by silver » Mon Mar 29, 2010 2:58 pm
[quote="fiestycolumbian"]
From my understanding, the fuel gasket issue/pump issue is something that happens over time, not instantly like my situation. Correct me if I am wrong about this. From a quick inspection, the gasket seemed fine and the tank very clean.
I disconnected the fuel lines from the fuel pump to the fuel filter, and fuel was flowing pretty quickly into a bucket as soon as I waved the wand. I did the same process all the way to the fuel rail and injectors, proper fuel flow. The fuel coming out was very clean. I havent measured with a fuel pressure guage, I will do this to confirm.
I can smell fuel coming out of the exhaust when the engine is trying to crank.
And, the battery seems okay with proper voltage.
It may be a problem with the MAP or throttle body wiring harness? I will try to splice the wires and hope to find a short somewhere.
Never thought about a bad tank of fuel. Does that really happen?
Also for some reason, the Hondata ECU is not registering any fault codes. If I am able to start the engine again, I will try to log the data.
fiesty
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yes my fuel went bad,
my symptoms were it would barely start, it would idle fine but if you hit the accelerator it would stumble and die. If you let it warm up for a minute or 2 it would choke and cough when you hit the accelerator but it would stay alive.
it would be easy enough to drain your tank with a siphon then refill it with new gas.
on the fuel tank gaskets you should have seen a time period where acceleration began to stumble as an indication that the fuel pump socks were getting clogged..however if you sucked up a big chunk of black goo then perhaps it's totally clogged.
did you remove the fuel filler neck to inspect the gasket fully, if you did not then you MUST remove the neck to know for sure. If your gasket is still all there then that's not the problem, the filler neck is the one that fails b/c the tank's hole is larger than the gasket therefore it droops into the fuel and deteriorates.
[quote="fiestycolumbian"]
From my understanding, the fuel gasket issue/pump issue is something that happens over time, not instantly like my situation. Correct me if I am wrong about this. From a quick inspection, the gasket seemed fine and the tank very clean.
I disconnected the fuel lines from the fuel pump to the fuel filter, and fuel was flowing pretty quickly into a bucket as soon as I waved the wand. I did the same process all the way to the fuel rail and injectors, proper fuel flow. The fuel coming out was very clean. I havent measured with a fuel pressure guage, I will do this to confirm.
I can smell fuel coming out of the exhaust when the engine is trying to crank.
And, the battery seems okay with proper voltage.
It may be a problem with the MAP or throttle body wiring harness? I will try to splice the wires and hope to find a short somewhere.
Never thought about a bad tank of fuel. Does that really happen?
Also for some reason, the Hondata ECU is not registering any fault codes. If I am able to start the engine again, I will try to log the data.
fiesty
[/quote]
yes my fuel went bad,
my symptoms were it would barely start, it would idle fine but if you hit the accelerator it would stumble and die. If you let it warm up for a minute or 2 it would choke and cough when you hit the accelerator but it would stay alive.
it would be easy enough to drain your tank with a siphon then refill it with new gas.
on the fuel tank gaskets you should have seen a time period where acceleration began to stumble as an indication that the fuel pump socks were getting clogged..however if you sucked up a big chunk of black goo then perhaps it's totally clogged.
did you remove the fuel filler neck to inspect the gasket fully, if you did not then you MUST remove the neck to know for sure. If your gasket is still all there then that's not the problem, the filler neck is the one that fails b/c the tank's hole is larger than the gasket therefore it droops into the fuel and deteriorates.