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Old 31-07-2006, 08:51 AM   #1
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Default Fuel issue...

*This is probably going to be long winded, so bear with me...*

Friday afternoon - I leave the driveway at work, give it a bootful (I always give it a bootful when I leave work), and to explain it in laymans terms, it "starved" the fuel on me, and I couldn't go any faster than 40km/h, didn't matter what position the throttle was in. I rang Tibbo when I got home and explained it to him, he suggested to me that it could be the fuel pump (my first thought too), and to run it on gas to make sure that I can rule out electrical/ECU problems. It ran 100%.

Saturday - I thought that maybe if it did it again, I'd change the fuel filter (hasn't been done in a while) and see what happens. Ran flawlessly, like the "starvation" problem never happened.

Yesterday - I painted my rear disc hubs and calipers, and thought that I'd go for a quick run and see if it would do it again. Wouldn't start after two tries, then it started. I stopped somewhere for a little while, then tried to start it again. Didn't want a bar of it, so I pumped the throttle after 5 tries at starting it, it went no problem.

This morning - Just like Saturday, no problem.

I'm ruling out gas and electrical, gas works fine, plugs and leads were changed not that long ago.

That leaves fuel system and ECU. I've been saying to people up here that I don't think the Unichip has been doing what it's supposed to do for a little while now. The fuel system could use a freshen up (fuel line/pump/filter).

What do you guys think?

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