Renix!
So yesterday my car died on the freeway and I pulled to the shoulder. It started back up fine several times in a row but died instantly. It would not idle at all. Got it towed back to the house and then read on here about jumping the resistor to test it. I grabbed piece of wire and jumped it and it ran fine. I ordered a new resistor and had to drive the car all day today on the jumper wire. It ran fine all day. I just got the new resistor and put it in and it idled fine but the second I put a load on it, it died again. Threw the wire on agin to get to school and it ran fine again.
Ideas? The new resistor bad out of the box? Something on the same circuit causing resistance to the point of the new resistor causing too much resistance for the fuel pump to work correctly? How long can I run with it jumped before I cause damage to something else? I don't have a good wiring diagram. Is there anything in the circuit that should cause resistance? In other words, if I read wires for resistance should I expect anything in the same circuit before or after? Thanks!
So yesterday my car died on the freeway and I pulled to the shoulder. It started back up fine several times in a row but died instantly. It would not idle at all. Got it towed back to the house and then read on here about jumping the resistor to test it. I grabbed piece of wire and jumped it and it ran fine. I ordered a new resistor and had to drive the car all day today on the jumper wire. It ran fine all day. I just got the new resistor and put it in and it idled fine but the second I put a load on it, it died again. Threw the wire on agin to get to school and it ran fine again.
Ideas? The new resistor bad out of the box? Something on the same circuit causing resistance to the point of the new resistor causing too much resistance for the fuel pump to work correctly? How long can I run with it jumped before I cause damage to something else? I don't have a good wiring diagram. Is there anything in the circuit that should cause resistance? In other words, if I read wires for resistance should I expect anything in the same circuit before or after? Thanks!