Wierd Noise

[Cef31]

Hey guys, got another riddle you might be able to help me with:

was in my mates 32 and everytime you press the brakes all the lights flicker and when your coming to a stop and brake it cuts out. So we pulled over to have a look at the battery and shit and we heard a whining noise coming from the carbon canister or whatever its called, could that be part of the problem??

Any feedback would be totally swell!

:sorcerer:

Cheers

Cal.

[konect]

vacuum leak? was it idling like crap?

[Cef31]

nope, idling fine and holding boost at 12

[Dan_J]

carbon canister

wtf? im lost

[toffy]

sounds to me like a faulty globe/whatchamacallit thngy is buggered (i cant remember the name, its too late at night) the noise was definately from the fuel return thingy?

[Cef31]

yeh, a high pitched whining noise coming from the carbon canister.

on the top of the canister it has a sticker that says fuel pump and purge and stuff so i also listened to the fuel pump in the boot and it was making the same sort of high pitched sound, but i dont know if it makes that noise all the time or not?

and if the fuel pump is shot would it cause an electrical surge in the car?

im thinking along the lines of:

Crap fuel pump

or

Crap alternator.

Cheers guys.

Edited January 5, 2007 by Cef31

[Traditimeour]

When my alternator died, it was dying when i was braking (not having the engine above an idle), but it was running like crap as well.

plus there was the warning light on the dash.