85GT 4speed 60,000 miles with a full tank of gas. drive straight runs great. turn left and runs great. Turn right and she wants to die. I was thinking in the tank but it is full. Any idea on this one????????
Check your power distribution block in the engine bay. Only thing I can think of where the inertia can cause adverse effect on the performance of a car. Make sure your not slinging any wires into the water pump and causing something to ground out, also re seat your c500 and go from there.
Any chance you can hook a scanner to it and see if the functions of the ECM drop out during your turn?
I would think you are either dropping your ECM's proper operation, your ECM to injector wiring, or your fuel pressure. A fuel pressure gauge could give you a heads up on the third.
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Just out of curiosity, does the fuel pump run for a couple seconds when you turn the key to the Run position? If not, then does the engine die when you disconnect the electrical plug from the oil pressure sender?
It's a long shot, but those symptoms would indicate that your fuel pump relay (or wiring) is bad, and your engine is losing oil pressure in right turns. The loss of oil pressure would suggest a problem with the oil pick-up tube.
Like I said, it's a long shot. But it's easy to check.
Just out of curiosity, does the fuel pump run for a couple seconds when you turn the key to the Run position? If not, then does the engine die when you disconnect the electrical plug from the oil pressure sender?
It's a long shot, but those symptoms would indicate that your fuel pump relay (or wiring) is bad, and your engine is losing oil pressure in right turns. The loss of oil pressure would suggest a problem with the oil pick-up tube.
Like I said, it's a long shot. But it's easy to check.
When I read the original post, this was the first thought I had... but the oil pump is on the left, and a right turn would put more oil on the left...
I am thinking there is a loose electrical connection that has to do with fuel pump or ignition.
One try that might eliminate the fuel pump is to jump power to the pump on the aldl and see if there is any difference. Would eliminate all but some wiring. Also try wiggling the C500 wires and connector by the battery while its running to see if anything happens. Also the wires on the coil. Is the battery locked down on the try?
How aggressive a turn does it take to show up?
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Battery not clamped down tight and pulling on it's wires when it slides around? Something loose at the altenator? Oil pressure saftey switch got loose wiring?(you could bypass that one temporarily to see if it works)
What happens if you turn the wheels right and back up? Just reaching for straws, ok?
Spoon
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maybe ingnition wiring in stering collom shorting out? I would look under dash first, then check switch? good luck with this one. I hate intermittent issues!! if you just allways turn left you wont have any problems
Okay here's another angle. With car running and not moving, give it some rpms and turn the wheels right. See If you notice any change in the rpms. If you do, than you can narrow it down to the steering system and any parts that move with it. On the other hand if you don't notice any change then its back to something while the car is rolling.
Spoon
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Check your spark plug wires and make sure that they are not touching the exhaust manifold. I had it happen to my 1984 Fiero 2.5 and it ended up destroying my ECM. The first time it burned out a fusible link and a few days later it cooked the ECM. In both cases the car was taken to two different repair shops and neither found that the spark plug wire was bumping the exhaust manifold. Hope this helps you.
Yes I sure did. It was happening do to the fuel pump not turning on. ITs strange. It will run when the pump does not turn on but the pressure was very low so the car would run great going forward. But take a turn and it would just die. I thought that the pump was very quite but it was just not on. When I jump the lead you can hear the fule pump spool up and no more issue. I did not think that it was the pump as the car started and ran but sure enough there was a dead pump till jumped and all ran.
Tom
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