Engine dies turning right

[Grant-V7-STI]

I have a v7 Sti.

When I turn hard right and floor it the car dies.

It won\'t start back up.

The pump sounds really quite (aftermarket pump which you can hear easy usually).

I let it sit for a while and turn the key to power again so the pump purges and it changes sound as if its running dry.

Then I give up and tow it home and once I\'m home I test purge it again and it\'s back to normal (can even hear the fuel flowing) and it starts.

Only dies when I do hard right turns (entry into a heli)

Hopefully someone can help

[Joker]

put gas in it?

[Grant-V7-STI]

Oh what a good idea. It has half a tank so I don\'t think that\'s my problem

[Joker]

yea sorry ya didn\'t mention fuel level : I know when I have been driving on a Fuel Light that\'s the last indication I better gas up (the middle bar on E : GTB BG5 Legacy)

but yup sounds like fuel surge : not sure on remedy as I have had my Legacy coming up 10 years now and never had one of them Impreza things

[Pappu1]

Remove pump and check fuel pickup

Any clogs in filter

Try the stock pickup filter unit perhaps?

[Grant-V7-STI]

Ok I\'ll go do that now

Cheers

[madmike]

Do left hand helis...

Problem solved

[Guest]

 madmike said:

Do left hand helis...

Problem solved

LEGEND!!!

[Grant-V7-STI]

I\'m just tryna to helis because I no that\'s a good test but left hand helis Itl have to be haha

[ADIKT]

 Grant-V7-STI said:

I\'m just tryna to helis because I no that\'s a good test but left hand helis Itl have to be haha

a good test for what? to see how long your tyres last doing skids?

[Grant-V7-STI]

Read the top post...

New tyres in shed waiting to go on so that\'s the least of my worries

[ADIKT]

 Grant-V7-STI said:

Read the top post...

New tyres in shed waiting to go on so that\'s the least of my worries

doesnt sense make. all you have told us is that your car dies when you do RH helis?

[GC8E2DD]

Is there an MSNZ Helis Champs or something? Do the regs say anything about whether you can change your fuel system?

[funkytown]

why so much hate everyone ??? no mention of helis on a public surface so who cares why hes trying to do them?

OP -with your aftermarket drop in pump - what brand is it? genuine or a fake? are you using the factory pick up sock or the one that came with your pump.

[GC8E2DD]

What hate? Aren\'t people just trying to establish what the car is supposed to be doing? If it is supposed to be doing helis, then perhaps it needs a helis based fuelling system. If helis are testing some other condition, what condition is it simulating?

[Guest]

 funkytown said:

why so much hate everyone ??? no mention of helis on a public surface so who cares why hes trying to do them?

OP -with your aftermarket drop in pump - what brand is it? genuine or a fake? are you using the factory pick up sock or the one that came with your pump.

Worthy of note the sock thing means fuckall unless the pipe part of it is higher than stock too.

No use but is there a difference in left hook to right hook helis? Never seen a left hook one...cant imagine any difference in mechanicals.

[ADIKT]

 GC8E2DD said:

What hate? Aren\'t people just trying to establish what the car is supposed to be doing? If it is supposed to be doing helis, then perhaps it needs a helis based fuelling system. If helis are testing some other condition, what condition is it simulating?

exactly

[Stoffa]

The sock matters, a walbro sock is on the wrong angle and doesnt sit lowenough in the tank. maybe time for one of kooms fuel thingee

[funkytown]

the general question intent seems not very constructive. (might be a factory as road car on a skid pan for fun, might be a track car, might be a clown on a public road).. but really... regardless of what hes doing its fuel surging or pump is dying under high corner load.

what things might be wrong and how might be resolve it?

 Stoffa said:

The sock matters, a walbro sock is on the wrong angle and doesnt sit lowenough in the tank. maybe time for one of kooms fuel thingee

correcto... put the factory sock back on - solves teh issues

[Grant-V7-STI]

Genuine walbro pump failed so I replaced with a DW brand to try something new and used its supplied filter which sits on a 90 degree angle so I\'ve changed it to my walbro filter and yet to try it out. I try to do a heli because that\'s the most extreme sideways it get and it never had a problem before but now it does so something\'s changed

[GC8E2DD]

It is just that it is cheapest to just fill the petrol tank as already mentioned - if it still happens on a FULL fuel tank, then maybe there are other issues.

[Guest]

Its the pipe bit on the sock that matters not the sock itself...but if its different reuse the factory one. I have a few kicking round in my fuel pump box if you get stuck that may work.

[Kiwi_Fozze]

perhaps a conversion to a dedicated 12v supply, controlled by a contactor switched by the existing trigger wires? might help if the pump is underpowered....

[loner]

When I first put a walbro in, I used the tea bag sized sock it came with, and it would get surge with half a tank of gas.

Put the original sock on, and no problems.

[Pappu1]

as someone pointed before bro - use a full tank of gas and see if same issue

if same issue then u have other problems unrelated to fuel pickup

if no issue then have a look at the pickup and try the stock one and see if difference

start there anyway

and if u rewire pump u will need to disable the fuel controller unit or get cel