Ondine, my rescued Submarine DB9 Volante
Discussion
Hello guys and Gals,
On and off on this forum I told you the story of Ondine and kick in the butt. Both those DB9'S live as one now.
Ondine went for a deep swim in salt water and kick in the butt, well got kicked hard, in the butt...
Electrics and interior parts, leather and carpets, etc... went from kitb ( kick in the butt) to Ondine. Fairly straight forward, just some hours spent in all sorts of contorted positions... A lot of fun! Really!
So once all that was done, I could not get the motor to start... it would crank but not start. It's been 6 weeks since I got stock at that point.
I found a very nice guy in Poland with the expertise to refresh the car's computers and so off went both car's electronic for a visit to Warshaw.
All came back last Monday so I rushed to reinstall those refurbished computers. And, tried to get it to start... but no. It would still crank but no start...
Back to square one. This problem was not computer related. I started to check fuel delivery. All those steps under the vigilant comments from my new best friend from Poland! Maciej had a methodical plan and I followed it.
So first we needed to remove the fuel sensors from the fuel ramps. When I pulled the kitb sensors, I got splurged with gas. Even though it as been sitting half stripped, the engine bay was still very much intact and full of fuel pressure...
Next I went to do the same sensor removal job on Ondine and carefully covered the ramp with a thick towel but the sensor did not fight me and came out quite easily.
We made it to first base! No pressure = crank upon start without start!
The next step was a messy one. Remove the gas pumps, filters from inside the gas tank. Job I did today. Not too difficult but very corrosive for the hands!
Before reinstalling kitb's pumps in Ondine, I took my air gun and gave it a spray in the fuel line from inside the gas tank and disconnected the fuel sensors on the fuel rail on the engine.
You may ask if I did that inside a tank full of fuel? We'll yes I had to empty both car's tanks before plunging in there. One had a quarter tank, the other a half tank.
And once all was buttoned up, I slowly walked to the driver's seat of Ondine with this feeling of otter failure and calm confidence.
Ok, is this the moment of victory?
Crystal key in without my foot on the brake pedal to give time for the gas pumps to prime themselves. Remove the key. Walk around the car, check all is good. The pumps did not give me a reassuring sound.
Oh well, let's try it anyway. Back to the driver's seat. Foot on the brake pedal. Key in, some sputter., key out and back in. Crank with sputter for about 3 seconds. Key out and back in. Crank, sputter, sustained sputter and a few revolutions of the motor on its own. Key out again, pause for 5 seconds. Key back in!
For the rest of this story, please tune in next week! And now, a word from our sponsors!
Just a joke!
IT STARTED!!!!!
This is such a satisfying feeling! The motor started, although only one bank, the right side bank but success!
I now need to figure out what the issue is with the left side piston bank.
Maybe I will start with the ramp sensor to see if it gets pressure.
What would be your advice for me going forward?
A very happy Francis!
On and off on this forum I told you the story of Ondine and kick in the butt. Both those DB9'S live as one now.
Ondine went for a deep swim in salt water and kick in the butt, well got kicked hard, in the butt...
Electrics and interior parts, leather and carpets, etc... went from kitb ( kick in the butt) to Ondine. Fairly straight forward, just some hours spent in all sorts of contorted positions... A lot of fun! Really!
So once all that was done, I could not get the motor to start... it would crank but not start. It's been 6 weeks since I got stock at that point.
I found a very nice guy in Poland with the expertise to refresh the car's computers and so off went both car's electronic for a visit to Warshaw.
All came back last Monday so I rushed to reinstall those refurbished computers. And, tried to get it to start... but no. It would still crank but no start...
Back to square one. This problem was not computer related. I started to check fuel delivery. All those steps under the vigilant comments from my new best friend from Poland! Maciej had a methodical plan and I followed it.
So first we needed to remove the fuel sensors from the fuel ramps. When I pulled the kitb sensors, I got splurged with gas. Even though it as been sitting half stripped, the engine bay was still very much intact and full of fuel pressure...
Next I went to do the same sensor removal job on Ondine and carefully covered the ramp with a thick towel but the sensor did not fight me and came out quite easily.
We made it to first base! No pressure = crank upon start without start!
The next step was a messy one. Remove the gas pumps, filters from inside the gas tank. Job I did today. Not too difficult but very corrosive for the hands!
Before reinstalling kitb's pumps in Ondine, I took my air gun and gave it a spray in the fuel line from inside the gas tank and disconnected the fuel sensors on the fuel rail on the engine.
You may ask if I did that inside a tank full of fuel? We'll yes I had to empty both car's tanks before plunging in there. One had a quarter tank, the other a half tank.
And once all was buttoned up, I slowly walked to the driver's seat of Ondine with this feeling of otter failure and calm confidence.
Ok, is this the moment of victory?
Crystal key in without my foot on the brake pedal to give time for the gas pumps to prime themselves. Remove the key. Walk around the car, check all is good. The pumps did not give me a reassuring sound.
Oh well, let's try it anyway. Back to the driver's seat. Foot on the brake pedal. Key in, some sputter., key out and back in. Crank with sputter for about 3 seconds. Key out and back in. Crank, sputter, sustained sputter and a few revolutions of the motor on its own. Key out again, pause for 5 seconds. Key back in!
For the rest of this story, please tune in next week! And now, a word from our sponsors!
Just a joke!
IT STARTED!!!!!
This is such a satisfying feeling! The motor started, although only one bank, the right side bank but success!
I now need to figure out what the issue is with the left side piston bank.
Maybe I will start with the ramp sensor to see if it gets pressure.
What would be your advice for me going forward?
A very happy Francis!
So today I figured-out the left bank issue. The gas pump electrical wired were crossed. Took a few hours to logically eliminate possible problems but got it done. So tonight, from my garage, I scared the whole neighborhood by reving the motor for the first time!
The car is stripped, seats out, side panels out and a whole lot more. But that will be my task tomorrow as I am dying to take it out!
The car is stripped, seats out, side panels out and a whole lot more. But that will be my task tomorrow as I am dying to take it out!
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