HELP 911!!!!!
09-12-2018, 04:18 PM
#17
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That's not good news at all. I've been following your threads on this car and noticed you've put a tremendous amount of blood, sweat, and tears into getting this car operational. Where did the replacement engine come from? private sale or dismantler? Did the company or person give you any sort of DOA and/or warranty of any kind? I'm hoping the engine is fine and that something simple has been overlooked during the install.
Same old throttle body and wire harness, same old starter.
The starter seems no to be getting juice.
The fault codes above need to be addressed but I'm no mechanic and hate electrical trouble shooting (I suck at it)
09-12-2018, 04:30 PM
#18
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Any chance you have a DME thing going on? Your codes are from a 7.8 DME engine but being a MY2002, the car wiring is probably set up for a 7.2 DME. On a search, I saw this swap issue in the Boxster forum and the result was the same issue you are having.
09-12-2018, 05:14 PM
#20
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From what I read, it switched to 7.8 in 2003.
09-12-2018, 05:18 PM
#21
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The engine is a factory replacement that went into an 05 (3.6)
09-12-2018, 06:52 PM
#23
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I'm thinking DME too. Do you have the DME from the new engine? If you are, I do not think that would working without changing out all of the immobilizer crap to match the new DME. If you are using the old DME, but the new motor needs the newer DME, that will also cause the issue.
09-12-2018, 07:53 PM
#25
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09-12-2018, 08:20 PM
#26
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So, it sounds like physically everything is buttoned up so i'd say were looking at something electrical here.
When you turn the key you get nothing? Not even a crank but no fire or doesn't even get to that stage?
Think were looking at:
- Immobiliser
- DME
- Starter
Do you hear the fuel pump prime when you turn the key?
When you turn the key you get nothing? Not even a crank but no fire or doesn't even get to that stage?
Think were looking at:
- Immobiliser
- DME
- Starter
Do you hear the fuel pump prime when you turn the key?
09-12-2018, 09:57 PM
#27
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I did not hear the full pump.
09-12-2018, 10:12 PM
#28
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09-13-2018, 03:20 AM
#29
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Or, maybe it was something really stupid... like a less than tight starter cable. She's alive!!!
09-13-2018, 08:18 AM
#30
Drifting
Congratulations!
It usually ends up bring something like that. Hence the earlier suggestion about breaking the problem down and troubleshooting it systematically. I’ve worked in software for 25 years, and I can’t even tell you how many times bugs boil down to something simple once you get to the root cause.
It usually ends up bring something like that. Hence the earlier suggestion about breaking the problem down and troubleshooting it systematically. I’ve worked in software for 25 years, and I can’t even tell you how many times bugs boil down to something simple once you get to the root cause.