Hi Guys,
Wondering if someone could point me in the right direction.

Just came back from being overseas for 4 weeks, and went to start her up. All good except for the fact that I have absolutely no throttle response whatsoever.
I have a CEL, and DSC light that won't go off. Everything else looks normal.

A bit of history..
1. About a year ago I had had a faulty coil which caused her to misfire badly, since then, I keep hearing metal bits rattling in the muffler and or exhaust pipe every now and then.

2. I did replace my coils and plugs at that time and she's been running OK.

3. I also installed a HKS Twin Power thingy at the same time.. not sure if it did anything, other than make me think I was burning fuel more completely.

4. Prior to my coil/s failing, I did experience occasional random stalling, even at speeds of 60+kms _ not sure if this was a sign or just a red herring

Any thoughts on what could be causing this??

TIA

Cheers,
LJ

Whats the CEL? The rattling sounds like the substrate in the CAT has dropped.

Whats the CEL? The rattling sounds like the substrate in the CAT has dropped.

hmm.. yes, I don't know as I don't own any tools that can talk to the ECU.. eg scanalyser etc..

I was hoping some of the gurus around here could sort of point me in the right direction before I star buying things or pulling things apart.

cheers

Code readers are the '8s best friend!

Hard to tell without you pulling that code, I would reset the ECU, disconnect the battery for a while, it's probably screwed up from a long period of low voltage.

Buy a reader that can access the CANBus protocol - very cheap.

Do what Stealth said and keep us posted ...

Code readers are the '8s best friend!

Hard to tell without you pulling that code, I would reset the ECU, disconnect the battery for a while, it's probably screwed up from a long period of low voltage.

Buy a reader that can access the CANBus protocol - very cheap.

Ok.. thanks for this. I did do all this prior to your reply, but thought I should give it another go. Only this time I let her idle until she reached operating temp, then I noticed I was getting some throttle response back. Not much, only able to rev to about 2000rpm with about a 1+ sec lag. This led to me believe that the mechanical side of the engine was ok and it was the ECU that was playing silly buggers.
So this is what I decided to do.
1. Pull the Batt and let her sit. - about 3mins. also had foot on brake for this period
2. Reconnected the batt
3. Did the NVRAM reset - ie pump brake a zillion times just after flicking the key
4. Calibrate DSC - turn wheel full left then full right.
And viola!! actually the CEL went off at step 3.. and TCS wen off after a quick spin around the block

Not 100% sure if she's 100%, but took her for a drive and she felt OK.... well as good as she was before I left her.

Oh well.. I'm glad i got it sorted out and thanks for the ideas guys.. much appreciated.. She's a temperamental, jealous one eh??

Cheers
LJ

Glad to hear you got it sorted LJ.

Hey, are you coming to the Nationals this year?

Four week holiday?

Voltage drop hiccup.

Glad to hear you got it sorted LJ.

Hey, are you coming to the Nationals this year?

Thanks Rev... No unfortunately I can't. This is turning out to be a fairly big year for me bot work and personal. Plus I've just taken 4 weeks leave to travel around Europe, so funding is a little tight too.. :(

Four week holiday?

Voltage drop hiccup.

Yes... who would've known... pretty ghay if you ask me. Never had a car do this to me before.

Thanks Rev... No unfortunately I can't. This is turning out to be a fairly big year for me bot work and personal. Plus I've just taken 4 weeks leave to travel around Europe, so funding is a little tight too.. :(

I hear you brother. I'm going to Italy in June and have already had to tell my travel agent a few times I want to stay in the hotel, not buy the bloody thing! :uhh: :)