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whippet · 09-20-2007, 09:46 AM

I'm about an hour from home and this happens:

Going about 80mph, I shift to 4th gear, and floor it. The engine sputters several times, so I put it back to 5th and slow down. Get off the interstate, and it runs like shit. Wont rev past 1,500 RPM, and hesitates/sputters like crazy. I try to make it to work (about 2miles), but ALL the POWER disappears. I let it sit for a couple of mins idling, and it started running again, but not past 1,500 rpm, and still sputtering.

A light flashed quickly that I've never seen before. It looks like a rectangle, with heat rising off it.

BTW the car is a '95 Silvia with a SR stock. It has a blitz BOV, 3" exhaust w/OEM cat that has an O2 in it, and that's it.

Really hope not to leave it here tonight.

Sileighty_85 · 09-20-2007, 10:09 AM

Check your Vacuume lines and connections and your MAF / MAF Filliment

The recangular light was an exhaust Over Temp Light

whippet · 09-20-2007, 10:39 AM

will do.

If it's not vacuum lines or faulty MAFS, could it be something that will just "cool-off"?

Sileighty_85 · 09-20-2007, 10:52 AM

oh yeah and of course check all of your turbo connections

umm ive never really heard of anyone ever having a problem with an Exhaust Over Temp.

But check your ECU for codes

bluemax · 09-20-2007, 11:26 AM

check for busted coupling/connectors that may cause boost leak. That was what happened to me when I floor it hard once and heard a loud pop. Lucky for me it was an easy find and fix.

good luck

whippet · 09-20-2007, 02:01 PM

bump

getting off work soon

whippet · 09-23-2007, 01:15 AM

Update: turned out the fuel pump went caput. The fuel filter was pretty stopped-up as well.

MADE · 09-23-2007, 09:37 AM

If its the exhuast temp light check your plugs, I had a similar issue with my RB and I tried everything under the sun except the plugs. Turns out the #3 plug was bad causing my car to miss and not rev pass a certain point. Not sure with the SR but give it a shot.

09-20-2007, 09:46 AM	#1
whippet Leaky Injector Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: odessa Age: 42 Posts: 125 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Please Help! SR Quit while out of town! I'm about an hour from home and this happens: Going about 80mph, I shift to 4th gear, and floor it. The engine sputters several times, so I put it back to 5th and slow down. Get off the interstate, and it runs like shit. Wont rev past 1,500 RPM, and hesitates/sputters like crazy. I try to make it to work (about 2miles), but ALL the POWER disappears. I let it sit for a couple of mins idling, and it started running again, but not past 1,500 rpm, and still sputtering. A light flashed quickly that I've never seen before. It looks like a rectangle, with heat rising off it. BTW the car is a '95 Silvia with a SR stock. It has a blitz BOV, 3" exhaust w/OEM cat that has an O2 in it, and that's it. Really hope not to leave it here tonight.

09-20-2007, 10:09 AM	#2
Sileighty_85 Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Misawa, Japan Posts: 6,815 Trader Rating: (8) Feedback Score: 8 reviews	Check your Vacuume lines and connections and your MAF / MAF Filliment The recangular light was an exhaust Over Temp Light __________________ 後輪駆動車１番 1989 Built SR GT2871R -363whp 1998 S14 W/RB25- 250ish (For Now) 1986 SR86 - 200ish 1990 R32 GTR - 320hp Don't Buy Engines from JDM-Online http://zilvia.net/f/businesses/207457-jdm-online.html Don't Buy XS-Power or SSAC Shit

09-20-2007, 10:52 AM	#4
Sileighty_85 Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Misawa, Japan Posts: 6,815 Trader Rating: (8) Feedback Score: 8 reviews	oh yeah and of course check all of your turbo connections umm ive never really heard of anyone ever having a problem with an Exhaust Over Temp. But check your ECU for codes __________________ 後輪駆動車１番 1989 Built SR GT2871R -363whp 1998 S14 W/RB25- 250ish (For Now) 1986 SR86 - 200ish 1990 R32 GTR - 320hp Don't Buy Engines from JDM-Online http://zilvia.net/f/businesses/207457-jdm-online.html Don't Buy XS-Power or SSAC Shit

09-20-2007, 10:39 AM	#3
whippet Leaky Injector Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: odessa Age: 42 Posts: 125 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	will do. If it's not vacuum lines or faulty MAFS, could it be something that will just "cool-off"?

09-20-2007, 11:26 AM	#5
bluemax Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: solo Posts: 34 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	check for busted coupling/connectors that may cause boost leak. That was what happened to me when I floor it hard once and heard a loud pop. Lucky for me it was an easy find and fix. good luck

09-20-2007, 02:01 PM	#6
whippet Leaky Injector Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: odessa Age: 42 Posts: 125 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	bump getting off work soon

09-23-2007, 01:15 AM	#7
whippet Leaky Injector Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: odessa Age: 42 Posts: 125 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Update: turned out the fuel pump went caput. The fuel filter was pretty stopped-up as well.

09-23-2007, 09:37 AM	#8
MADE Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Norf Norf Posts: 974 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	If its the exhuast temp light check your plugs, I had a similar issue with my RB and I tried everything under the sun except the plugs. Turns out the #3 plug was bad causing my car to miss and not rev pass a certain point. Not sure with the SR but give it a shot.