Engine starts then dies

Pintsize725 · 07-03-2014, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by 90 ST

Yeah, I haven't heard of one as high yet.

G3 intake
Magnaflow exhaust, had a CNT Racing one first, liked it better
Hypertech programmer
I had the SL done twice, once because it failed, the second was the recall
ECU died the first winter, had it changed.
And on my 3rd CSC and Master...
Oh and I had to do the front hubs.

I'm driving down to San Diego with it leaving Calgary on the 12th to the West Coast, (Vancouver) then all the way down the Coastal Hwy, then across to Vegas, and home, I should be about 300k buy the end of the month. I want to get to 400k before I sell it.

And yep I drive it all year round, I run a 350Z 18 with winter rubber.

Sweet! That gives me hope that I'll pay it off before it dies lol.

athlon omega · 07-04-2014, 12:19 AM

In my case, the car was sitting under a covered car port for several hours before taking the quick trip to subway which was literally a mile away from my apartment. I ended taking the plunge and cleaning the Stillen intakes last Sunday. It was pretty easy. lol I definitely found out about the dealership not cleaning them filters despite installing them. The filters were definitely in need of cleaning with large black spots on 50% of the surface of one of them. I also cleaned both MAFs. The car definitely runs smoother. Haven't had any repeat issues. Knock on wood. It seems this occurrence is random and rare for some and more frequent for others.

JARblue · 07-04-2014, 06:09 AM

If you're having to pay out of pocket, consider the ZSpeed HD CSC or the Z1 CSC Delete Kit. Specialty Z also has a rebuildable clutch kit with a tilton CSC.

You won't have to replace them again. Just the CMC, which is A LOT cheaper.

90 ST · 07-04-2014, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Got_Z

Change the oil every month? How many miles do you drive her per month?

It's roughly every month, but average 6000kms a month. this month will be over 12,000...

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Originally Posted by zefaulter

Would you consider aftermarket CSC+clutch if this one fails?
How much did ECU replacement cost you if out of warranty?

I had after market clutch, the problem was the CSC sucks, if this one goes i'll be doing a aftermarket one, the problem is time to ship it to Canada, etc. ECU was under warranty, it was about 6 months after I got the car. it did however take a month to get the part in...which sucked.

Quote:

Originally Posted by JARblue

If you're having to pay out of pocket, consider the ZSpeed HD CSC or the Z1 CSC Delete Kit. Specialty Z also has a rebuildable clutch kit with a tilton CSC.

You won't have to replace them again. Just the CMC, which is A LOT cheaper.

I had to take out the Stillen Flywheel and ACT clutch, it was the cause of the CSC going to often, too much spring pressure for it, as mentioned above I can't have the car off the road long so ordering one in is tricky, but if I don't sell the clutch and flywheel and the CSC goes again i'll wait and get the CSC from Z1. so far I've paid once for the CSC to get done, the dealership has paid twice...so it's not been to bad other then i'm always away when it happens.

Chasingstatus · 07-04-2014, 06:42 AM

Whoa 300k... dude that's pretty decent I've always heard the HR's were tough. Soo yeah as for getting your moneys worth you have without a doubt. I am only at 18k and haven't had this issue yet but if I were in your guys shoes I would do these things in this order. I have always been a believer that if your trouble shooting start off cheap and work your way up to the expensive stuff.
1. Get some electronic cleaner and hit the MAFS
2. If you have access to a smoke machine use that to find if there is a vacuum leak. if you don't, and want to stay cheap about it get a cigar and some sort of tube or like 3 or 4 toilet paper rolls tape them together take some puffs off it and blow into the engine bay look for vacuum leaks (anywhere you find it pulling air into the engine)
3.Clean the tb's and intake filters
4. change out your spark plugs

Sorry if I seem like I'm repeating the same thing that's been said but I would do that order of maintenance before I started really slamming money into the problem.

Q8y_drifter · 07-08-2014, 07:36 PM

OP, clean your throttle bodies.

andbui05 · 07-09-2014, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Q8y_drifter

OP, clean your throttle bodies.

^ Tried this but still getting issues. Maybe OP will have better luck.

athlon omega · 07-12-2014, 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by andbui05

^ Tried this but still getting issues. Maybe OP will have better luck.

It may be your injectors. Was looking at other causes from the other thread.

JARblue · 07-17-2014, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by athlon omega

It may be your injectors. Was looking at other causes from the other thread.

Any issues since the filter and MAF cleaning? You're more than welcome to join the TB cleaning party on Saturday. Just text me

athlon omega · 07-19-2014, 12:49 AM

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Originally Posted by JARblue

Any issues since the filter and MAF cleaning? You're more than welcome to join the TB cleaning party on Saturday. Just text me

Haven't had any issues since. However, I did notice the car kind of sputtered for a split second after start-up earlier this week. I think I'll go ahead and join you guys to clean the TB. It had kind of been lingering on my mind to get it done. I'll text you in the AM.

Pintsize725 · 07-19-2014, 01:10 PM

andbui05 · 07-22-2014, 12:33 PM

Pint I think my issue is just heat soak. There's a few other threads claiming acceleration lag and my issues match that as well. I already had my TB cleaned so yeah I'm just gonna assume it's heat soak due to Houston humidity and heat.

Pintsize725 · 07-22-2014, 12:57 PM

Car doesn't feel as laggy as before and I haven't noticed the random rpm drops that I used to have. We'll see how long it lasts.

DIGItonium · 07-22-2014, 01:34 PM

Any turbo owners have issues with throttle relearn and idle air calibration after cleaning the throttles?

Pintsize725 · 08-02-2014, 12:00 AM

So far, so good.

07-04-2014, 12:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
athlon omega Base Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Austin Posts: 38 Drives: 2012 Nismo 370z Rep Power: 14	In my case, the car was sitting under a covered car port for several hours before taking the quick trip to subway which was literally a mile away from my apartment. I ended taking the plunge and cleaning the Stillen intakes last Sunday. It was pretty easy. lol I definitely found out about the dealership not cleaning them filters despite installing them. The filters were definitely in need of cleaning with large black spots on 50% of the surface of one of them. I also cleaned both MAFs. The car definitely runs smoother. Haven't had any repeat issues. Knock on wood. It seems this occurrence is random and rare for some and more frequent for others. JARblue likes this. __________________ 2012 Nismo Current mods: Stillen G3 Intake, NonStopTuning Underdrive crank pulley

07-04-2014, 06:09 AM	#3 (permalink)
JARblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Austin, TX Age: 44 Posts: 36,450 Drives: 11 Z34, 98 E36 M3 Rep Power: 2684441	If you're having to pay out of pocket, consider the ZSpeed HD CSC or the Z1 CSC Delete Kit. Specialty Z also has a rebuildable clutch kit with a tilton CSC. You won't have to replace them again. Just the CMC, which is A LOT cheaper. __________________ 2011 370Z 6MT Sport Gun Metallic \| ARC \| CJM \| Ecutek \| FI \| Fujimura \| R2C \| SPL \| Stillen \| TWM \| Z1 \| ZSpeed \|

07-08-2014, 07:36 PM	#6 (permalink)
Q8y_drifter Enthusiast Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Kuwait Posts: 306 Drives: 08 Infiniti G35 5AT Rep Power: 16	OP, clean your throttle bodies. __________________ 08 G35 5AT Sedan \| Stillen CBE \| Invidia HFC \| Injen CAI \| Uprev Tune \| Akebono BBK \| Tanabe Coilovers \| Hotchkis Sway Bars \| GTSpec FSB \| Black Headlights & Grille \| Volk GT-F Wheels \| Hankook V12 Evo Tires

07-19-2014, 01:10 PM	#11 (permalink)
Pintsize725 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Austin Posts: 14,196 Drives: 2016 Mazda 6 Rep Power: 211845	__________________ Tracie

07-22-2014, 12:33 PM	#12 (permalink)
andbui05 Base Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Houston Posts: 169 Drives: 2011 370Z Rep Power: 13	Pint I think my issue is just heat soak. There's a few other threads claiming acceleration lag and my issues match that as well. I already had my TB cleaned so yeah I'm just gonna assume it's heat soak due to Houston humidity and heat. __________________ 2011 Magnetic Black 370Z \| K&N \| BERK \| SWIFT \| SPC \| AVANT GARDE

07-04-2014, 06:42 AM	#5 (permalink)
Chasingstatus Base Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: N/A Posts: 158 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 11	Whoa 300k... dude that's pretty decent I've always heard the HR's were tough. Soo yeah as for getting your moneys worth you have without a doubt. I am only at 18k and haven't had this issue yet but if I were in your guys shoes I would do these things in this order. I have always been a believer that if your trouble shooting start off cheap and work your way up to the expensive stuff. 1. Get some electronic cleaner and hit the MAFS 2. If you have access to a smoke machine use that to find if there is a vacuum leak. if you don't, and want to stay cheap about it get a cigar and some sort of tube or like 3 or 4 toilet paper rolls tape them together take some puffs off it and blow into the engine bay look for vacuum leaks (anywhere you find it pulling air into the engine) 3.Clean the tb's and intake filters 4. change out your spark plugs Sorry if I seem like I'm repeating the same thing that's been said but I would do that order of maintenance before I started really slamming money into the problem.

07-22-2014, 12:57 PM	#13 (permalink)
Pintsize725 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Austin Posts: 14,196 Drives: 2016 Mazda 6 Rep Power: 211845	Car doesn't feel as laggy as before and I haven't noticed the random rpm drops that I used to have. We'll see how long it lasts. __________________ Tracie

07-22-2014, 01:34 PM	#14 (permalink)
DIGItonium A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Kansas Posts: 3,800 Drives: 09 Z34-TT 6MT Rep Power: 43	Any turbo owners have issues with throttle relearn and idle air calibration after cleaning the throttles? __________________

08-02-2014, 12:00 AM	#15 (permalink)
Pintsize725 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Austin Posts: 14,196 Drives: 2016 Mazda 6 Rep Power: 211845	So far, so good. NickTurnon, athlon omega and kingcobra like this. __________________ Tracie

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