fremyjay Posted October 27, 2014 Posted October 27, 2014 Right guy's im very close to breaking my project as im having problems and cant seem to find out what it is, Brought a gt engine to go in my ep91, fitted it all and she turns over but wont fire, she has fuel and spark, timing is correct and so is ignition timing, have checked all the earths and they seem fine. Today went to try and jump start her and smoke started pouring out of the alternator, all hooked up correctly so no issues there, sick and tired of trying to find this issue, if i cant sort it out im breaking her for parts and moving on but after the time, money and effort ive put in so far im desperate to get her running, anyone have any ideas whatsoever Quote
Socks Posted October 27, 2014 Posted October 27, 2014 Is there fuel in it? more importantly, is there fresh fuel in it...? Quote
fremyjay Posted October 27, 2014 Author Posted October 27, 2014 Filled her up today with fuel as i thought it may be the issue but still nothing Quote
Ollieh17 Posted October 27, 2014 Posted October 27, 2014 you tried it with a different alternator in? Quote
fremyjay Posted October 27, 2014 Author Posted October 27, 2014 No as its only started smoking today, surely that wouldn't stop it from turning over as battery was fully charged when i was trying to fire her up?? Quote
Ollieh17 Posted October 27, 2014 Posted October 27, 2014 No as its only started smoking today, surely that wouldn't stop it from turning over as battery was fully charged when i was trying to fire her up?? fair enough...is this with the standard ecu? Quote
Ollieh17 Posted October 27, 2014 Posted October 27, 2014 id be tempted to stick a different alternator in it and jump it just to rule that out tbh Quote
fremyjay Posted October 27, 2014 Author Posted October 27, 2014 yeah i will be changing the alternator, just dont want too spend much more if im going to end up breaking her Quote
Ollieh17 Posted October 27, 2014 Posted October 27, 2014 yeah i will be changing the alternator, just dont want too spend much more if im going to end up breaking her sure it will be something little mate always is! As much as i want a lot of your parts, don't break it Quote
Ollieh17 Posted October 27, 2014 Posted October 27, 2014 how have you checked for spark and fuel? Compression fine on the engine? Quote
fremyjay Posted October 27, 2014 Author Posted October 27, 2014 Ive tried everything atm mate and just getting fed up, could break her for £4k and buy another one thats running. Im going to try alternator and new leads and plugs then im going to call it a day as i need a car as my other is going soonspark and fuel is fine bud, and compression is fine aswell Quote
funny onion Posted October 27, 2014 Posted October 27, 2014 what fuel pressure do you have when it's cranking over? are you sure it has good compression? have you checked the ecu for codes? does it make a difference if you open the throttle while it's cranking? Quote
daniel_g Posted October 27, 2014 Posted October 27, 2014 Have you put the starter and alternator straps on the wrong way, ie each other ? Quote
fremyjay Posted October 27, 2014 Author Posted October 27, 2014 I have standard fuel pressure regulator so cant check that at the moment, yeah compression was fine and equal across all cylinders when checked and doesn't make any difference with throttle open =/Have you put the starter and alternator straps on the wrong way, ie each other ?I could well have but would it still crank if these were wrong way around? Quote
daniel_g Posted October 27, 2014 Posted October 27, 2014 Hmmm not sure. Worth a check anyway, everything else seems spot on. Quote
fremyjay Posted October 27, 2014 Author Posted October 27, 2014 yeah i will take a look, leads were second hand off here so will be trying different ones to be 100%, i reckon its the wiring myself as it was all hacked when i got the shell but looked through it all and it seems fine Quote
Jhandy Posted October 27, 2014 Posted October 27, 2014 Just out of curiosity how long do you turn it over for. Because one morning i went out to go to work and my gt wouldn't start. It turned over everything then with about 30/40 secs of constant turning over it started. I then later found out that the coolant temp sensor had broke. When it got warm it was fine. Worth a check Quote
toyotag2014 Posted October 27, 2014 Posted October 27, 2014 have you treid servicing it i.e the fuel filter might be fooked and did you change the fuel pump when you did the conversion and if so are you sure the gt fuel pump is working properly dude ? Quote
fremyjay Posted October 27, 2014 Author Posted October 27, 2014 Will check coolant sensor tomorrow, fitted a walbro bud so not that,fuel filter is after the fuel rail though isn't it?? So would that make a difference Quote
MARC MOSS Posted October 27, 2014 Posted October 27, 2014 It will be something simple man don't give up!My alternator burnt out for no reason at all once and filled the car with smoke lol Quote
fremyjay Posted October 27, 2014 Author Posted October 27, 2014 Its just a pain I've built it all up and not working, so going to have to strip the loom and and try once more, Colin coils working fine so I'm stuck at what it is Quote
Aamir Posted October 27, 2014 Posted October 27, 2014 Try a standard fuel pump and see if that helps. I had the same problem in the past Aamir Quote
fremyjay Posted October 27, 2014 Author Posted October 27, 2014 What was the issue aamir, similar to mine?? As its pumping fuel and chambers are getting fuel into them Quote
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