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07-09-2010, 03:13 PM
I hope you all had a great time. i sure enjoyed farting around the parking lot in the heat all day on Thursday gnashing my teeth at my fate.
In any case...thanks all for your assistance, especially the drunkie dozen that helped with my great Darwin moment. In any case, the uhaul trailer got me and the car home. the car is off the trailer.
Refresher: i drove my gt3 down to summit. I was ready to go out for the first run session, after idling in staging for about 1 minute, the idle became erratic then ... nothing. Restarting did not work, time and time again. Occasionally it would fire up, but nothing consistent.
Problem: the folks from dougherty went back and forth but finally settled on fuel issue. That was my first impression as well. Sure enough, after we get the car home, we test a few things. The pressure in the fuel line was about 9-10 psi (roughly about .7 bar, when it should be 3.8 bar as i recall).
A few more things checked and ultimately we pull the fuel pump. FYI, it is a PITA, but not impossible.
Investigating the unit, once i calmed down, found something interesting. One of the fuel hoses blew out. Pump pumping, but mostly back into the tank. See images below.
behold an warning to others: this has apparently happened to others, i found this on Rennlist but i cannot imagine that this is unique to gt3's, i can only imagine that this hose can bust out on any car with the pump-in-tank design and certainly running the fuel low at the track likely stresses that little hose. rennlist link:
http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforums/99...start.html
questions: any good suggestions about replacement? i was thinking silicone.
the glen or bust.
fve (frank of the blue gt3)
In any case...thanks all for your assistance, especially the drunkie dozen that helped with my great Darwin moment. In any case, the uhaul trailer got me and the car home. the car is off the trailer.
Refresher: i drove my gt3 down to summit. I was ready to go out for the first run session, after idling in staging for about 1 minute, the idle became erratic then ... nothing. Restarting did not work, time and time again. Occasionally it would fire up, but nothing consistent.
Problem: the folks from dougherty went back and forth but finally settled on fuel issue. That was my first impression as well. Sure enough, after we get the car home, we test a few things. The pressure in the fuel line was about 9-10 psi (roughly about .7 bar, when it should be 3.8 bar as i recall).
A few more things checked and ultimately we pull the fuel pump. FYI, it is a PITA, but not impossible.
Investigating the unit, once i calmed down, found something interesting. One of the fuel hoses blew out. Pump pumping, but mostly back into the tank. See images below.
behold an warning to others: this has apparently happened to others, i found this on Rennlist but i cannot imagine that this is unique to gt3's, i can only imagine that this hose can bust out on any car with the pump-in-tank design and certainly running the fuel low at the track likely stresses that little hose. rennlist link:
http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforums/99...start.html
questions: any good suggestions about replacement? i was thinking silicone.
the glen or bust.
fve (frank of the blue gt3)
996 gt3--work in progress
fve -- work in progress
fve -- work in progress