[Shotimes] SHO down, codes pulled, owner worried

[Vasquez, Floyd E.]

Thank you SHO brothers.  I'll keep you posted off-list.

floyd

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian Fisher" <dataflash@yahoo.com>
To: "Leigh Smith" <leighsm@comcast.net>; "Vasquez, Floyd E." 
<fvasquez@visionbroadcast.com>; "SHOtimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Cc: <NMSHO@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] SHO down, codes pulled, owner worried


> 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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