[Shotimes] SHO down, codes pulled, owner worried

[Carl Prochilo]

Floyd,  A quick thing to check is fuel pressure.  See if you get any fuel
spray at the schraeder valve that pokes out through the bed o' snakes.  If
you want to instrument this more properly, get a fuel pressure gauge from
AZ for about $38.  Also make sure the emergency shutoff switch in the
trunk hasn't tripped.

Also, is battery in good shape?
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson

On Sun, February 27, 2005 3:21 pm, Vasquez, Floyd E. said:
> hello SHO-folk,
>
> My 92 (144K) is down and i'm worried.  The car is well maintained, to
> include
> full 60K 11 months ago (plus 3 years of constant care).  Always starts
> right
> up.  Last friday started 'er up and drove out of the driveway at work and
> "clunk" she died - kinda felt like when my CPS died on the freeway.  This
> time
> she won't start back up.  Pushed it back into the secure lot and went back
> today to take a look and pull the codes:
>
> codes say:  542 Fuel pump open  543 - Fuel pump circuit shows no power
> 556
> fuel pump relay primary circuit failure plus 116 ECT sensor out of range
> and
> 114 IAT sensor out of range.
>
> When I turn the ignitition on, the fuel pump seems to spring to life as
> always, sounds exactly the same as always has.  The scary part is that now
> when I engage the starter and turn over the engine, it sounds funny..
> possibly
> a grinding sound.. not a screaming scraping or crunching sound, but I note
> a
> definite change in the sound and it... umm.. sounds kind of grindy..
>
> Recent work:  bad leak from front oil seal which was under warranty.  Shop
> says they opened front up and replaced front seal - even though it wasn't
> really leaking.  They say leak was from head gasket and wanted $1,500 to
> fix.
> Car has been running very strong - leak was steady, but the car has plenty
> of
> Mobile One and the cardboard under car is protecting garage floor.
>
> Fuel pump?  other?
>
> floyd
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