Luke's Blue Turbo Prix

**CHI2000GTP** · 06-09-2019

Originally Posted by wowitsfast

lol I have dem torx bits for sure.. how much did yours set you back i don't remember seeing you mention that.. plz report back your findings.

Ignition switch swapped. No change in any of the symptoms. God damn it! DIC still goes out, aeroforce still goes out...and most importantly car still stalls when not under throttle. Arghh. Next we have these remedies to try: scrub under carpet grounds, swap alternator. After that it's going to a shop. Gonna pay someone to figure it out. Fukk it. I can't have 2 dead GPs in my driveway. Adding to the misery, the backlight for the boost gauge went out as well.

**wowitsfast** · 06-09-2019

Sucks bro sorry.... If it helps you feel better my car is running like chit to.

same kind of stuff but passenger cooling fan when out temps shot up to 230*, rpms started bouncing around. and some other things like you are having that the switch didn't fix for you..

If you end up buying a grenade will you get me one to plz

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**ItHurtz** · 06-09-2019

I dunno shops are pretty dam stupid man, they are j ust going to throw parts at it for $100hr. TCG has some smart people there, no bites? Where the fck is james he should know all about this.

**CHI2000GTP** · 07-16-2019

Time for an update. Blue Turbo hasn't ran since June 12th. It will not start, no matter what. I have been visiting family in Poland and just getting back now so didn't mess with it too much. It has no codes, no nothing. Just cranks, and cranks and sputters for 1sec. and nothing. Dies. Fuel pump primes. No security light, etc, etc. Now, I have 2 dead GP's in my drive way. Sucks. Before I left I replaced the crank sensor. Didn't help with nothing.

I'm thinking to put engine/Trans in maroon GTP, and scrap the shell of blue car. The body and rust situation is much worse on blue car, so it would be the one to go. Plus I need 4 doors. I really just want a car that runs!

, these damn GP's.

Only have 1 photo of the sensor removal for some reason, although I know I took more....

**wowitsfast** · 07-17-2019

Toss that fram oil filter they are crap

Did you swap in your other icm? I don't remember if you tried that

Ithurts just shed one salty tear over your last post

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**CHI2000GTP** · 07-17-2019

Ehhh. He might of. This was his best gal. But that was originally the plan anyway. To do the swap... or maybe twin charge the red grocery getter. He's prolly more salty that I called it rusty.

But you're right. ICM swap is in order. I can do that, swap even the coils and the harness since it's all off the red car in 1 piece really. List is growing

1. ICM swap
2. Check fuel pressure at rail
3. MAP sensor disconnect

Anyone got anything else to add?

Here's some photos of Euro cars for your enjoyment:

**some photos need to be rotated. Unable to fix that right now. Hosting site issue**

Piece of America right here. White stang with French plates spotted in Warsaw. Made me think of 'Merica... tear drop.

I've seen this car somewhere! Opel Insignia or new Buick Regal?

How about a Chevy Lacetti wagon?

Booted. Euro style:

Good looking Peugeot SUV:

Bug-eyed Alpha Romeo:

A VW Scirocco. Huh?

Slammed, old school Golf:

Cool looking Śkoda.

Fiat Maluch.

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**CHI2000GTP** · 07-17-2019

And some more:

A quality Rexton could soon be yours! Some euro wagons to check out. Tiny cars and minty hubcaps. A smushed Civic with the front all clear. Other cars and a rat-rod'ish motorcycle

South Korean/Indian brand. Producing these:

The wagon game over here is strong! Here we have 2 Toyota Avensis wagons. A quality Czech made Śkoda Superb. And an Audi wagon with the euro version of the Fusion behind it:

Some small French made cars, Renault and Citroën. The hub caps on the red Citroën Spot are motha ****in mint:

A smushed euro Civic hatch with a front that's all clear:

A Subaru/Toyota:

Strange motorcycle:

**ItHurtz** · 07-17-2019

The scrap mention I had a mini stroke!

Some of those cars are just plain ****ing weird

**wowitsfast** · 07-17-2019

[emoji115]that.. I'm glad i dont live in Europe and have to drive those

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**markpa** · 07-19-2019

I had a bad ICM on my 2000 years ago and would act similar. No codes and crank all day long.

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**CHI2000GTP** · 07-19-2019

Well, it started. Kinda.

I was hoping it was the ICM. Did some diagnosing last night with ithurtz on the phone. ICM swap didn't help this time. We decided to spray some starter fluid. I took the MAF off completely and had my son spray starter fluid in there, into the TB, while I cranked. It started! And stayed running longer than any other time.

Looks like a fuel pump swap is next. Good thing I got all these spare parts! Pump from red car going in this weekend.

Interesting thing is, the pump primes, and the valve at the rail sprays strong after cranking... not sure on actual PSI number, but strong. Despite that, I clearly have a fueling issue.

**SgtMarshal** · 07-19-2019

why not swap to a walbro 255?

**CHI2000GTP** · 07-19-2019

Originally Posted by SgtMarshal

why not swap to a walbro 255?

Maybe one day. Not trying to upgrade, just need to get her running for right now.

**ItHurtz** · 07-19-2019

Funny, I have the gtpt's wal255 and oem harness in the porch I never installed LMAO. Just needs a filter attached to the bottom of the canister hahah

**CHI2000GTP** · 07-23-2019

Got her running. It was the fuel pump.

Swapped in pump from red car and she fired right up! What a relief!

Now a midnight wash... All spiders be gone!

**SgtMarshal** · 07-23-2019

that's great

**ItHurtz** · 07-23-2019

AH feels like I am sitting in my seat again!

**bandook** · 07-23-2019

Good to hear! One of the best dopamine rushes is when **** comes together and you solve an issue.

**CHI2000GTP** · 07-25-2019

It is good news. Thanks guys. Put about 125 miles on her since Monday, and she's running good. That pump was faulty. Remember how I was complaining about how the Aeroforce and DIC would reset/turn off on their own? That would happen all the time, like 20 times in a 15min car ride. But now, with that bad fuel pump gone, both DIC and Aero have been working flawlessly! Weird how it all might be somehow connected. Another plus is that the RPM's don't surge and fall when starting it up. They would do that and then stabilize. Now it starts up fast as ****, and pegs at 900 RPM's immediately.

AND, most importantly, it does not want to stall when coming to a stop. That electrical gremlin that I feared, turned out to be the fuel pump. I wonder if that's also the reason for the problems with retrofit HIDs. I'm eager to get those back in. It's INCREDIBLE how ****ty the headlights are on Grand Prix's. Needs HIDs back, ASAP.

**CHI2000GTP** · 08-12-2019

Fuel pump re-wire went in yesterday. Car already had the Caspers in place, but not wired up becuase it requires an all stock harness to work. The harness the car has now, like most, was hacked for an aftermarket fuel pump. I went ahead and spent the coin on a RaceTronix rewire kit and installed that. Hardest part was un-clipping the wire connectors with the Exacto. Routing it under the car took some time as well. I ended up tucking the wire/loom into the plastic ground effects along the passenger side, and using zip ties. Worked out great.

Only took a few photos: