18dim
24-09-2010, 03:38 PM
The other day, as i was leaving a mates house, i was driving my car normally, but as i went to shifit into 3rd gear, it sounded as though my clutch was slipping, then my car bogged down and turned off.
At first i had no idea, what had just happened, brakes werent working properly, steering went heavy, the engine just completely shut down.
luckily i was still on my mates street, not on a main rd or freeway, so i tried starting the car again.
the battery was clearly working fine, but it just didnt want to ignite.
so anyways, pushed the car back to his house, and left it there, for racq to come.
they came, tried starting the car... no luck.
he checked the fuses in the engine, and in the glove box, nothing wrong there.
checked the power going to the fuel pump, full power going there.
so we narrowed it down to the fuel pump, having blown..
my car has only done 60,000kms and the guy was shocked to have seen such a problem on a honda!
luckily my mechanic is only down the rd, so i got towed to his garage.
we ripped out the back seat, and pulled out the fuel pump to have a look at it.
as we pulled it out, we were shocked to have found that a wire inside the fuel tank, on the pump had snapped.
it looked like it had been clean cut, with pliers..
the mechanic had never seen anything like this before..
so he just stripped the wire back, put on a connecter, put the pump back in, and then the car just started straight away.
what a releif that was..
i was just wondering if anyone out there has ever seen or heard of such a thing??!?
http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w254/08dimipe/Photo0613.jpg
At first i had no idea, what had just happened, brakes werent working properly, steering went heavy, the engine just completely shut down.
luckily i was still on my mates street, not on a main rd or freeway, so i tried starting the car again.
the battery was clearly working fine, but it just didnt want to ignite.
so anyways, pushed the car back to his house, and left it there, for racq to come.
they came, tried starting the car... no luck.
he checked the fuses in the engine, and in the glove box, nothing wrong there.
checked the power going to the fuel pump, full power going there.
so we narrowed it down to the fuel pump, having blown..
my car has only done 60,000kms and the guy was shocked to have seen such a problem on a honda!
luckily my mechanic is only down the rd, so i got towed to his garage.
we ripped out the back seat, and pulled out the fuel pump to have a look at it.
as we pulled it out, we were shocked to have found that a wire inside the fuel tank, on the pump had snapped.
it looked like it had been clean cut, with pliers..
the mechanic had never seen anything like this before..
so he just stripped the wire back, put on a connecter, put the pump back in, and then the car just started straight away.
what a releif that was..
i was just wondering if anyone out there has ever seen or heard of such a thing??!?
http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w254/08dimipe/Photo0613.jpg