couple days ago i was out crusin and noticed my car was laggin hardcore after about 3300 rpm's at about half throttle....first thought, fuel pump... so i pulled over and opened my hood and my manifold was glowing, i mean GLOWing....and i hadnt been driving for very long. i must have been running lean. i checked my battery voltage and for some reason it was at 11... so my pump wasnt gettin enough volts. i guess what happened was my alternator somehow grounded and blew its fusible link....13 bucks from a mitsu dealership, but i couldnt drive my car....thank god for the voltage meter on my tt saved my engine from detonation to death.
anyone else ever blow a fusible link? theyre a bitch because of course...ricezone doesnt sell 120a fusible links.
#54414, "RE: almost lost my engine" In response to Reply # 2
well yea you can blow your motor because if your turbo and your fuel pump is starvin for juice....you risk running lean, and your car cant handle that for to long
my tt is mostly always at 14v, shes happy that way
#54426, "RE: almost lost my engine" In response to Reply # 0
>couple days ago i was out crusin and noticed my car was >laggin hardcore after about 3300 rpm's at about half >throttle....first thought, fuel pump... so i pulled over and >opened my hood and my manifold was glowing, i mean >GLOWing....and i hadnt been driving for very long. i must have >been running lean. i checked my battery voltage and for some >reason it was at 11... so my pump wasnt gettin enough volts. > i guess what happened was my alternator somehow grounded >and blew its fusible link....13 bucks from a mitsu dealership, >but i couldnt drive my car....thank god for the voltage meter >on my tt saved my engine from detonation to death. > >anyone else ever blow a fusible link? theyre a bitch because >of course...ricezone doesnt sell 120a fusible links. > >96 talon esi-t > > > >Collente> turbo8u is stoned
I would have loved to see the manifold glowing!! that would have looked cool at night! all though i would have been freaking out... I hope you where close to home when it happend.
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#54449, "RE: almost lost my engine" In response to Reply # 0 Aug-20-03 03:23 PM by XtremeRS
Was it the 120 Amp fuse under the fuse box? Cause we dont have any fusable links on our cars..not that i know of anyway..A fusable link is basically a wire that will break its connection if its shorted out. Just as info
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#54453, "RE: almost lost my engine" In response to Reply # 6 Aug-20-03 03:38 PM by turbo8u
we have many fusible links. and yes, it was the 120A one for the alternator. look in the fuse box in front of the ECU, theyre on the bottom left.
my turbo was glowing during the day actually...which is double sketchy, it takes a lot of heat to get the manifold to glow in broad daylight after only drivin for 5 miles...and no, i dont have a egt.
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i guess what happened was my alternator somehow grounded and blew its fusible link....13 bucks from a mitsu dealership, but i couldnt drive my car....thank god for the voltage meter on my tt 
saved my engine from detonation to death.
