Of Sadenings: 911 Down! :(

"K-Roll-PorscheTamer" (k-roll390)
06/03/2014 at 22:26 • Filed to: Porsche 911

No the car hasn't been crashed or in an accident...Something with the fuel pump?

Since the Magnum is out of commission for a week or two, the 911 has been used as a daily by my dad twice so far this week(The only other cars are my ST, which I need for school, and my mom's Windstar which she needs for work. He took my car to work today and I drove the 911 home from work. I then got a call from my friend saying that he locked his keys in the car and needed help.

Went over there and as I pull by his driveway I felt the car sputter a bit; but I didn't think it was a problem.

Another friend shows up and we as cars pass the 911, I get nervous and decide to pull it in the driveway. I start the car and it starts sputtering more and more and dies and I'm like wft?? Try starting the car repeatedly with the same results.

We jump start the car to the point that I can somehow drive the car 2 miles back to my street where it does for the last time, forcing me to push it a couple hundred feet home. People stopped by and offered to push the car with their cars, but I wouldn't have it.

(Can anyone determine what's wrong from this clip?)

I'm sore and in pain from pushing her down my street BY MYSELF(labor of love) and distraught form the car breaking down, and then my dad just came home and bitches me out for taking the car out to help a friend and for something breaking that was beyond my control... once again he has gone out of his way to make me feel like shit, good night for me. :(

I try to do everything I can to fix and take care of her and one thing happens and I get bitched at...I don't know what's worse; the fact that I got bitched at, or the fact that now I won't be able to attend my first ever PCA meet on the 14th. :(

I'm all kinds of sad now.

DISCUSSION (30)

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
06/03/2014 at 22:30

Kinja'd!!!

Try using some of this, it is a cure all. Also would your Dad rather have you abandon it than push it home?

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
06/03/2014 at 22:31

He'd rather have the car working and me away from him and it right now.. :(

what does that stuff do?

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
06/03/2014 at 22:33

That sucks but at least you have a car.

It breaks up varnish and cleans the fuel system from the gas tank to the engine, where gas goes it cleans it.

RotaryLover > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
06/03/2014 at 22:34

How are the spark plugs, the wires, the distributor, the rotor in the distributor?

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
06/03/2014 at 22:35

How do I use it? Can I use it with a 1/2 tank of gas?

What do you think the problem is?

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > RotaryLover
06/03/2014 at 22:35

I couldn't tell you, I'm not that advanced to check any of that stuff. :(

RotaryLover > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
06/03/2014 at 22:40

What year is it again?

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
06/03/2014 at 22:40

You pour it in a tank of gas, Sure, It works trust me.

I have worked with many fuel systems (lawn mower repair man) and it is either fuel pump or carb. How to find out you ask? Buy a can of carb cleaner and grab a buddy. Take off the air cleaner and have buddy shoot carb cleaner in the barrels while you start it. have him keep adding carb cleaner if it keeps running on carb cleaner it is the fuel pump if it doesn't run of the carb cleaner it is the carb.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > RotaryLover
06/03/2014 at 22:43

1974

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
06/03/2014 at 22:45

This sounds challenging, I'll do whatever it takes to get the car running again and to make my dad not pissed at me again(he never should have been anyway and he still is :( )

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
06/03/2014 at 22:46

I do it with lawnmowers weekly, if you pick me up and take me to the car I can diagnose it.

RotaryLover > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
06/03/2014 at 22:47

Check this cap

Kinja'd!!!

DO NOT MIX UP THE WIRES, better yet leave the wires there. Just remove the two screws holding the cap that you see with the orange connectors. Look under it. If you see white stuff, it's corrosion. Clean it with a wire brush and make sure the key is off.

Kinja'd!!!

Now the cap covers this part. If the golden metal part is black or worn, don't brother cleaning the cap and get yourself a new Distributor cap and rotor kit. They are quite cheap (max 50$) and easy to replace. Just don't mix up the wires.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
06/03/2014 at 22:48

That's one hell of a drive though, both ways. I haven't got the money for such a trip as I just bought new pads and shifter couplers for the car. :(

If I could I would.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
06/03/2014 at 22:50

If your ever in Wisconsin I can help you with your car same as if I am ever in Michigan.

Just do what I told you and fuel pumps are an easy fix.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > RotaryLover
06/03/2014 at 22:52

Sounds simple enough. What happens if I mix up the wires?.....Actually, don't tell me what happens..

RotaryLover > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
06/03/2014 at 22:56

Your car will run shity and will have the wrong timing. You'd have to check the timing on the net afterwards and sometimes the info mixed. One other thing you could test is spraying the wires with WD40. If the engine works, you know the wires need to be replaced since humidity got in it. The wires are supposed to be water proof and WD40 removes humidity. Obviously, you SHOULD check the spark plugs at the same time.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > RotaryLover
06/03/2014 at 23:06

I will try my best.

Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
06/03/2014 at 23:21

I don't know if you were the one that just recommended this to me, but this stuff works wonders.

Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
06/03/2014 at 23:24

I just used Seafoam for the first time on Saturday. Very easy to use, trust me. Here's a video I found that helps you understand what to do. You're not dieseling, but you treat the problem all the same.

His Stigness > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
06/04/2014 at 00:05

NOOOOOOO!!!!!! DON'T USE THIS!!!!!!

You're starting to sound like other idiot mechanic's that zip tie shit together and recommend stuff off the wall of wishes.

jkm7680 > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
06/04/2014 at 06:28

Phew, I thought it crashed or was burned.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
06/04/2014 at 11:10

Yeah I recommended it to you, I basically told everybody about that magic in a bottle. Glad it worked great.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > His Stigness
06/04/2014 at 11:11

I do use zip ties on almost every project and it works fine. WATCH ROADKIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
06/04/2014 at 11:15

I poured half down the carb and I still have some dieseling. I have the other half, but I don't know if I should put the rest in with a full tank, or down the carb again. What would you do?

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
06/04/2014 at 11:24

Well here is where I disagree with the video.

1- I don't pour it into the carb. Why? it is meant to be mixed with fuel in the gas tank.

2- I usually pour in a can at the gas station then fill it the rest of the way up.

3- I work on carbs a lot and single barrels are east to do so one day take the 2002's carb off and get some carb cleaner maybe 2 cans (always good to have extra and for 2 cans it is about $3) Then take apart the carb SLOWLY so you remember where everything went. then clean it and put it back together. That and seafoam should solve your problem.

Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
06/04/2014 at 11:33

I'm hoping to throw my Weber 32/36 on this summer, so Seafoam will work for now. The Solex is a pain in the ass. And the rest will go in the tank.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
06/04/2014 at 11:37

Good.

His Stigness > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
06/04/2014 at 15:24

There's no hope for you I guess...

RotaryLover > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
06/05/2014 at 01:06

So wassup with the car?

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > RotaryLover
06/05/2014 at 09:40

It's somehow running again which leads me to believe that I flooded the engine somehow.