Huge back fires and car will not start
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Huge back fires and car will not start
I was driving today in 4th gear, put the clutch in and the car died. I have not been able to get it started again, and everytime I turn it over it back fires very loud. I tried push starting the car but as soon as I dropped the clutch there were a few massive back fires as I was moving and the car would not start. What is going on? Could it be a stuck injector? It is a half bridge motor with the power fc, it was running fine earlier today until this happened. I need some serious help
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I had a similar problem a few years ago. (or at least it COULD be similar)
I was driving and the car all of a sudden sputtered and died. Wouldnt start.
After a while, it would crank over and backfire a bunch before settling back down. Then after 5 minutes of driving, it would happen again.
Turns out it was the water temp sensor thingie. Not sure of the actual part name. (not the t-stat). It was basically tricking the ECU into thinking the car was running VERY cold (-35 degrees) and causing a massive fuel dump and flooding the engine.
Maybe the same problem, maybe not, but...
I was driving and the car all of a sudden sputtered and died. Wouldnt start.
After a while, it would crank over and backfire a bunch before settling back down. Then after 5 minutes of driving, it would happen again.
Turns out it was the water temp sensor thingie. Not sure of the actual part name. (not the t-stat). It was basically tricking the ECU into thinking the car was running VERY cold (-35 degrees) and causing a massive fuel dump and flooding the engine.
Maybe the same problem, maybe not, but...
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Turns out it was just very badly flooded. Got it started today after it sat over night. My wastegate seems to be stuck open a bit now though, probably from one the massive explosions in the exhaust.
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well I think the lack of back pressure from the exhaust killed it when I put the clutch in. Also, I have my PFC set to leave the injectors open when I let off the trottle to throw flames, but I think with this current map I have it is just far too rich and that ended up flooding my engine.
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