A Monday I should have called in sick

[Erik W. Treves]

And no I wasn't speeding...lol...but everybody at work thought I was....

...the car simply shutoff...Tach was bouncing from 0-3000 with the car not running....car would not refire

course got a flat bed home....and....you guessed it....fired right up in the garage....

the good news is....the motor is just fine

[geoffav]

Haha. Unless you were broke down, I'll trade. My Monday started with a No-Notice eval from DES. They're not normally fun and this one was normal.

So what happened??? Safety check? A pullover to look at the car? WTH?

[Brian F]

A short?

Funny picture though.

[dukegrad98]

Crank or cam position sensor bad or not getting a reading? Just my wild guess.

Cheers, John

[Erik W. Treves]

Originally Posted by dukegrad98

Crank or cam position sensor bad or not getting a reading? Just my wild guess.

Cheers, John

Well that's what I ordered....but the computer is most certainly coming out and going to get checked.

[MPTech]

Sorry to hear of your misfortune, but that is a cool picture.

[geoffav]

Originally Posted by Erik W. Treves

Well that's what I ordered....but the computer is most certainly coming out and going to get checked.

That sux. I'll stick with my day. I got a few "wows" on my checkride, young guys are so easy to baffle with BS. I need to order the LAST 3 items to finish off my EFI.

Good luck.

[Cobra Cory]

If it is EFI I'd say your TFI thingy on the distributor is getting hot. happened to mine. Had to put a new one in. Been fine ever since.
Always great to have a pic of a cop parked behind you. Just don't put it on facebook. Your boss will fire you.....LOL.

[TimC]

Favorite cop pic

[NAGA]

Originally Posted by Cobra Cory

If it is EFI I'd say your TFI thingy on the distributor is getting hot. happened to mine. Had to put a new one in. Been fine ever since.
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X2

My vote is for the TFI Module. They'll work again after they cool off but that won't last long before they quit altogether. Easily changed. I know guys who carry a spare when they're on a trip.


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[Tony Chiles]

i have a spare if you want me to send it

[Wayne Presley]

TFI module? Hell, he doesn't even have a distributor

[Erik W. Treves]

nope..dizzy "thingy" things in the Green Lantern

[raceral]

Tim

That looks like a bunch of trouble making thugs... thats all I can say.

[Alain V.]

I dunno where or how you have your crank position sensor mounted in your application,,,,but on many german cars they have a tendency to go to an "open" circuit when they get hot. (two wire sensors)
One way I test them is to hook an ohm meter to the sensor and warm it with a heat gun for about 45 seconds and watch the meter. If the resistance starts raising in a hurry, I know the crank sensor is breaking down.

This may not be your problem, but I see it almost daily on the late model euro stuff I work on. Just a thought.

[skunkman]

[Big Blocker]

The fact that you're parked in front of a "Toys R Us" store is priceless . . .

Doc

[Finallygotit]

For some reason I'm picturing Barney Fife getting out of that old Chevy squad car.

[TimC]

Originally Posted by raceral

Tim

That looks like a bunch of trouble making thugs... thats all I can say.

LOL, that was a fun day. The GSP was just the first of our troubles. No tickets but lots of other excitement. It was around 11PM when I made it home that night. But that's for another thread.

[Cory]

I saw a NASCAR race where one of the ignition boxes crapped out and they went to the spare box.

Have you considered running another ignition box as a back up?

[Erik W. Treves]

at $1500 dollars a pop...lol...never crossed my mind...I will be happy and wait for them to fix and return mine in a week.

[Jim Gunther]

Originally Posted by Big Blocker

The fact that you're parked in front of a "Toys R Us" store is priceless . . .

Doc

Humpf! I thought is was a Gay Convenience Store......not that there's anything wrong with that!