ye olde blue
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I just got my 1994 KZJ78W here in the US after driving it in Japan for three years. While there, it ran nearly flawlessly and started up perfectly after letting it sit for months while I was gone. Here is a different story. I drove it about 30 miles home from the importer to my house with no issues, it sat overnight and I drove it five miles to work and back the next day. Again no issues. On the third day, the problem arose. I turned it on to go to work, drove about 200m out of my driveway and it slowly died. Suddenly I heard a whining from the fuel tank area. My Subaru STI has an upgraded fuel pump, and it sounded just like when that primes. Moments after this whine started, I lost power and was barely able to pull over before the engine cut off. It wouldn't start to save its own life.
Once towed into my driveway, I replaced the fuel filter with one from Napa. When removing the fuel lines, there was zero fuel spill as they were pretty dry inside. I pressurized the return line and again it made the same whining noise and fuel eventually reached the filter.
Does anyone know if there's some sort of solenoid or valve in the supply line? It seems impossible to find any manuals on the KZJ78W as it was only really available in Japan. I have a book for the 1KZ-TE engine, but it doesn't mention anything before the fuel filter. Does anyone have any ideas what this whining noise could be?
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Once towed into my driveway, I replaced the fuel filter with one from Napa. When removing the fuel lines, there was zero fuel spill as they were pretty dry inside. I pressurized the return line and again it made the same whining noise and fuel eventually reached the filter.
Does anyone know if there's some sort of solenoid or valve in the supply line? It seems impossible to find any manuals on the KZJ78W as it was only really available in Japan. I have a book for the 1KZ-TE engine, but it doesn't mention anything before the fuel filter. Does anyone have any ideas what this whining noise could be?
Any help is greatly appreciated!