%#@%#.
something is wrong. the car cranks and cranks and its hella sluggish to start. it dont matter if its hot or cold.

sometimes i hear a loud crack. then it tries to crank over...

my mechanic says it might be an injector leak or cam sensor.. but its only when i start the car...

and i know its not the fuel pump flooding the system.....

but get this. when i lean of the floor and touch the clutch-pedal starter button with my finger (when the car is out of gear) the car starts fine... and i tried adjusting the button but nothing happens... %#@%#

help?

 

eeeeh, starter bad....i doubt it but hey it was worth a shot

what about the battery?

 

Hey Cheston, what's up dude? It's funny that you have the EXACT{to the T} same problem I have right now. Only thing is my problem started up after my clutch was replaced by a horrible mechanic. I replaced my starter a few weeks back and I thought I fixed the problem, but sure enough it is back! The new starter made the problem go away for over a week. Heres a good quote from Danile B. Martin{addressing my particular problem}.

{DBM}
The Crankshaft Position Sensor (POS) is located on the clutch housing. This sensor must be disconnected in order to remove the tranny and install the new clutch. A careless technician may have overlooked this detail and attempted to remove the tranny without first disconnecting this sensor. Rrrrippp! This might have damaged the harness, the connector, or the sensor. Please check on this.

Refer to the Chilton repair manual (page 4-21) or the Haynes repair manual (page 6-12) for a depiction of this sensor and its location. You may test the sensor with an ohmmeter. The resistance should be 470-570 ohms at 68 degrees F.
{DBM}

{Me again}
I plan on checking this piece out tommarow and I am going to see how much it costs. I will let you know how everything goes.

Later dude

 

thanks Ethan--
i'll tell him he broke it.
hehe.
maybe he'll be cool enuf to fix it for it.

 

Hey, I just checked my Crankshaft position sensor and the thing is toast, it's not giving me any signals. I am going to go order one now, hopefully it won't cost me an arm and a leg.

 

I just ordered the sensor from courtesy nissan, it was $76.

 

I'm scared to be Supercharged after reading all of this

 

ethan-- did it work?

 

Cheston, why don't you try the turbo instead of the SC? I am sure you can pull it off.

 

so what you dyno on saturday Cheston????? havent heard news yet.....at LEAST 255hp rite?? hahahha

 

Guess again....

 

I ordered it by mail so it won't be at my house until the end of the week or so. I will PM you when I install it.

 

my dyno? pathetic....

246.3 fwhp , 236.0 ft/lb

with 3.48" pulley, lightened fly, exhaust, and 15 inch stockers.

but get this,

this stupid *** dyno place is running on 8 thousand pound rollers instead of the normal 4000.

everyone there was pulling about 8-10 hp LESS than what they usually dyno at.

a TRD solara that was supercharged pulled only 199 hp... normally. just bolting on the SC should give it around 220 hp...

so i wasn't the only one ****ed off.

also. my top end DIED off at 5500 rpms... again!.
i think i reached the capacity of the stock filter (i have yet to do my CAI conversion) and now i think i will, and quite possibly put on a midget and go for the gold of 270 fwhp.. that's my goal for now, and i will be putting in the SC ECU soon..

--cheston

 

hehe i already knew Randy..i was juss messing.

Cheston, why not shoot for 300hp?? its a better even number. I am shooting for 450hp once the motor is working...

 

I second that . I too paid some loot for my car and i don't intend to have a poorly running car anytime soon .OK maybe after the car is paid off

 

really?

good 2 hear, at least for little ole 157fwhp me.

 

my HP goal?

i think i'd like to finish the car at 280 or 290 hp.

300? maybe if i have DP nos... :P but. i dunno. by that time, i hope to have my is300T

 

Ethan...

ever fix the problem?

bump!

 

I have been meaning to ask you the same question! I have no clue whats wrong with my max, it driving me nuts! The problem has gotten pretty damn bad, the car hardly starts now. I have tried the following, things: Replaced starter, Cranshaft Position sensor, Camshaft postition sensor, MAFS, tried another starter, cranshaft Position wiring. BTW I swapped most of these parts out of my I30. Today I droped my max off at my mechanic which I hate to do but I have given up. I will let you know if he can figure out what the hell is going on and I will relay that info back to you ASAP. The only things I still suspect may be the problem is IACV and engine coolant sensor, I don't think they would cause this problem though.

 

old post... any update?
Jae

 

holy **** you brought up a post that is 3 years old... you do realize most of the people in this thread are rarely on here at this point?

Might have been better to pm someone

 

holy crap, you dug pretty deep for this one...

 

Damn, Cheston doesn't even drive the Max anymore (I think). He now drives a TT 350Z with to many prototype parts.

 

I paid for the Search feature, Imma make the most of it. lol.

Yeah, I realize some of the members havent posted in a while. Maybe someone else w/similar problems can shed some light. I'm in a bind.

Jae