Issues

slowbubblecar · 07-02-2005

The car in question is a 95 gsx. It has normal fuel, intake and exhaust mods. Well James was driving my car and it drove fine (I was with him). He parked it. The next day I went to start it and it would fire and kill. The car is about to walk so I decided to wait and I disconnected the clutch safety switch.

I tried starting it agian without the clutch and it did the same. I did it once again and tried reving. With the throttle pressed, the car sat there for a second at 1000 and then finally reved up and dropped back down to 300 or so when I let off the gas and killed. Seems like it gained a big boost leak overnight or something. That is problem number one.

Since I had an Eprom ecu and a cable, I decieded I would pull out the SAFC and throw in DSMLink. I popped the covers and the wiring was a mess. The safc was connected with butt connectors not to mention other wiring. I soldered everything back together and get the laptop. I tried hooking it up and it cannot connect. I rechecked all the connections (ecu and laptop --> car) and everything seems fine. Sometimes I hear a clicking noise around the ecu area. I then have to turn the key off. The car cranks and everything like before but I now hear a random clicking sound sometimes.

Any ideas??? In summary, car ran fine and will no longer stay running. Clicking coming from around the ecu. Thanks in advance.
John (Carlos)

**JET** · 07-02-2005

The clicking noise is probably the main relay. Check to make sure the case of it still has a good ground. A lot of people unbolt them and I have seen it cause an issue. A bad Alt. fuse can also cause it to go screwy sometimes.

john · 07-02-2005

I don't think it should matter but it is a fwd eprom in an awd. The ecu worked fine when pulled.

john · 07-02-2005

Where is the main relay? Under the dash behind the radio?

**JET** · 07-02-2005

yep, pretty sure it is on a 2g as well, I know it is on a 1g

john · 07-03-2005

The alternator fuse is fine. I pulled the console and radio out and it seems as if the noise is coming on the pass side by the glove box. Any other ideas?

john · 07-07-2005

(cough)