What do you call a car that only moves in reverse?
12-12-2002, 02:40 AM
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What do you call a car that only moves in reverse?
I was leaving the house today to head into campus for a study session (exam tomorrow morning). Anyways, about 2 mins from my house the car dies. I try to restart it and nothing, it turns over and acts like its out of gas. SO, knowing I still have 1/2 a tank left I check the fuses for the fuel pump and sure enough the fuse is blown. I replace it, move forward and it blows. This process went on for a bit, then I decided to try to idle the car home as it seemed the car idled fine. As soon as I gained momentum it died again. Then, my brother and I (he showed up in the other 944) tried the car in reverse and it ran fine. So we managed to reverse/limp the car back to the house (lots of fun through the neighborhood).
WHAT could be the cause of this? Fuel pump? Could the Speedo/Odometer be causing the fuse to repeatedly blow? Any thoughts?
I was hoping on driving to SC next week to visit my folks after exams.
-Robert D.
WHAT could be the cause of this? Fuel pump? Could the Speedo/Odometer be causing the fuse to repeatedly blow? Any thoughts?
I was hoping on driving to SC next week to visit my folks after exams.
-Robert D.
12-12-2002, 10:15 AM
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Q: What do you call a car that only moves in reverse?
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12-12-2002, 12:50 PM
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Sorry, its an '88 944S manual. I unplugged the O2 sensor, still blows the fuse (that was the first thing I unplugged, then the TPS, then tried the AFM but car wouldnt run). I wonder, if there is a sensor on the fuel pump or on the circuit that tells when the gas is low, if that somehow has shorted out...when the fuel knocks around that may short the fuse....that doesn't explain why it can go in reverse though.
stumped.
-Robert D.
'88 944S
stumped.
-Robert D.
'88 944S
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12-12-2002, 01:35 PM
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Just a thought. Could it be wires under the dash that are rubbing on the clutch pedal when depressed? Sounds like it will be ok when not shifting and that leads me to a bare wire thats shorting out the fuse. Will the car run in any gear and only dies after a shift? <img src="graemlins/c.gif" border="0" alt="[ouch]" /> D
12-12-2002, 07:01 PM
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It could be a short in you wires. There are wires near the transmission and halfshafts going to the fuel pump. Maybe its rubbing when the car is going forward under load and transmission tilting a little to rub the wire? Its a longshot but hope it helps.
12-12-2002, 09:09 PM
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OOk. Well, now the car runs...I don't trust driving it, however, until I figure out what had gone wrong.
I was wondering, my rear hatch fuse had started blowing about a month ago. Do these wires run into the same harness somewhere? If the harness were damaged there, would it possibly cause the fuse to blow on the hatch and fuel pump?
-Robert D.
'88 944S
I was wondering, my rear hatch fuse had started blowing about a month ago. Do these wires run into the same harness somewhere? If the harness were damaged there, would it possibly cause the fuse to blow on the hatch and fuel pump?
-Robert D.
'88 944S
