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  1. Jobi-Wan Kenobi

    Engine dies - but why?

    @iamdub the phone app is capable of doing data recording but the crankshaft sensor isn't one of the parameters it looks at. There are a few shops (no performance shops close by though) in the area I can check with. But yea I do agree regarding the fee for it. I can pretty much arrange a time...
  2. Jobi-Wan Kenobi

    Engine dies - but why?

    I'm in northern Wisconsin (Rhinelander area) and looks like @George B is the closest but really not that close. Google puts him about 4 hours away.
  3. Jobi-Wan Kenobi

    Engine dies - but why?

    @iamdub I did find stuff in a few places too about a drive cycle that's supposed to do the relearn. I didn't find anything concrete thought that it works for this vehicle platform. I don't know anyone with access to a scan tool that can do the job for me. I don't have my own just yet but am...
  4. Jobi-Wan Kenobi

    Engine dies - but why?

    I had seen a couple things where the relearn wasn't required for AC Delco sensors. Is this actually true? I would think not.
  5. Jobi-Wan Kenobi

    Engine dies - but why?

    Apparently though a new sensor requires a relearn process with a scan tool and I don't have one. So don't feel very good right about changing the sensor.
  6. Jobi-Wan Kenobi

    Engine dies - but why?

    So ended up having trouble with it again today after work this morning and was supposed to be going somewhere with it but ended up leaving it sit for the afternoon (this after making a trip into town from work). Started fine when I returned a few hours later. On my drive home the engine very...
  7. Jobi-Wan Kenobi

    Engine dies - but why?

    @PG01 battery connections are clean and tight. I haven't put eyes on the battery ground to the frame yet (or the engine or wherever it goes) and it probably wouldn't hurt to clean up the frame ground that's under the drivers door.
  8. Jobi-Wan Kenobi

    Engine dies - but why?

    @wjburken not even sure what the opening shot should really be.
  9. Jobi-Wan Kenobi

    Engine dies - but why?

    @iamdub no, I'm in a pretty rural area so minimal traffic and no driving through town. Aside from the one time it shut off on me in town a couple weeks ago I haven't had trouble driving around town either so maybe the fan is able to produce enough air flow during the city driving while I'm at...
  10. Jobi-Wan Kenobi

    Engine dies - but why?

    @iamdub I didn't use a mallet or hammer handle. But I did have the shield of the PCM and was pounding on it a bit with my fist and just trying to shake it in it's mount. I didn't do any of this to the fuses but can try it. Was thinking about this earlier and why it only seems to happen in...
  11. Jobi-Wan Kenobi

    Engine dies - but why?

    I've checked codes a couple times and never had anything show up for crank position sensor. A past vehicle I had though was pretty famous for sensor failure and usually wouldn't throw a code for it either. But the failed sensor would cause the engine to shut down after the engine was hot with...
  12. Jobi-Wan Kenobi

    Engine dies - but why?

    Well what I did Saturday cleaning out the PCM connector cavities and the connectors didn't fix the issue. The engine died on me tonight while I was in town and had trouble starting again. We're definitely losing ignition power somewhere because just as I was going to fiddle around under the...
  13. Jobi-Wan Kenobi

    Engine dies - but why?

    @iamdub it was runny. I poured most of it out of there. I did change out the oil pressure sensor a couple weeks ago too because the other one stopped reading.
  14. Jobi-Wan Kenobi

    Engine dies - but why?

    @Tonyrodz yea it was the high pressure hose. Where it was leaking I never noticed oil being sprayed at the shield. But if this fixes it, great!
  15. Jobi-Wan Kenobi

    Engine dies - but why?

    @Tonyrodz the color was dark like something that was used. I did have a power steering leak on the pressure hose right after I started driving it. I don't see how that would have gotten in there though with the cover in place. And the connectors weren't full of oil on the outside either.
  16. Jobi-Wan Kenobi

    Engine dies - but why?

    @Tonyrodz no there wasn't. Not a clue how it would have even gotten in there with being covered.
  17. Jobi-Wan Kenobi

    Engine dies - but why?

    They both have oil in them.
  18. Jobi-Wan Kenobi

    Engine dies - but why?

    But I suppose start with cleaning up the connector cavities and see what happens. To me that's like filling it full of dielectric grease which I know shouldn't be done.
  19. Jobi-Wan Kenobi

    Engine dies - but why?

    @iamdub ok that was my understanding of the sensor too. Yea it was to change timing when the engine is under load. The alternator was changed because the bearing was on its way out and starting to squeak. It had been over a month when this started.
  20. Jobi-Wan Kenobi

    Engine dies - but why?

    So was just out messing with it. I pounded, pulled and twisted on pretty much anything under the hood I could get at. It never missed a beat. I pulled one of the PCM connectors off and noticed something I've never seen before. There's some kind of oil in here. To me that's not normal.
  21. Jobi-Wan Kenobi

    Engine dies - but why?

    @iamdub the code i have is P0327. I haven't tried any of that yet. I've only tried jiggling the ignition switch around. Was just going to look up the schematic for the ignition circuit.
  22. Jobi-Wan Kenobi

    Engine dies - but why?

    Still seems like we got something going on here. No issue for the whole week then just dropped off the fuel pressure kit now and had trouble starting in the parking lot. Doesn't seem like the fuel pump was the issue. The one time it died at home after cleaning the throttle body it maintained...
  23. Jobi-Wan Kenobi

    Engine dies - but why?

    I picked up a fuel pressure gauge kit on my way home tonight. At idle it seems to be maintaining about 42 psi. I did also clean out the throttle body. After I did that and started the engine it ran for maybe 15 seconds or so and shut off but started fine again. Not sure if it was anything...
  24. Jobi-Wan Kenobi

    Radio initializing message

    Figured I'd share this since I really didn't find much info on the subject. Earlier this week my radio (it's the stock system) just stopped working one morning and wouldn't turn on. It would just display "Initializing" on the screen sometimes and wouldn't turn on. I only found one forum...
  25. Jobi-Wan Kenobi

    Engine dies - but why?

    Alright, well I can definitely get the intake tube pulled off anyway and clean out the throttle body. I'll see about picking up a fuel pressure gauge tomorrow.

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