Help me find what this part is? Smoke coming from here!!
Dec 7, 2010, 08:39 AM
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Help me find what this part is? Smoke coming from here!!
Guys my car died for no reason yesterday. I took her out yesterday and after driving aroudn 4 miles the car started chocking and my afrs went lean while cruising on 4th gear i dropped the car to neutral and gave it a little gas to see if it was ok the car seemed normal. I stopped at a red light and is chocked again and shut off completely. I tried starting her over and over and she would not start. BTW gas tank was full.
After towing her to the shop we tried to turn her on by giving her some gas directly she turned on for about 1 min and then this little resistor thing or what ever it is started smoking and burning very hot so we turned off the car. After letting it cool down we tried again and the car did not turn on at all.
My question to you guys is what the hell is this part? it started burning up and smoking and got very very hot. Could this be the reason for my car not turning on and dyeing on me while i was driving.
Could you guys touch this part for me on your cars after about 2-3 mins of your car being turned on and let me know if its hot.
This is the metal thing, the pics are not from my car but its the same part
This pic is from my car
The shop has checked everything, fuel pump, fuel pump relay, injectors, fuel filter etc and so far everything seems fine but my car wont start. No codes BTW.
After towing her to the shop we tried to turn her on by giving her some gas directly she turned on for about 1 min and then this little resistor thing or what ever it is started smoking and burning very hot so we turned off the car. After letting it cool down we tried again and the car did not turn on at all.
My question to you guys is what the hell is this part? it started burning up and smoking and got very very hot. Could this be the reason for my car not turning on and dyeing on me while i was driving.
Could you guys touch this part for me on your cars after about 2-3 mins of your car being turned on and let me know if its hot.
This is the metal thing, the pics are not from my car but its the same part
This pic is from my car
The shop has checked everything, fuel pump, fuel pump relay, injectors, fuel filter etc and so far everything seems fine but my car wont start. No codes BTW.
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That is a part of the fuel pump circuit. I think it is the resistor that makes the fuel pump run at 9-10volts at idle instead of at battery voltage.
Do you have the stock-sized 20amp fuse for your fuel pump? I should think that'd pop before you burned that resistor pack up (if there were something wrong with the current draw from your pump). I'd also try swapping the fuel pump relay once to make sure it isn't stuck.
My guess is if you hot-wired your fuel pump that the car would start and run fine. You obviously wouldn't want to leave it that way, but as a test.
Do you have the stock-sized 20amp fuse for your fuel pump? I should think that'd pop before you burned that resistor pack up (if there were something wrong with the current draw from your pump). I'd also try swapping the fuel pump relay once to make sure it isn't stuck.
My guess is if you hot-wired your fuel pump that the car would start and run fine. You obviously wouldn't want to leave it that way, but as a test.
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That is a part of the fuel pump circuit. I think it is the resistor that makes the fuel pump run at 9-10volts at idle instead of at battery voltage.
Do you have the stock-sized 20amp fuse for your fuel pump? I should think that'd pop before you burned that resistor pack up (if there were something wrong with the current draw from your pump). I'd also try swapping the fuel pump relay once to make sure it isn't stuck.
My guess is if you hot-wired your fuel pump that the car would start and run fine. You obviously wouldn't want to leave it that way, but as a test.
Do you have the stock-sized 20amp fuse for your fuel pump? I should think that'd pop before you burned that resistor pack up (if there were something wrong with the current draw from your pump). I'd also try swapping the fuel pump relay once to make sure it isn't stuck.
My guess is if you hot-wired your fuel pump that the car would start and run fine. You obviously wouldn't want to leave it that way, but as a test.
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