Call the guys at Foreignautocomputer repair before you do anything else and see if he can point you in the right direction. He might be able to tell you what they repaired on it when you sent it in, which could tell you what to look for.
Call the guys at Foreignautocomputer repair before you do anything else and see if he can point you in the right direction. He might be able to tell you what they repaired on it when you sent it in, which could tell you what to look for.
i got one from them, havent sent mine in yet. i dont know if the rebuilt had an issue, or if my truck fried the new one. now i have 2 shot ecus at the shop. i was convinced this was gonna be it and id be back on the road.
Ask crandell what he has found on his. He found some plug or grounding thing, something like that. He went through like 5 ecus.
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so i may have good news. the truck still has spark and power to the fuel pump, it may have a bad fuel pump now. it ran for 5 mins or so when we put the ecu in, then died, we thought it killed the ecu. checked it today and it has spark, but no fuel so it sounded the same. im getting closer.
the wires that went to my cps were backwards, like someone pulled the wires out of the plug and installed them wrong. have you checked to see if you can get fuel through the pump jumper. its a single whit wire under the dash around the fuse box area and it just has a blank male plug in one end. and yeah i had mine rebuilt 3 times.
i didnt know there was a jumper. i will try that tomorrow. did you have to pay each time the comp was rebuilt? mine says it has a 18 month warranty, im not sure if theyll fix it for free if i killed it.
so its been a while since my last post, the new ecu seems to be good, my friend thinks its the distributer now. we ordered that a last monday, it was supposed to be in by fri, still no word on it. im hoping this is the last part im waiting on. dying to get it back
You said it was getting spark right??? If so then I would look at the fuel system. Start at the relay and work forward from there. Use the jumper and make the pump run. That will reduce one thing from the puzzle.
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its back! so it needed a new computer and it needed the distributer rebuilt. what a pain in the ass. i had to move a fridge and pick up 2 christmas trees last weekend. not easy with a chevy blazer. glad its back, soon as christmas is over i might be able to get to lowering it.
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i read on here somewhere that when something is fixed, to close the thread, how do i do that?
That is in the for sale section. Other threads just stay open, so someone later on can ask more questions.Originally Posted by bobsnewdirection
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hey the second time the guy thought it was something he did, so he warrenteed it, and the time after that he did it for free for some reason. so all in all it was still $300 bucks for the inspections and repairs when he could have charged me $900.
well its dead again. died on me on my way home from a christmas party at midnight. i did make it to central jersey and all the way back minus 1 mile so its not the worst place to be. is started chugging like it was running out of gas, i had more then a half a tank in it, then it stalled and wouldnt kick over. it shouldnt be the fuel filter because i changed that 2 months ago, it prob only has 300 miles on it since that. gonna try to see if its the fuel pump, im hoping its that and not all the stuff i went thru with the computer.
got it back home, im going with its the fuel pump. i banged on the tank and it started right up. i guess soon as i have some cash again, it will be running. for a truck with so few miles, im suprised im having these problems. my last mighty max had 150000 and i never had any more issues then it burning thru starters every 2 years
So now you need a fuel pump? It wasn't making any noise when you turned the key, or tell you shook it around? Not just a loose connection or somthing?
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That's typical for electric fuel pumps.Running them low or sitting for a long time they get either rust or a varnish on them, it will work fine when cold but as the contaminants cause friction they heat up,the metal expands and you lose pressure do to increased gap between the impellers and the housing. New fuel pump should be around $40.00
Did you get it running again??
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sorry, ive been busy remodeling my parents house. i havent even looked at it since christmas morning. im pretty sure its the pump. might just give it to a shop, its cold and im busy as hell at the moment. this is the first ive been online since then. rewire at my fams should be roughed in tomorrow, might get a chance to play thurs.
i got a chance to play with the truck today, it fired right up and ran great. i couldnt get it to bog down and sputter like it did 2 weeks ago. took it to my friends shop, hes gonna drop the tank and clean it out. im letting him decide if we re putting a new pump in or not. i say yes if the tanks down just do it. what u think?
got the truck back. it ran fine the whole time the shop had it. he wants me to drive it til it stalls again. thats a little nerve racking, waiting to break down. cant wait for spring to actually start playin with the truck. its under snow right now.
yes put in the pump. Did you do it??
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i said do the pump, he wanted real proof that it was the pump. ill prob do it myself at this point. gonna drain the tank on sat and see if any debris is in it.
Proof,,, he was right there... it's electric things can just go wacky at any time.
I did rename your thread to (SOLVED Kind'a)
I hope you get it nailed down. Hell, you have checked dam near everything you can think of, except the glove box latch.
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your not kidding. it starts every time now so im not as concerned as i was when it was the comp and distributer. ill get it all figured out soon enough. the weather is supposed to be in the 50s this weekend so im gonna work on it, not gonna have to many days like that for a while. i like the 'sort of' also.
so i drained all the gas out of the truck, there was a lot of crud in the tank. i ran a gallon thru, looked at it, saw more crap, so i ran another gallon thru. hope that helps a bit.
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