Drain half, then top up with fresh fuel? Then drive the car about a 100km to clear out the dusties, top up the tank and then do the testing without adding any more fuel (to keep the fuel mix constant during testing).
2008 Carbon Gray GT Sedan 5 Speed
The actual testing will definitely be done with fresh fuel. The only question is whether I need to drain the existing or, if the car starts and runs, if I can just burn it off. So I'll throw the bottle of Seafoam in and see what happens. It's as good a plan as any.
how long has the fuel been in the tank for? a year? with stabil?
Closer to 6 years. With Stabil.
Yep. I read that around a year or so ago and haven't started it since. I'm a bit afraid. That said... previous to that it DID start up fine every time I tried it... twice a year or so. There may be hope. Sometimes luck swings my way.
After this bit of conversation I thought "Hey... why not at least go take a look-see and check out what I've got". Siphon fail. I stuck over a meter of hose down into the filler and didn't even wet the end of it. So much for pumping a bit out to see how it looks.
Well... I did run it around the block a few times every time I started it over the first few years it was stored, so I guess that was enough. It also seems to have a long filler neck.
Oh well. It was suggested that I disconnect the fuel line from the fuel rail and turn the key to get the fuel pump to just push some out. I took a good long look at it and decided that was hard.
So I did what any reasonable person who isn't terribly concerned about ruining an engine might do. I said f**k it, YOLO right? Then I crossed my fingers and cranked 'er up and she started like a charm! *whew*
As a bonus, as it sat and ran in the driveway, I got out the OBD scanner and recorded this little ditty (coordinates removed)...
http://www.wildweasel.ca/HowTo/Auto/...ueTrackLog.csv
The important thing to note here is that the ECU is reporting positive boost (I was blipping the throttle) so I should have some proper logs coming out of this test when the time comes. Woot!!
Not sure if I'm more excited about the logs or about the car actually starting and running.
this is so awesome lol
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awesome. EBT builds haha
Electric Big Turbo = EBT lol... and that would be awesome to see, 400whp sunfire
Nice. I'm guessing there might be more involved in getting to 400hp than just cranking up the boost. I'd give it a shot... but I'm not actively TRYING to blow up the engine. Yet.
Not going to lie...but Cisco makes Linksys routers...and they are by far one of the best...but you get what you pay for. You probably had a lower end consumer grade router and regardless of the brand those aren't going to be the most reliable devices. I would suggest a good Linksys or Dlink router. I have had pretty decent success with Dlink (however lately I have had a few issues with lower end models as well) I work in IT, and before that at a computer store in Alliston that catered to residential repair plus a few commercial clients around town. We always recommended Linksys or Dlink.
Decent Dlink routers are probably at a lower price point than decent Linksys routers. However if you are looking for the best of the best go Linksys.
hope this answered your question. (Hope I didn't derail your thread too much, I didn't know if you wanted me to PM you about this)
+1 on Linksys routers as they are basically Cisco and Cisco is on of the best companies when it comes to networking, but I have to disagree on Dlink routers (unless they changes now). The old Dlink router I had had architecture flaw that would cause it to overheat and you would have to reboot it weekly so it works again. In addition, it had a draft version of WiFi protocol, which causes our PlayBook tablet to not work very well with it: dropping connections and wouldn't be able to connect again without rebooting the router. However, I can't comment on the newer models and they might be better now.
I replaced it with Linksys E3200 about year and a half ago and haven't had to reboot the router ever since. Also no issues with Playbook tablet. I highly recommend E32000 or anything similar.
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And I know that Cisco makes Linksys and I know that Cisco makes great stuff for business, but it's always been my impression that Linksys went down the tubes shortly after Cisco bought them. It's as if Cisco thought they could bank on their name recognition and cheapen them down for consumers. This is the 2nd or 3rd one I've had go bad on me and it was one of their high-end ones when I bought it a couple years back. Gigabit for the internal network and everything. Never again.
But it sounds like Dlink have their issues as well. Maybe I'll try an Asus. They're not a networking specialist... but I've always been happy with everything else I've bought from them.
I'll get the conversation back on track soon as I've got something new to add. Meanwhile it annoys the hell out of me that my site is down and I know full well I just need to get home and unplug the damned router and plug it back in. It's never the modem or connection. It's always the freakin' router.
Except that Belkin just bought out the linksys division - Cisco determined it wasn't profitable enough.
Personally, I've had Belkin, Linksys, D-link, and Asus... and out of them all, the Asus was the only one that was rock solid - Although I know other people who hate them due to the badly translated engrish.
LOL I jump in here and expect more chatter about the electric supercharger, but now it's about wireless routers?
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