r33 cutting out

[dstylez]

over the last few days, my r33 gts-t has completely switched off after driving hard for a period of time (while im driving). its done it twice... any ideas on what the problem might be?

[gloof]

do you have an aftermarket bov installed

[mario]

my r33 does this as well....

could be driving around, and then at a set of lights just *off*, doesnt sputter just turns off as if someone removed the key..

ive had 2 mechanics look at it, both pointed finger at my turbosmart type2 bov that i put on it... saying vacuum leak

so to prove that theory we hooked it up a smoke machine and no leaks were found... plus the problem was there with the standard bov also.

mechanic #1 - electrical problem most likely and need to go to nissan so they can wack there diagnostic computer on it to see where the issue is... (not many mechanics have these since the units cost $80k - hence why nissan service department you must go)

before i tried nissan, went to another mechanic and it had him scratching head also... he increased the idle a bit, that helped a small bit , so now instead of dieing 8/10 times its 5/10 times...

im considering ringing up nissan tomorrow (brisbane) and asking them about it, and also how i can go about fixing my odometer that just stopped

[dstylez]

yup ive got an aftermarket bov

[predator]

mechanic #1 - electrical problem most likely and need to go to nissan so they can wack there diagnostic computer on it to see where the issue is... (not many mechanics have these since the units cost $80k - hence why nissan service department you must go)

bullshit! read, we don't know what we're doing so therefore we'll just tell you some b.s. to get you off our backs. The ECU itself has its own diagnostic mode that they probably don't even know about.

Take it to somewhere that knows skylines, and most likely they'll be able to fix the problem in an hour or so.

hey dstylez: what are you idling at? You can up the idle as a bit of a temporary measure until you can get it properly looked at.

[mario]

predator, mechanic #2 who knows skylines has recommended the same thing ... so go figure, the diagnostics from ECU can only help so much..

*shrug* either way he also just bumped the idle up as a temp fix that only has slightly reduced the amount of times it does it now.

[NismoGirl]

Mario,

If its the same problem mine had, it would cut out at sets of lights, turning into a carpark, or just .. stop when it felt like.

I thought it was after I had just run it hard, but after a few experiments it just did it when it felt like. I also noted that everytime I would go down Marshall Road towards the freeway (the set of lights that actually sits under the freeway) it would cut out.

I took it to my trusty old mechanic [plug] GAVIN WOODS [/plug] and said "Gav.. car broken, fix." He said "Ok"

Ended up being that the throttle body gets clogged.

And what would you know, he fixed it and it doesn't cut out anymore! He was right! As usual

Soo this maybe your problem. It may not be. Apparently they are rumoured to have this problem.

Might be an idea to ring Gav and get him to check it out!

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Just a question (after reading the rest of the posts) Did you buy your car from Streetmachines per chance

Uhm, my odometer stops when it turns over to the next 10,000k's. This is a sign of wear in the odometer gears (usually meaning the car's odo has been wound back quite a bit). Gav fixed mine too. Although, cause its worn, it stops every 10,000k's and clicks over when it feels like it. It eventually moves....

[mario]

ok theres another thought on the subject, ill keep that one in mind...

im going to do the different wiring setup on the fuel pump that i read in another thread to keep it operating at 100% instead of it dropping down when it hits 500-800rpm and see what result this achieves ... failing that ill tackle the same possible problem as you had ..

thanks for the info..

[NismoGirl]

uhm. Ok. But all your problems indicates to me its the same thing I had.

I'd get the throttle body checked out before fiddling with fuel.

But thats just me.

[mario]

who is this gavin woods that fixed your odometer ??

i cant find any record of him in white pages at all , so either he's a very private small person or just not added..

id be very interested in having him look at my odometer and getting it working again, if he has done same for you previously..

thanks

[NismoGirl]

I put his details in the other thread.

Gavin Wood

Auto Tech

23 Gibbs Street

Labrador, QLD

Ph: 5529 2313

When looking for him in the white pages, look for "other areas within state" cause its the Gold Coast.

[akeenan]

mechanic #1 - electrical problem most likely and need to go to nissan so they can wack there diagnostic computer on it to see where the issue is... (not many mechanics have these since the units cost $80k - hence why nissan service department you must go)

ive had my car on one of these before however it wasnt at a nissan dealer.

[NismoGirl]

Oh!

Did I mention that Gavin has one of these diagnostics computers?

An upgraded one?

[mario]

just spoke to gaven , he sends the instrument cluster to another place to fix em up... be interesting to see how much they charge to have it fixed,

its $200 to fix, or $100 and i can get replacement but with higher kms, hmmm interesting...

[NismoGirl]

I swear he did mine

Oh well.

[mario]

yeah he would of had your car, just outsourced fixing that particular thing...

[shruggz]

i had my throttle body cleaned on the weekend in my service... and it's fixed the problem of stalling when the cars revs drop below 1000rpm... it's also a bit more responsive when i tap the accelerator on take off...

[AndyMac]

My car was stalling too, I have a ATMO Bov. I knew it wasn't just the Bov so I took it too Just Jap in Sydney...They have the computer to plug into the ECU...

The ECU said that the power steering sending wasn't working, replaced and all good.

if the sender is rooted it won't adjust the revs for the steering, thus when you on low revs, like when your turning into a car park...the engine will stall becuase of the load from the power steering...

just something else to check.

[-= SKiZO =-]

Dstylez, I had a similar problem, can you tell me, when it happened were you slowing down, gunning it, or stopped? When it didn't have the problem, and you would come to a stop, would the revs severely dip down and then stabilise? What's your fuel economy like? If you can answer these for me then it might be similar to mine and if I can, i'll let you know what I did to fix mine.

Cheers.

[dstylez]

skizo:

its happened when slowing down.

when it doesn't cut out, when i come to a stop the engine idles at ~ 800-900, no dipping. and i get about 400 km out of a full tank