I had a gremlin today, and i couldnt believe what it was.
My car has been running really well, but i knew it was missing something...
So today when i went to start my car it started straight away like it always does, but after around 60secs she just died.
I was standing in the garage doing something and turned around and looked at the car in shock. When i went to start her again, there was no fuel there, it took a few turns of the engine before she fired up again.
So i knew it was fuel. But not only that, i heard this weird noise coming from the TPS switch believe it or not, a clicking sound, but it only clicked when i had my hand near it??? By now i'm getting really worried so i run to the back and switch off the battery. I disconnect the TPS, then i start looking around...
I found one of the (5 pronged)fuses which powers the injectors or fuel, i'm not sure exactly what it does, but i looked at it, and pushed it down back to where it should have been, it was nearly all the way out! I pulled it back out and noticed one of the prongs had been either burnt, or corroded, it had white stuff on it. I cleaned it as best as i could, put it back and made my way to the auto store to buy a replacement fuse.
The car started beautifully and felt, and sounded different...
Driving there the felt like i was driving on ice, hardly any throttle and the car was just moving, i thought she's back, because before i was going to take her to get looked at by the tuner.
But halfway there all of a sudden the fuse decided it had enough, and i chugged and stuttered about 300m before i arrived at the auto store. So i bought the fuse, the computer was happy, so i went for a long drive to make sure everything was ok. I cant believe what that fuse did. It was actually affecting the fuel map, or rather everything couldnt keep up with the map because the fuse wasnt connected properly.
Now it drives so much better its fantastic. What a difference....but thats not the only fuse i bought from the auto store...
You know that rule of 'dont fix it if it aint broke'? Well i thought why not buy another fuse to replace the other one that was working so well? Well when i left the auto store i wondered why i had no instrument readings, nothing except the boost gauge.
Either that fuse was faulty or the car didnt like it, so back in with the old one and back to normal. What a day. So bye bye gremlin.
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