yellowz
Club Member
My 280Z has an intermittent power loss problem which I can't get to the bottom of.
Every now and then it loses all power and I mean all - no power to the dash, no pump, no nuffink. The car just stops working at all so it must be electrical I think. It has fusible links which I've cleaned up and been through all the fuses in the passenger footwell.
Today it just died on the M4! Not a great place to park on Good Friday Went through all the fuses - checked them, wiggling everything, no joy no power apart from the hazard lights. Tried it ten minutes later while waiting for recovery, turned the key, lo and behold we have power again. Recovery guy had a laugh with me (not at me) and said 'it's got to be something simple because there is nothing complicated about this car - not like modern s***e'. Followed me home just off the M4 and now the car is fine again.
It has happened a couple of times before where it will not have any electrical power at all for a while and then try it later and it does.
Got me stumped now! Any ideas greatly appreciated.
Every now and then it loses all power and I mean all - no power to the dash, no pump, no nuffink. The car just stops working at all so it must be electrical I think. It has fusible links which I've cleaned up and been through all the fuses in the passenger footwell.
Today it just died on the M4! Not a great place to park on Good Friday Went through all the fuses - checked them, wiggling everything, no joy no power apart from the hazard lights. Tried it ten minutes later while waiting for recovery, turned the key, lo and behold we have power again. Recovery guy had a laugh with me (not at me) and said 'it's got to be something simple because there is nothing complicated about this car - not like modern s***e'. Followed me home just off the M4 and now the car is fine again.
It has happened a couple of times before where it will not have any electrical power at all for a while and then try it later and it does.
Got me stumped now! Any ideas greatly appreciated.