Some back history on the car. Neighbor kids car. 2002 GT with the NA L36. All gaskets have been updated/upgraded etc etc. Car went for an emissions test in November and would start and die after coming out and being turned off. Security light was flashing and pissy. I pulled out the DHP tuner and told the pcm to ignore it's fuel disable signal from the theft deterrent module. This allowed the car to start and run w/o problems, leaving the security light flashing. Told the kid to bring it back to me when I had some time and it wasn't 2*F outside. I ordered two new keys and told her to have them cut at Walmart so we could program them to make the security happy. We all know that since it ran, the car never returned for the issue. Around early March, she mentioned the fuel gauge would act up. I suggested she buy a sender. Again..we all know..the car didn't return for that.
Last night she pops over to hang out with her mom and a couple others... I went to bed about 11pm and around midnight I heard some commotion and decided not to join in. This morning the car is in still in the driveway. Symptoms: Starts and dies. And of course, as expected the security light is flashing because it's been flashing since November.
Where should I start:
Put some fuel in the tank?
Bypass the pcm's control over the fuel pump relay? Seems odd the programming I did somehow could have reversed itself.
Pour gas on the car, light it and walk away. We all know GP's catch on fire easily.![]()