my car is acting weird..
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my car is acting weird..
i tried a search by i couldn't find anything on it... my search abilities are t3h suck right now..
last night on two seperate occassions, my car did something strange. coming around a corner, in second gear (rs tranny w. wrx motor).. my car shut down at about 3800-4200 rpm. not shut down like turned off, but the rpms stopped going even thought my foot was WOT. it was as if i took it out of gear and was no longer stepping on the gas.
could this be the ecu safegaurding my motor from a boost spaike that may have occured? i don't have a boost gauge yet, but i have a 3" turboback installed. any input on this?
tia,
james
last night on two seperate occassions, my car did something strange. coming around a corner, in second gear (rs tranny w. wrx motor).. my car shut down at about 3800-4200 rpm. not shut down like turned off, but the rpms stopped going even thought my foot was WOT. it was as if i took it out of gear and was no longer stepping on the gas.
could this be the ecu safegaurding my motor from a boost spaike that may have occured? i don't have a boost gauge yet, but i have a 3" turboback installed. any input on this?
tia,
james
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When that happened to me - not my suby, my motorcycle - there was something blocking the air intake.
You could have a blockage on the air intake or the exhaust, both would prevent you from going. A stuck throttle body could do it too.
Can you go fast on the freeway? Did the problem go away?
You could have a blockage on the air intake or the exhaust, both would prevent you from going. A stuck throttle body could do it too.
Can you go fast on the freeway? Did the problem go away?
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hmm.. i'll check the intake
i'm thinking it was the fuel cut, but it didnt sputter at all, it just stopped accelerating and acted as if i were putting it back to idle rpm from a hard pull
i'm thinking it was the fuel cut, but it didnt sputter at all, it just stopped accelerating and acted as if i were putting it back to idle rpm from a hard pull
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James,
You know if there are any questions, you can just give us a call.
First, how much fuel is in the tank? Second, we're you making a right hand turn?
GC's are notorious for fuel slosh when below 1/3 tank and making right hand turns. If you didn't get any CEL, then this is most likely the cause. If you are actually overboosting, you will get a CEL for the Boost Solenoid, ECU doesn't think it's working properly.
Thanks, hope this helps,
-Adam
You know if there are any questions, you can just give us a call.
First, how much fuel is in the tank? Second, we're you making a right hand turn?
GC's are notorious for fuel slosh when below 1/3 tank and making right hand turns. If you didn't get any CEL, then this is most likely the cause. If you are actually overboosting, you will get a CEL for the Boost Solenoid, ECU doesn't think it's working properly.
Thanks, hope this helps,
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Ooops, just missed your post.
Honestly, don't spend your money on an EBC. Your $$$ would be better spent on Tuning to get the full potential of your setup and opens the doors to later mods.
Honestly, don't spend your money on an EBC. Your $$$ would be better spent on Tuning to get the full potential of your setup and opens the doors to later mods.
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thanks for the info guys.. and it actually was a right hand turn haha... we'll see if it happens again.
i'm trying to save money for an uppipe then tune.. but thats gonna be a while
i'm trying to save money for an uppipe then tune.. but thats gonna be a while
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Where are you located? I'd be happy to datalog the car and make sure everything is ok. If you can reproduce the issue while we're logging, it could give us a lot more insight on the problem.
Thanks
Thanks