Danube_3KGT
04-01-2012, 08:03 PM
Alright a lot of people have heard my story over and over but im gonna type it all out so everyone can read it and get the full story..
info about the car:
1996 Base DOHC 3000GT ATX
Ok, I recently got my car back from the mechanic after 2 years of it being down and I drove it for roughly 2 days. I drove it for 2 days and on the second day I got to my mothers house and because my radio hadnt been getting power I decided to pull it and check the connections. I took the radio out of the car with the car off and then tried to turn the car over. (This roughly 15-20 minutes after I arrived) I turned the key over and the car started, it idled really rough and died after about 2 seconds. I tried to turn it over again but the car wouldn't start. I let the car sit for about 30 minutes and came back and it did it again, started up, idled rough and then died after a few seconds. Tried to turn it back over and it wouldn't start. I let it sit for about 2 hours and went out and tried it again. This time the car started up and I figured I'd try to get home before it messed up again. I got about 5 miles from my moms house and the car began struggling for power. I was driving about 30 mph and was at about 3500-4000 rpms with the pedal floored and it slowly died on me. After then it wouldn't start again. I pushed it off the road and had it towed back to my house. I was told that with my car sitting for 2 years that the filter and pump might be bad from sucking up water. I changed the filter and the pump and while doing so broke the fuel line and had to replace it to. After I got home it again would turn over and start, idle rough as hell and die and then not start after that. I checked the battery terminals and connectors to make sure they were clean and tight and they where. I was also told that the ECU could be bad so I pulled it and checked my capacitors for leaking and couldn't find anything at all that looked bad. I put the ECU back in and made sure the harnesses were clipped in good and tried to start the car again. Now when I let it sit for awhile then try to start it I get a large "POP!" sound in the engine bay, I believe is coming from the drivers side of the bay and then it dies. and after ward just cranks and won't start up. I am needing this fixed and really don't want to get this sent to another mechanic. I've replaced everything fuel related now and I pretty positive its something electrical. My main problems being even though I have a multimeter I am not a guru on using one and don't have anyone who lives close and can swap out parts from their car to test. Anyone have any ideas I can try short of buying parts? If I can get a diagram of where every ground on the damn car is I am willing to check em, I just need this car running. I just spent over 2000.00 at the mechanics shop and can't blame my wife for being pretty pissed off. (The mechanic did say he replaced my cam and crank sensors, and gave me my original coil pack back. Not sure why he replaced the coil pack with a different one but I checked mine with a multimeter and got roughly 13.5 with each coil)
info about the car:
1996 Base DOHC 3000GT ATX
Ok, I recently got my car back from the mechanic after 2 years of it being down and I drove it for roughly 2 days. I drove it for 2 days and on the second day I got to my mothers house and because my radio hadnt been getting power I decided to pull it and check the connections. I took the radio out of the car with the car off and then tried to turn the car over. (This roughly 15-20 minutes after I arrived) I turned the key over and the car started, it idled really rough and died after about 2 seconds. I tried to turn it over again but the car wouldn't start. I let the car sit for about 30 minutes and came back and it did it again, started up, idled rough and then died after a few seconds. Tried to turn it back over and it wouldn't start. I let it sit for about 2 hours and went out and tried it again. This time the car started up and I figured I'd try to get home before it messed up again. I got about 5 miles from my moms house and the car began struggling for power. I was driving about 30 mph and was at about 3500-4000 rpms with the pedal floored and it slowly died on me. After then it wouldn't start again. I pushed it off the road and had it towed back to my house. I was told that with my car sitting for 2 years that the filter and pump might be bad from sucking up water. I changed the filter and the pump and while doing so broke the fuel line and had to replace it to. After I got home it again would turn over and start, idle rough as hell and die and then not start after that. I checked the battery terminals and connectors to make sure they were clean and tight and they where. I was also told that the ECU could be bad so I pulled it and checked my capacitors for leaking and couldn't find anything at all that looked bad. I put the ECU back in and made sure the harnesses were clipped in good and tried to start the car again. Now when I let it sit for awhile then try to start it I get a large "POP!" sound in the engine bay, I believe is coming from the drivers side of the bay and then it dies. and after ward just cranks and won't start up. I am needing this fixed and really don't want to get this sent to another mechanic. I've replaced everything fuel related now and I pretty positive its something electrical. My main problems being even though I have a multimeter I am not a guru on using one and don't have anyone who lives close and can swap out parts from their car to test. Anyone have any ideas I can try short of buying parts? If I can get a diagram of where every ground on the damn car is I am willing to check em, I just need this car running. I just spent over 2000.00 at the mechanics shop and can't blame my wife for being pretty pissed off. (The mechanic did say he replaced my cam and crank sensors, and gave me my original coil pack back. Not sure why he replaced the coil pack with a different one but I checked mine with a multimeter and got roughly 13.5 with each coil)