No start with fast clicking from injectors? - update with video!
09-22-2006, 07:39 PM
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No start with fast clicking from injectors? - update with video!
Not my car...
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A new local owner just got this car and was driving it home when 3 miles away from home the car died. He said there was a clicking noise and now he cannot restart. I had him inspect the TB - it's good.
I've told him how to jumper the relays and check them ala Bill Ball. He hasn't done this yet, but he called me a little while ago and with the key in the ignition turned to the on position, he said there was a vibration coming from the fuel rails and I could hear it over the phone! It sounded like the injectiors were amped up on some serious drugs!
Tickitytickitytickity! Rapid clicking.
He's having it towed home. I told him to proceed with the relays, but does this sound like an LH failure? IIRC this is one of the classic symptoms, no? Poor guy.
87 Auto
A new local owner just got this car and was driving it home when 3 miles away from home the car died. He said there was a clicking noise and now he cannot restart. I had him inspect the TB - it's good.
I've told him how to jumper the relays and check them ala Bill Ball. He hasn't done this yet, but he called me a little while ago and with the key in the ignition turned to the on position, he said there was a vibration coming from the fuel rails and I could hear it over the phone! It sounded like the injectiors were amped up on some serious drugs!
Tickitytickitytickity! Rapid clicking. He's having it towed home. I told him to proceed with the relays, but does this sound like an LH failure? IIRC this is one of the classic symptoms, no? Poor guy.
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I just broke the news to him... He's taking it quite well.
He's only a few miles away from me, so we're going to schedule up a time for me to swap mine into his.
He's only a few miles away from me, so we're going to schedule up a time for me to swap mine into his.
09-22-2006, 09:18 PM
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I just broke the news to him... He's taking it quite well.
He's only a few miles away from me, so we're going to schedule up a time for me to swap mine into his.
He's only a few miles away from me, so we're going to schedule up a time for me to swap mine into his.
09-22-2006, 09:19 PM
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Better to swap his into your car. You simply unplug your brain, no need to remove it. His is likely to need to be removed anyway. If your car goes clicky-clicky, that's good enough.
09-22-2006, 09:25 PM
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The safe bet may be the other way 'round, for his may have died other than an internal death ( if that's the case). Regardless, his must come out anyway ... and with that LH in hand, all you have to do is unplug your LH connector, and attach to his ....
Who knows what killed his. Mine was age. Look on the bright side...hopefully it is the brain. Quick fix and you'll be good to go untill the planets line up again
...what bill said
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09-23-2006, 11:32 AM
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The rebuild units aren't cheap, but it least it's not another 10 hours of labor to take something off to get to it. I'd much rather have a LH die and swap it out in 10 minutes, then to have an ISV go bad and have to take off the regular S4 manifold to get to it.
I'm very happy with the rebuilt unit I got from Rich at Electronik Repair in AZ.
I'm very happy with the rebuilt unit I got from Rich at Electronik Repair in AZ.