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Must be fuel then. I'm a lazy ass. If it were me, I'd pour some of that STP fuel stuff in there to take care of any water, and I'd make sure to keep the tank pretty full for a while to reduce the chance of condensation. I wouldn't bother to get anything checked out unless it acted up again. YMMV

01-23-2010, 05:54 PM	#38
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	It's running now, right? Don't fool with it. If it plays up again, then maybe get your mech-tech to diagnose it. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

01-23-2010, 11:38 PM	#40
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	If we send him to Haiti, he won't need a car. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-08-2010, 06:50 AM	#42
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	How about an update, UT? Wassup? __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

02-08-2010, 09:47 AM	#43
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Absolutely zero problems since that day. Did a treatment of dry gas.

02-08-2010, 07:16 PM	#44
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Great! PMA at it's finest. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

02-07-2011, 06:54 PM	#45
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	OK, the Cellar Car is experiencing intermittent rough engine and throwing the check engine light. Some might remember that the check engine light was flashing earlier, and that I had to manage drilling out two plastic rivets in order to get to the computer to use the "back door" method to check the code. Before I could do that, the car repaired itself, which it annoyingly is failing to do this time. So I drilled out the rivets. So the thing threw two codes, one "cylinder 4 misfire", one "multi cylinder misfire". I looked up online and they said this is often a bad fuel injector, and how to test the fuel injectors. The resistance across each injector's connector spades should be 10-15 ohms. It turns out that the front injectors are easy to get to and test, and the rear injectors require skill, patience and 3 hours to get to and test. So I tested the front 3 (of a 6 cylinder engine, you see), and #2 and #4 showed 34 ohms while #6 showed 12 ohms. So I might get two new fuel injectors and change out the known bad ones to see what that does. That's about $150 at Pep Boys. But it'll suck if one or more of the rear injectors have to be replaced too, and the only way I find out is by replacing the front bad ones and waiting for another check engine light.

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