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Old Jul 2, 2009 | 05:39 AM
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Hey all,
So a few weeks ago, my car stopped working on all it's cylinders , here's the thread for it

https://my350z.com/forum/engine-and-...ow-a-code.html

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Parked car, it drove normal. started it next day, was not running on all cylinders. Switched out spark plugs, no effect. Messed around with injectors, 2 of the cylinders werent getting power.

Took it to triwerks (awesome guy Alex) and they did a 3 day check of eveyrthing, i mean voltage, injectors, ecu, etc. So it's come down to the fact that my fuel pressure stays at almost 5 bars on my gauge, so is it most likely a tune issue? Could it be that something went wrong and my cars timing got all retarded and it's running like that?

I'm waiting to take it back to the peeps who tuned my car, but i just need something to go on! i know this is a long shot, but i mean does this sound like something that COULD happen? cause at this point i'm helpless.
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Old Jul 2, 2009 | 06:11 AM
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Didn't you try pluggin in your stock ECU alone and still had the problem? If so, def. not a tune issue, more likely wiring problems.
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Old Jul 2, 2009 | 07:13 AM
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What do you mean 2 of the cylinders were not getting power? As in the coils or the injectors not firing? To properly check this the intake manifold needs to be removed. Did they remove the intake manifold and injector rail and crank the car? Did they also crank the car with the coil packs out to check for spark? I recently had a injector driver fail on my ecu. A few days ago a coil pack burned out. It will make your car run like poo.
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Old Jul 2, 2009 | 07:17 AM
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yeah i did plug my ecu back in.. didnt change the problem. is it possible that something went wrong with the tune and retarded my timing? maybe why my car is running like crap?
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Old Jul 2, 2009 | 07:34 AM
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Did you not read my post. I read the thread you linked. You have 1. Bad coils 2. Injectors stuck open or not firing 3. Bad ecu. It is one or all of those 3.

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Old Jul 2, 2009 | 07:38 AM
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yes i will ask em if they did that.
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Old Jul 2, 2009 | 07:40 AM
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Someone needs to do a thorough step by step diag and determine the cause. Should take a shop less than 2 hrs to figure this one out.
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Old Jul 2, 2009 | 07:52 AM
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It took me about 2 hours to figure out I had a bad ecu. That was with using a multimeter on the ecu and running a new injector wire to be sure. I also had 3 bad coil packs at the same time so that didn't help.
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Old Jul 2, 2009 | 08:25 AM
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yuppers. going to jotech today... gotta drop the cash to figure this out! after this, bye bye FI...
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Old Jul 2, 2009 | 08:53 AM
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You could check this yourself with a small cheap socket set and a test light. Would save you alot of cash...
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Old Jul 3, 2009 | 04:44 AM
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Time for a built engine.
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Old Jul 3, 2009 | 05:10 AM
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Any word?
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Old Jul 3, 2009 | 07:22 AM
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Jotech?

What I know is tune will not change if you didn't touch anything. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Sorry to hear, you haven't figure it out.
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