I had a small issue with my ute on Saturday....the alternator pulley spun off the front of the shaft. Just unscrewed itself. Strange, considering it was replaced several months ago and I would have thought if there was going to be a problem, it would show up quickly.
But I digress...
After the tilt-tray delivered my vehicle back home, I reinstalled the recovered pulley (along with 1/2 gallon of loctite) and tensioned it to "A bloody lot"nm.
All good. Time for a test drive.
She ran like a pig. A dirty, black smoke belching, powerless pig that won't rev.
Okay, check various odds and sods like chip harness, still poo.
So I removed the chip.
Test drive was fine, just had to tolerate "factory" power availability.
Sunday morning, take the ute for a run down south for the young blokes basketball final. CEL illuminates. Poop. Reset it, then on the way home it illuminates again. Bloody poop.
So I sit down with a multimeter and check the continuity of every wire in the harness for the chip before reinstalling it with new power connections.
Test drive.
Bloody thing runs like a champion. Great power and torque, no smoke, no CEL.
And no idea the actual cause - only a suspicion that a bad connection in the chip loom was to blame.
Better buy myself a cheapo (stand alone) ABD2 scan tool though coz I'm gonna have to confirm that CEL was the rail pressure switch. And if so, I'll need a new one. Does anyone know if you can buy the rail pressure switch alone, or does nissan want to screw you for the whole rail?
But I digress...
After the tilt-tray delivered my vehicle back home, I reinstalled the recovered pulley (along with 1/2 gallon of loctite) and tensioned it to "A bloody lot"nm.
All good. Time for a test drive.
She ran like a pig. A dirty, black smoke belching, powerless pig that won't rev.
Okay, check various odds and sods like chip harness, still poo.
So I removed the chip.
Test drive was fine, just had to tolerate "factory" power availability.
Sunday morning, take the ute for a run down south for the young blokes basketball final. CEL illuminates. Poop. Reset it, then on the way home it illuminates again. Bloody poop.
So I sit down with a multimeter and check the continuity of every wire in the harness for the chip before reinstalling it with new power connections.
Test drive.
Bloody thing runs like a champion. Great power and torque, no smoke, no CEL.
And no idea the actual cause - only a suspicion that a bad connection in the chip loom was to blame.
Better buy myself a cheapo (stand alone) ABD2 scan tool though coz I'm gonna have to confirm that CEL was the rail pressure switch. And if so, I'll need a new one. Does anyone know if you can buy the rail pressure switch alone, or does nissan want to screw you for the whole rail?
