Tonight, some problems happened. Cruising a little bit, my car started feeling "funny". At partial throttle, it sputtered a lot and didn't have power. Then all of a sudden she decides she doesn't want to go. At like 10% throttle, she will go a little bit and accelerate, but anything more than that and she will just coast, like she's getting nothing..no fuel, spark, or buck like crazy if i hit the gas, let off, hit it..etc... Strange thing is, she idles PERFECT.

So I pull over and see what's going on. ECU shows code 20 (Electrical Overload...have had it throwing that for months now...). Seems that with the bucking, my engine got knocked in to my strut bar. The dashpot for the idle got mashed, and was bent, and my fpr line was kinked. Took the bar off, put the dashpot back in place, and unkinked the fpr line... Still nothing

So I start heading home. About 1/2 way there, at a red light, my CEL pops up. Quick check of the ECU, o2 sensor is now up along w/ the electrical overload. The car is still running like crap though...so I press on.

About 20 seconds later, she runs PERFECT. NO hesitation (since day 1 w/ my ZC, I have had hesitation, adding the dsm 450cc's w/ the smc didn't help this either)...Everything is smooth as hell, and she has power she NEVER had before. Before, I could break loose in 1st, rip in to 2nd...now when she spools, she breaks loose 1st/2nd and rips 3rd without any problems...

WTF. Still only throwing o2 and electrical overload, but I have throw those forever, what would cause them to make it run this bad now, and why didn't it clear up the second it threw the CEL? Any suggestions?

Setup:
ZC longblock/Si Tranny
ACT 6puck/fidanza 9lb/extreme pp
Greddy TD04H Turbo
DSM 450cc injectors
SMC
MSD 6A

-Jon

Cliffsnotes: Car starts to sputter and I pull over. Bent dashpot on TB and kinked fpr vac hose. Fix both, but car still wont run right...anything over like 10% fuel and she sputters and tries to die.. Head home, about 1/2 CEL pops up, o2 and electrical overload...20 secs after CEL pops, car runs better than it ever has b4..WTF


[Modified by BoostedxPeloTudo, 12:13 AM 1/16/2003]

 

maybe it's a bad alternator or a loose alternator belt..You just never know..Good luck though.

 

I can tell you right now it's a short in your wiring. Not fun at all.

 

check your grounds .. we had this prob wid out D16Z6 EF hatch

 

the sputtering and hesitation sounds exactly when i had a bad TPS.