[s-cars] Go. No go. And; go.

[pkrasusky at ups.com]

Bill Balonied:

<<<Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 21:01:16 -0500
From: bill mahoney <airbil at gmail.com>
Subject: [s-cars] Go. No go. And; go.

Sooo... after two mos. + of fun with boost, this morning as I approach the
office,  I seem to loose power under acceleration but recover, stumble a
bit, get revs up, keep them up and then all seems more or less normal.
Leaving for home this evening, the car starts then dies.  Repeat 2x.  Fourth
time I keep revs above 3K for about a minute...a little smoke out the back
but it settles down, but idle seems to float up and down a bit.  Wait 10
minutes and drive home.  Idle continues to seem to float from 800 to 11/1200
or so but also somewhat steadies at 800.  Holding breath and packing the AAA
Gold card I make it home.
Wife drives me to retrieve the B car out of the cave.
So while I have not had a chance to pull codes, are these classic symptoms
of fuel pump failure after 162k?  Of course I had just topped off at the
Shell station 15 minutes before this all started which I suppose might have
induced it but I only took on 12 gallons.
Might be a good idea to do the fuel pump anyhoo.  I forget where the btdt is
and if there's a pump brand of choice if someone can point me?
This is great training for an Alfa Romeo huh?
Thanks for any help!
Ciao!
Bill~rolling not rolling sort of rolling~M>>>




Bill, I see you're continuing your forever pursuit of achieving Ultimatedom - Pederson's So Fast it Doesn't Even Run - status.  And doing quite a good job @ it I might add.  Kudos, takes commitment.  Real soap opera stuff for you there - Days of Our Bologna?  Guiding Baloney?  General Baloney?  As the Bologna Turns?

WRT pump, shoot... 162k on OE pump?  Even if it's not it, start there anyway as can't hurt.  Just think you'll save that impending / inevitable late night call to Allison / Clueless Racing cohorts begging for a tow 'n ride.  Nike.

Bwd'oh to just filling up tho - classic.  Sucker.

I used some Italian knock off pump IIRC, or go VDO.  Tho w/ your mods maybe it's time to go 044?  The OE pump job is a joke, maybe a 20min job.  Just need to employ the 'ole "Bra Strap Twick" that you perfected in high school to the pump to get it out of the assembly basket and leave the basket in tank.  Voila, Paul's yer buddy.

Nice to see der ///M back out.  Gots to say tho, I do prefer the OE multispokes vs. them stop signs - notwithstanding 'those' are more true to your eLTW endeavor, and that they're forged.  My useless $2.00 (nowadays worth less than previously favored <insert> Rupees / Pesos / Shillings / Yen).

Good luck, HTH, report back.

-Paul