[Shotimes] SHO down, codes pulled, owner worried

[Ian Fisher]

Good point Leigh. Could also be a valve cover gasket..

Ian

--- Leigh Smith <leighsm@comcast.net> wrote:

> Floyd:
> #1 - oil leak - head gaskets don't leak large
> amounts of oil - this is
> misdiagnosed. If they changed the front crank oil
> seal, then I bet your leak
> is from a cam seal. Makes a mess of the front of the
> engine, and might look
> like it is coming from the head gasket area.
> #2 - Since someone was into the front half of the
> engine recently - I'd look
> there. One almost hidden possibility - the main ECM
> ground - is near the
> front camsensor / hood strut and can easily get
> knocked loose when working
> on the front of the engine. It is a big screw in the
> firewall, 1 inch to the
> fender side from the hood strut, holding a black
> ground wire. Has weird
> symptoms and leaves no trail, other than strange
> codes. (Just ask George!)
> Check it.
> If that is not it, I'd check out the whole elec
> system, battery, starter,
> etc. Batteries have been known to die (short out)
> very suddenly.
> Good luck
> Leigh
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Vasquez, Floyd E."
> <fvasquez@visionbroadcast.com>
> To: "SHOtimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Cc: <NMSHO@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 3:21 PM
> Subject: [Shotimes] SHO down, codes pulled, owner
> worried
> 
> 
> > 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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