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My car has been giving me problems for almost 1yr. now and im finally going to take the steps to get it running agian. here goes...1rst.-broke down on me while giving it some gas at about 75mph on 680 near dublin on the freeway...car just shut off...no response when i hit the gas at all....had it towed to SWANSON FORD DEALERSHIP IN LOS GATOS and they replaced the fuel pump...a few days later it happens agian in SF in a tunnel....(go figure right)...tow truck damages vehicle and they replace a fuel pump relay. Im driving home and less then 2 miles from the dealership...no response on tyhe gas for a second...but then its ok agian....i take it back to swanson the week it is going under and they cant find a problem....i drive it another 50miles or so and it breaks down agian!!!!!!!!!! It sits for about 7 days and replace a large 20fuse under the hood in the main fusebox and it runs fine for about 20miles and breaks down on me agian. I have it towed to Frontier ford in san jose and it sits the weekend....they have to charge the battery up agian and agian they cant find a problem. its running fine and wont fail!!!! Now its in front of my house and the fuse is not blown and i replaced the battery and it started!...drove it around the block about 6 times and then i started away from my house and it shut off agian!...I replaced the fuse and nothing but ...click click click click...trying to turn over. Now its 4 months later ...i charge the battery over night and it starts and after a few min. the idle is purring perfect...i put it in my driveway...and start it for a few days jus to let it run...5 days go by and now its dead agian!...the Fuse is fine right now. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM! i dont know where to take it cuz the problem is hideing. Electrical?...a bad ground?...a bad pump?...a bad relay?...a bad alternater?...replace the battery agian?...a bad sensor in the gas tank?(causeing the pump to shut off?)...i tried the pump reset button in the trunk and nothing. The battery is dead agian... Those are my ideas. I Live Near Los Gatos and if anyone can help at all...PLEASE CALL ME @ (408)688 1748 (BRIAN)...thats my cell at any time...any input or ideas will very much be considered. And i have some things that mustang owners would enjoy if i can get this monster rolling agian....only 70K miles on it today! THANK YOU FOR READING! -BRIAN ![[patriot]](graemlins/patriot.gif)
drove it to kragens...so much fun...ALTERNATER FINE. BATTERY FINE. But the MAXI 26 Fuse under the hood is a 40amp cuz the 20amp is blowing...what should i do.
[ January 19, 2007, 07:48 PM: Message edited by: 98cobraGUY68 ]
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when what the fuel filter last changed?
What voltage is the alt putting out? Sounds like its not properly charging the battery.
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what is the easiest and cheapest way to find out the voltage the ALT is putting out and still...what explains the fuse under the hood blowing....possible related? -----------Fuel filter replace very recently
[ January 18, 2007, 10:13 PM: Message edited by: 98cobraGUY68 ]
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Originally posted by 98cobraGUY68:
what is the easiest and cheapest way to find out the voltage the ALT is putting out and still...what explains the fuse under the hood blowing....possible related? -----------Fuel filter replace very recently
to check the voltage the alt is putting out, get a voltmeter and set if to DC20v, touch the red lead to the power wire on the back of the alt, and the black lead to a bolt on the engine.
compare that voltage with the voltage at the battery terminals.
[ January 18, 2007, 11:06 PM: Message edited by: Blind ]
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Someone said california rewire is good?
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so now all i have to do is barrow a battery charger to get it running first huh....cuz it wont start right now...
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want to see volts... you should be able to do it this way:
turn car to accessory power, turn off radio, hold in the trip reset peg. While continuing to hold the trip reset button, turn the car to the ON position but do not start the engine just yet. After the odometer flashes the mileage (you should still be holding in the reset button) wait till the digital odo readout goes all wacky. You'll know it when you see it. Release the trip reset button now. Your guage cluster is now in diag mode. You can flip through the various diagnostics and on one of them you'll see the volts. You can watch the readout live too. Just start the car and your cluster will still be in diag mode. Pressing the trip reset button again will cycle through to the next data point.
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To turn back to normal readout, just turn the key to off. As soon as you do, it's done. There are other metrics in there too, like miles till empty, oil temp, RPM, DTC's, etc... Have fun.
[ January 19, 2007, 04:27 PM: Message edited by: r3dn3ck ]
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its a 1998 cobra and there is no digital readout...
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drove it to kragens...so much fun...ALTERNATER FINE. BATTERY FINE. But the MAXI 26 Fuse under the hood is a 40amp cuz the 20amp is blowing...what should i do. ![[Whoo Whooooo!]](graemlins/woowoo.gif)
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want to see volts... you should be able to do it this way:
turn car to accessory power, turn off radio, hold in the trip reset peg. While continuing to hold the trip reset button, turn the car to the ON position but do not start the engine just yet. After the odometer flashes the mileage (you should still be holding in the reset button) wait till the digital odo readout goes all wacky. You'll know it when you see it. Release the trip reset button now. Your guage cluster is now in diag mode. You can flip through the various diagnostics and on one of them you'll see the volts. You can watch the readout live too. Just start the car and your cluster will still be in diag mode. Pressing the trip reset button again will cycle through to the next data point.
NOTE:
To turn back to normal readout, just turn the key to off. As soon as you do, it's done. There are other metrics in there too, like miles till empty, oil temp, RPM, DTC's, etc... Have fun.
that's cool and all, but that will show the voltage at a point that does not matter when testing the alternator's output.
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I guess you got it started huh? Take it to Ca rewire. Im not sure if they make a majic wand for 98 cobras best to let them look at it.
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yeah..i dont know what to do....the MAXI 26 fuse is blowing...where is CA rewire?...got any contact info?
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