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Old 22 May 2016, 07:19 PM
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So i will run through a quick overview,
Went to work this morning was driving fine
arrived at work with car still running fine i then noticed a little smoke coming from the scoop so i looked under the bonet and it smelt like burning plastic. I thought nothing of it at the time.
Went to leave work and from the second i started it the car felt like it had a loss of power.
Got about 2 miles and it still had no power i then went to overtake a car so i put my foot down and the car completely died. Nothing, i coasted to a lay-by and tried to restart my car and had no luck. I looked under the bonnet again and saw more smoke coming from what looked like a ht lead and it smelt badly of burning. I may also add that i have a switch to prime my fuel pump and now when i turn the switch it no longer primes. So i checked all the switch was working which it was checked all wires and everything was fine. Finally i thought "ah maybe my fuel pump has seized" so i spliced into its power line and gave it power directly but it then primed, so i knew it wasnt that. Also checked all fuses and all fine, even replaced the ones that could cause it not to start to be 100% sure


It now will no longer start just cranks but nothing else.
Old 22 May 2016, 07:25 PM
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you need to find out what was burning earlier, id hazard a guess this will help with your loss of power.
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Originally Posted by JDM_Stig
you need to find out what was burning earlier, id hazard a guess this will help with your loss of power.
I think it was a ht lead that was the only thing resting on the engine
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What car? I had a fuse go on the board behind my key pad inside my blob. Think it was fuse 10 or 11. It isn't labelled as a fuel pump fuse. Worth a mention
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Originally Posted by imprezagaz
What car? I had a fuse go on the board behind my key pad inside my blob. Think it was fuse 10 or 11. It isn't labelled as a fuel pump fuse. Worth a mention
Thanks found out it was my airbag fuse as saw the airbag wire had burnt so checked it and now it starts but still bogs down so will check coil packs tomorrow. Its a 99 classic NA impreza shell with a 93 STI JDM engine.
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Originally Posted by xecuter
Thanks found out it was my airbag fuse as saw the airbag wire had burnt so checked it and now it starts but still bogs down so will check coil packs tomorrow. Its a 99 classic NA impreza shell with a 93 STI JDM engine.
Say what, how ?
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Originally Posted by JDM_Stig
Say what, how ?
Which bit? Checking coil packs? How the wire burnt?
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Originally Posted by xecuter
Thanks found out it was my airbag fuse as saw the airbag wire had burnt so checked it and now it starts but still bogs down so will check coil packs tomorrow. Its a 99 classic NA impreza shell with a 93 STI JDM engine.
Yeah when it happened to mine I was looking for ages. Mine happened when I stalled reversing. I had a good look on here and found out about that fuse
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