VeeTec

My car has been in the shop since last week, in hopes that something would turn up. Last week while accelerating on an on ramp it cut out completely in the upper rpms, in second gear. I coasted a ways then it started to go again. Scary moment.

They have done a leak down test, re-checked every sensor & the computer. This afternoon they are putting it back on the dyno and checking the fuel pressure to see if they can spot anything.

I haven't been driving this car in so long I've given today as the deadline. If the problem doesn't surface today I will sell it tomorrow.

I've just about had it with this car, its becoming a money sucking pit.

VeeTec

Ok thats it!!!!!!!!

Still nothing!!!!

Its gone.

The Y-Pipe is coming off as we speak, and its going back to stock. I will sell it this afternoon.

SEguy182

ericdwong

I feel your frustration man. My car has presented its fair share of problems and I'd like to pitch it too, except since the depreciation is so bad, I cannot afford to. I'm actually considering a WRX now. Seems like almost the perfect car, except I wont be able to do burnouts with it.. .hahaha.

nismo2020

iTrader: (1)

damn veetec i hate to hear that. let us know how it goes today.

97BlackMax

sorry to hear man any idea what car's next?

medic

who are you selling it to if it has such a serious issue? I'm figuring nobody would want to touch that car with a 40 foot pole. are you going to do a trade in or stick it on some unsuspecting guy through the classifieds?

Jeff92se

iTrader: (82)

Good luck w/ the WRX. Nice car. But the tranny still suffers from an input shaft diameter that a little too small for any good power increases. Many I-club members are having troubles when they up the power or drive hard. Considering how you treat your maxima tranny, I would look into this before buying one.

stjohnr

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dmontzsta

iTrader: (8)

Have them check you catalyc converter. When mine went, if would make the car cut off as well. I had tons of checks done too, by several dealers and small shops. But nothing turned up, finally a 76 gas station found the problem.

Dave B

I can't believe you never took out the ECU to see if this was the problem. ECUs are funny in that they can give normal readings on the machine, but go crazy while driving. I would have changed to OEM NGKS plugs ( A MUST ) and borrowed the coil packs and ECU from a same year local Maxima. I'm almost certain your problem is right there. Mechancially, it sounds like your car is fine. I don't remember ever reading of a "worn out" NA VQ. However electrical problems (bad coil packs, ECU, cam sensor, O2 sensor, knock sensor, etc) are prone to wearing out or failing over time. Your car clearly sounds like its has a electrical problem since it's cutting out, pinging, etc. Good luck, but I still don't think you explored ALL avenues on this.


Dave

SuDZ

A lot of people go about 50 - 75 HP from what I have seen before tranny mods on the WRX. Stock clutch too.

SuDZ

speedtrip

I had a similair problem not to long ago. When my gas gauge read 1/4 quarter tank or less when ever I would acclerate past 3500 rpms the engine would cut out until I went down below 3k rpms. It turned out I had a bad fuel sender unit. It took forever to diagnose the problem but that was it.

costcowholesale

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what are you buying?

Frank Fontaine

I'm on my 4th sender, but it simply tells the gauge how much fuel is in the tank. A faulty one would not cause your car to stall.

dmbmaxima2k2

iTrader: (1)

wow not a whole 50-75 hp on stock tranny, there are maxima's with 125 more hp on stock tranny and clutch, others with 200more hp with a clutch. WRX's have sucky trannies.

VeeTec

The Maxima is fixed, starting a new thread to tell the details.

speedtrip

Yes it would, but not directly. The fuel sender unit was telling my gas gauge (and me)that I had a 1/4 of gas when I had none. Hence when there was a high demand for fuel the engine would cut out because there was almost no fuel in the tank. As the gas gauge decreased the problem got worse because I was using what little fuel I had left. So no, the fuel sender unit did not directly cause my engine to cut out (which was fuel starvation) but it's failure was the source of the problem.

With the engine cutting out like that I took it immediately to the dealership. Without filling the tank again there was no way for me to make the correlation that the fuel gauge was incorrect.