Possible Edit Tuning Problem?

[NighEve]

Hey guys

Anyone else experienced this before:

XR6T ute - mods; T56 upgrade, edit, custom tune, 968s, Walbro pump, hi flow exhaust.

Car has done 80K and has done about 10K on the last mods (injectors, pump, tune).

Minor problems as they stood were the actuator being unable to control boost levels accurately (I have been waiting for what seems forever to get another actuator designed for higher boost; unfortunately there seems to be a part shortage through my tuner - but that is another story!).

Last night, driving with mates along the Inner City Bypass driving sedately at 60km/h in forth, going down a slight hill so not acceleration. Go to reapply accelerator when road levels out, pedal is completely dead, 5 seconds later it stalls. Car will not restart, regardless of changing tunes with the SCT box, disconnecting battery for over 20 minutes and trying again several times etc.

This has never happened before, only sign of it coming was that it seems in the last two weeks it has taken a spilt second longer to start the car of a morning. Also, the car has smelt fuelly (which I accounted for the fact that the actuator not operating correctly will mean there is unburnt fuel when the ECU tells the injectors to open wider thinking there is boost there which drops out of the wastegate instead?).

Bottom line is that the car got towed to Ford re: road side assistance. My obvious concerns now are:

- What is the problem?

- Will they be able to fix it?

- Once/if they learn of the mods, will they wipe their hands of it and blame these?

- What are my options for rectifying the problem?

Any help would be appreciated

Joel.

[Guest]

You look at all the fuses etc

vik...sounds like could be the *beep* to me???off to ford,dont forget to re flash

[Guest]

  vik351 said:

You look at all the fuses etc

vik...sounds like could be the *beep* to me???off to ford,dont forget to re flash    

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WTF,I wrote puuta with one u and it gets beeped

vik...WTFis going on here

[Ford_Power]

It sounds like it ma be a fault with the electronic throttle.

The reason it may not start (I'm assuming the engine still cranks though) is that if the electronic throttle has a failure that is making the PCM see WOT, the engine will not start.

This feature of the PCM not allowing the vehicle to start when the pedal is at WOT is to assist in clearing a "flooded" condition.

Ross

[tab]

No idea buddy, but I reckon we could blame it on Dynowog

[BALLBREAKER]

Just done my actuator c t of a job 6 hours next time ill give it to someone to do & I will pay

[dingah2]

Nigheve, you might want to PM Spoonage.

Dingah

[jetute]

trent that's a classsic

nigheve... sorry to hear about the problems.... hopefully you get it fixed asap :tosser:

[NighEve]

Ford has found the problem after their suggested many hours of work on it - dud fuel pump (Walbro aftermarket one was installed in August).

Clearly this is upsetting now that I have to fit the bill for their labour and now I have to find a fuel pump capable of the mods once again (hopefully one that is more reliable then the stupid Walbro crap that has failled).

Any suggestions?