CEL HELP

GeneralGrievous · Post by **GeneralGrievous** » Mon May 29, 2006 8:19 pm

Hey guys, ran outta gas today

(not to stall but very close) and after filling up I'm still throwing a CEL, wont go over 2K rpm in N, and I'm getting a knock/click between the airbox and the throttle body and its idling super rough HELP please...

GeneralGrievous · Post by **GeneralGrievous** » Mon May 29, 2006 8:20 pm

BTW I even disconnected the battery and restarted the engine and threw a CEL like 1 minute after starting.

Cereb Daithi · Post by **Cereb Daithi** » Mon May 29, 2006 8:54 pm

stop putting desil into it!

GeneralGrievous · Post by **GeneralGrievous** » Mon May 29, 2006 9:54 pm

haha.... seriously dude

Cereb Daithi · Post by **Cereb Daithi** » Mon May 29, 2006 10:00 pm

first thing that comes to my mind is.. where did you get your gas.. is it a station you usually go to or was this some random place? around here in PA occasionally gas stations will put water int heir gas to save some cash... i havent had it happen in my car but i did get a bad batch in my tractor and it fucked royally with the engine.. usually it wont kill cars from what i hear... it just kinda screws a bit with the cars power.. but since you were pretty much an empty tank... like i said i've never experienced this in my car though so i cant tell you for sure

Post by **Sabre** » Mon May 29, 2006 11:39 pm

More than likely you've sucked up some debris that was laying down in the lower part of the tank. I'd check the fuel filter. The knock/click is probably from something rattling around since it's idling rough. Don't worry, I doubt you did anything serious!

Cereb Daithi · Post by **Cereb Daithi** » Mon May 29, 2006 11:43 pm

lol. you suckkid up teh grime and cloggid teh filter

EDIT: (sorry... too much online gaming)

Post by **Sabre** » Mon May 29, 2006 11:45 pm

Whatcha playing? I know the General plays City of Hero's. I'm playing Dungeon Siege II right now

GeneralGrievous · Post by **GeneralGrievous** » Tue May 30, 2006 12:04 am

COH is definately me and the wife's thing...

Cool fuel filter can be found where??

Thanks btw for the sigh of relief you've given me
<---- crosses fingers on functional hand

Post by **Sabre** » Tue May 30, 2006 12:08 am

The Fuel filter can be found in the engine bay on the drivers side close to the firewall. Hmm, I'll see if I can find a picture

Post by **Sabre** » Tue May 30, 2006 12:11 am

Here ya go

http://www.scoobymods.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3645

GeneralGrievous · Post by **GeneralGrievous** » Tue May 30, 2006 12:11 am

Just did... thanks.. the diy I found says I should run the car till it dies, that may take quite awhile since its a full tank

GeneralGrievous · Post by **GeneralGrievous** » Tue May 30, 2006 12:11 am

Just did... thanks.. the diy I found says I should run the car till it dies, that may take quite awhile since its a full tank

GeneralGrievous · Post by **GeneralGrievous** » Tue May 30, 2006 12:16 am

Many thanks Julian for the link

zaxrex · Post by **zaxrex** » Tue May 30, 2006 1:06 am

If you are trying to run the lines out of gass, unhook the fuel filter and get a tube to extend the input to a bucket. When you try to start the car, the fuel pump will switch on and start pumping fuel. You might have to keep the engine cranking, but I think the priming shutoff is done by fuel pressure sensor. Since you have no pressure build up, it should run the tank dry.

Cereb Daithi · Post by **Cereb Daithi** » Tue May 30, 2006 1:57 am

well i used to play WoW back in the betas and when it first came out.. once it hit "the pop culture" i pretty much have given up playing... having the channels clogged with "OMFG NOOB LRN2PLY!" and "WTS [UR MOM] LOLZ!" .. gets old... very.. very... fast... i can be occasionally found on CS:S or battlefield 2.. but nowadays i'm either found playing xbox RallisportChallenge 2... or on the 360 playing Project Gotham Racing 3

GeneralGrievous · Post by **GeneralGrievous** » Tue May 30, 2006 12:21 pm

Hey guess what... lucky me my fuel filter is in the gas tank.

I suppose a trip to the dealer is in my near (like tomorrow) future unless you sages have other advice.

Post by **Sabre** » Tue May 30, 2006 12:27 pm

GeneralGrievous wrote:Hey guess what... lucky me my fuel filter is in the gas tank.

I suppose a trip to the dealer is in my near (like tomorrow) future unless you sages have other advice.

Pick up the fuel filter from the dealer and bring it over here tomorrow night (or today if you can get it!). It's pretty easy to replace

WRXWagon2112 · Post by **WRXWagon2112** » Tue May 30, 2006 1:16 pm

I thought Impreza fuel filters were in the engine bay?

--Alan

GeneralGrievous · Post by **GeneralGrievous** » Tue May 30, 2006 2:18 pm

I thought Impreza fuel filters were in the engine bay?

--Alan

Yeah so did I but 05 (and after I assume) they moved it to the very convienent spot inside the tank.

GeneralGrievous · Post by **GeneralGrievous** » Tue May 30, 2006 2:21 pm

Pick up the fuel filter from the dealer and bring it over here tomorrow night (or today if you can get it!). It's pretty easy to replace
I can do that... just need to know where to bring it. I made an appt at Stohlman for Thursday morning but wouldnt mind taking care of it the grassroots way.

Post by **Sabre** » Tue May 30, 2006 4:05 pm

GeneralGrievous wrote:Pick up the fuel filter from the dealer and bring it over here tomorrow night (or today if you can get it!). It's pretty easy to replace

GeneralGrievous wrote: I can do that... just need to know where to bring it. I made an appt at Stohlman for Thursday morning but wouldnt mind taking care of it the grassroots way.

You can bring it over to my place any time you are ready. I was going to do some work on my car as well later on this evening when it cools down from the 100F! I'll PM you my address.

Mr Kleen · Post by **Mr Kleen** » Wed May 31, 2006 3:50 pm

I used to play CoH and a buddy of mine still plays with his wife. I used to play a lot of WoW but haven't lately. it's a great game but I just don't seem to have the time and it's hard to justify $15 a month if I'm not going to play.

good luck with the fuel filter. looks like I might be stuck at work till late tonight.

GeneralGrievous · Post by **GeneralGrievous** » Wed May 31, 2006 7:40 pm

I hear you on the late work thing... The power went off in our building today and we only had a generator truck outside running to keep the fridges from going completely down. Lets just say that a freezer going out is to a pastry chef what I guess a server crashing is to you guys

Still havent picked up the filter yet

GeneralGrievous · Post by **GeneralGrievous** » Wed May 31, 2006 7:44 pm

I used to play CoH and a buddy of mine still plays with his wife. I used to play a lot of WoW but haven't lately. it's a great game but I just don't seem to have the time and it's hard to justify $15 a month if I'm not going to play.

I love CoH.. which server is your buddy on? The wife and I are on Triumph.. and for whatever reason all the toons I have are either robots, apes, or black. All of which definately look just like me