scam75
Well-known member
Right chaps. I am getting very weary of all this. Possibly not long till my former pride and joy is torched and I claim my rather tasty agreed value from my insurers.
Last night, after fighting all afternoon fitting my new alternator, which is a **** of a job on a turbo, and realising it's probably the air con compressor that is noisy, I drove off to play footie with my mates as I do every Thursday night. On way home, biblical storm, but defo not drove through any large puddles, car chucks it. Pulled over, restarted no bother. Drove half a mile, chug chug, half a mile of chugging then cuts out. Starts on key but immediately dies. At this point it is 11pm, I have only a wet t shirt and shorts on, and I'm stuck in the middle of a roundabout. Long story short AA got the car home for me by 3am! Freezing doesn't even start to sum it up!
So after same fannying about today the car starts and runs with the fuel pump fuse out, clearly only till fuel in rail runs out. Which incidentally is about 10 mins. As soon as fuse 34 goes back in it chucks it instantly. I have changed the DME relay, the FPR and the fuel damper. Pump is working fine it would seem. Half filled a litre bottle in seconds when I cracked open the fuel rail and cranked it.
Last night there was water round about the base of my fuse box. Can't help thinking something is shorting as soon as the fuel pump fuse is connected although no fuses have blown.
What else does fuse 34 do? It says fuel pump, which it clearly does, and fuel sender. My fuel gauge still works with this fuse out.
Edit to add fuse box is bone dry. Took it out to check.
Help. Or else give me matches. I now hate my car.
Stuart
Last night, after fighting all afternoon fitting my new alternator, which is a **** of a job on a turbo, and realising it's probably the air con compressor that is noisy, I drove off to play footie with my mates as I do every Thursday night. On way home, biblical storm, but defo not drove through any large puddles, car chucks it. Pulled over, restarted no bother. Drove half a mile, chug chug, half a mile of chugging then cuts out. Starts on key but immediately dies. At this point it is 11pm, I have only a wet t shirt and shorts on, and I'm stuck in the middle of a roundabout. Long story short AA got the car home for me by 3am! Freezing doesn't even start to sum it up!
So after same fannying about today the car starts and runs with the fuel pump fuse out, clearly only till fuel in rail runs out. Which incidentally is about 10 mins. As soon as fuse 34 goes back in it chucks it instantly. I have changed the DME relay, the FPR and the fuel damper. Pump is working fine it would seem. Half filled a litre bottle in seconds when I cracked open the fuel rail and cranked it.
Last night there was water round about the base of my fuse box. Can't help thinking something is shorting as soon as the fuel pump fuse is connected although no fuses have blown.
What else does fuse 34 do? It says fuel pump, which it clearly does, and fuel sender. My fuel gauge still works with this fuse out.
Edit to add fuse box is bone dry. Took it out to check.
Help. Or else give me matches. I now hate my car.
Stuart
