Pelican Parts
Parts Catalog Accessories Catalog How To Articles Tech Forums
Call Pelican Parts at 888-280-7799
Shopping Cart Cart | Project List | Order Status | Help



Go Back   Pelican Parts Forums > Porsche Forums > Porsche 911 Technical Forum


Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread
Author
Thread Post New Thread    Reply
Registered
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 2,545
Garage
Mouse strikes again...

Well Friends . yes I am an idiot. Thank you for all the help. Turns out There is a huge blockage in the fuel pickup . inside the kevlar box of the fuel cell. i thoroughly cleaned kevlar lining , installed new foam, and also thoroughly vaccuumed, i thought, inside the fuel slosh box. you cannot see in there, alll you can do is feel. and i thought the intake was fine. turns out the plug . which seems to be MOUSE FUR!! was stuck way in there. so it might have sloshed out over time, allowing some fuel past, then rejammed up on track in first few laps.... at least i now have two extra coils, two MSD boxes spare, another rotor and cap....

David Murry told me this is the laboratory mouses cousins getting revenge! as i do molecular genetic studies on mice with cancer.... and tend to off alot of them...







Old 06-13-2019, 12:12 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #21 (permalink)
It's a 914 ...
 
stownsen914's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Ossining, NY
Posts: 4,703
Ah, that’ll do it! Glad to hear you found it. Might want to check the pump and filter to make sure no crap got through and caused downstream clogs. When’s the next outing?
Old 06-13-2019, 02:33 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #22 (permalink)
Registered
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 2,545
Garage
thanks townsen! so happy i found it . off to VIR Club Race next week. woohoo. no excuses now.
Old 06-13-2019, 06:05 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #23 (permalink)
Registered
 
Mahler9th's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Northern California
Posts: 3,747
Have fun and be safe at VIR.

Again, after 20 years around similar equipment (my own and quite a few friends) have never seen a situation like this that turned out to be an MSD box. I have had two coil failures, and one was my fault.

I still carry a spare box and a couple of spare Blaster coils, just in case.

When dealing with things like this, systematic troubleshooting is obviously very helpful.

I have a friend who is a racer and retired BMW master tech. He says... "the car never wins." But of course we all know they can sometimes put up a pretty good fight.

__________________
Mike
PCA Golden Gate Region
Porsche Racing Club #4
BMWCCA
NASA
Old 06-14-2019, 07:11 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #24 (permalink)
Reply


 


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 04:25 PM.


 
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.6.0
Copyright 2025 Pelican Parts, LLC - Posts may be archived for display on the Pelican Parts Website -    DMCA Registered Agent Contact Page
 

DTO Garage Plus vBulletin Plugins by Drive Thru Online, Inc.