Complete electrical shutdown??
Complete electrical shutdown?? So its getting warm again, finally decide to get the car(98 camaro
) ready for the track, do a little tuning........ Idles fine, pull out onto the road and ease it up to third(th350),everything fine, turn around and get on it a little and it completely falls on its face, then picks right back up. I proceed to try it again paying a little more att and it repeats only this time I notice that the gauges cycle like they would after a flash, or like it lost power maybe? Another problem happening is the volt gauge is reading low like 9v, I have checked the voltage at the exciter wire 11.65v, and checked the batt voltage at the same time and its reading 12.5v. Put a buddy's batt and alt off his car onto mine with the same results........
It also does this in park which makes me think a little less likely to be movement related unless the engine torque is causing movement. Checked all the grounds, fuse post, cps connector, and cmp connector. Scan is not showing anything out of the ordinary other than a bad o2 and no fuel trim readings. Is there an Ohm value for the cps? any other ideas what it might be?
Thanks in adv
) ready for the track, do a little tuning........ Idles fine, pull out onto the road and ease it up to third(th350),everything fine, turn around and get on it a little and it completely falls on its face, then picks right back up. I proceed to try it again paying a little more att and it repeats only this time I notice that the gauges cycle like they would after a flash, or like it lost power maybe? Another problem happening is the volt gauge is reading low like 9v, I have checked the voltage at the exciter wire 11.65v, and checked the batt voltage at the same time and its reading 12.5v. Put a buddy's batt and alt off his car onto mine with the same results........
It also does this in park which makes me think a little less likely to be movement related unless the engine torque is causing movement. Checked all the grounds, fuse post, cps connector, and cmp connector. Scan is not showing anything out of the ordinary other than a bad o2 and no fuel trim readings. Is there an Ohm value for the cps? any other ideas what it might be?
Thanks in adv
when you lose power is it every thing including radio ect. or just the car dies? is it a quick glitch or does it lose power for a while???
update After messing with it a little more the comp case is actually carrying a positive charge, in relation to the 12v hot side of the battery, the case is only showing a 2.2v diff. Now I have to find where it is coming from, the chassis is showing a 12v diff from the positive terminal so its coming from the case but how? something internally perhaps? if you manipulate the comp and allow it to ground to the chassis it of course goes back to 12v diff from positive, but i dont think the comp is supposed to be hot unless grounded is it?
