what motor? :pokes:
like topic description says, i havent had time to see my mechanic today so thought id ask here. only happens while driving and not very often (once or twice on a 15 min drive) and it stalls at the lights sometimes, without even spluttering before.
what motor? :pokes:
sorry, bigport
Give us some leads here will you.
What have you tried?
Did you do any work on the car before it started playing up?
Checked TPS/loose wires?
85' JDM TA63 GTTR sedan - Godlike
89' JDM GZ20 Soarer - 1jz + R154 bus
Originally Posted by joeschmo_57
sounds like the same issue I have with my car man..... its been going on for over a year now 16v 4age..
Its very random and annoying, wont do it for a month or so and then out of nowhere it will deciede to play games...
I will be just driving along or sitting at lights and it will just cut out, sometimes when driving I don't even notice, usually I can just flick the key on and off and it will be sweet although sometimes I have to hold the key while I drive which is fuckin annoying...... I have no idea what it is, got another engine and loom going in sooner than later hopefully so not greatly concerned with it... but yeh so far I have replaced the coil, leads, fuel pump, new earths, new dizzy rotor.. havent had it professionaly looked at but was told by a mechanic it was the ignition model that screws onto the back of the key barrel, told me to tighten it, but yeh that didnt do shit...
If you find out what it is I'd be interested to know... lol
I have an idea to throw out there... are either of your ECU's JDM ones?
Apparently a lot of the JDM 4AGE ecu's were made with poor quality capacitors and they have a tendency to leak. Good idea to have a look anyway even if its an ADM one.
Once capacitors have started leaking they usually wont stop the device entirely from working, but just cause erratic errors. In my experience with desktop PCs with leaking caps the computer will work most of the time, but randomly restart or switch off, and symptoms will get worse until the thing dies completely. What I have also observed in the with PCs that have leaking caps is that there is usually a greater tendency for them to play up whilst its hotter, ie. the computer may be fine in winter, but become erratic during the summer.
Fear not, if that is the problem you just need somebody handy with a soldering iron and a handful of replacement capacitors and it can all be sorted. I've repaired a few computer motherboards myself like that.
Have a look on wiki at this article:
It'll explain to you what to look for, obviously you'll need to take the lid off the ECU.
If you find leaking caps I'd be happy to replace them for you for a fee, PM me if you're interested.
ahhh... hmm that would make sense... its JDM ecu also...
You may well be onto something..
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Golberg @ Aug 24 2008, 07:09 PM) </div>would this cause the car to run rough or poorly, and then after switching the car off and restarting it, the engine runs fine??
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (slide86 @ Aug 24 2008, 08:02 PM) </div>Could literally cause any number of problems, and its reasonably easy to check for.
If you want you can take the lid off take a good resolution photo of the board then post it up here and I should be able to tell you if it looks as if there is a capacitor problem.
fucken ecu's haha.. sounds like my problem.. but wont run atm... 1 more thing to check though...
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