# 240sx sputtering **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [February 23, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/240sx-sputtering/220731 "2012-02-23T18:06:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Becharco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@Becharco](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Becharco)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/240sx-sputtering/220731/21 "2012-03-07T18:24:56Z")
for sale!! lol ---
**Author:** ![MoNtAjNiK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@MoNtAjNiK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MoNtAjNiK)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 4:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/240sx-sputtering/220731/22 "2012-03-09T04:58:32Z")
Might be your alternator/old battery as well. Cause when you throttle it, there is more electrical power needed for injectors. If it’s bad battery taking away power when charging, or an old loose belt, or just a faulty alternator, the car drives completely different. Try replacing these. ---
**Author:** ![87s15lt1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/87s15lt1/32/5706_2.png) [@87s15lt1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/87s15lt1)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 5:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/240sx-sputtering/220731/23 "2012-03-09T05:46:29Z")
reading all you guys guessing at fixing this guys car is hilarious. take it to a mechanic. the money and time you waste guessing yourself, can be spent on a person that knows what their doing. ---
**Author:** ![ka-t\_hatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/48db29/32.png) [@ka-t\_hatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ka-t_hatch)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/240sx-sputtering/220731/24 "2012-03-10T11:31:44Z")
> [@87s15lt1](#): > > reading all you guys guessing at fixing this guys car is hilarious. > > take it to a mechanic. the money and time you waste guessing yourself, can be spent on a person that knows what their doing. $97/hr is wayy to much …spending $700 on parts and wasting countless hours is way easier… I am a nissan technician, and i had a guy come in with fried alt wiring…$200 fix he spent weeks trying to trouble shoot it himself! when i actually got it the wiring had welded itself to the new alt. he put in making it garbage and wasting another $200. ---
**Author:** ![Becharco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@Becharco](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Becharco)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/240sx-sputtering/220731/25 "2012-03-12T16:02:02Z")
> [@87s15lt1](#): > > reading all you guys guessing at fixing this guys car is hilarious. > > take it to a mechanic. the money and time you waste guessing yourself, can be spent on a person that knows what their doing. if i had your money i guess i would, besides, its a PROJECT car not a “let someone else fix it and ill just drive it” this is why people like me buy cars that people like you dont, because we like to fix things. if you dont want to help with the trouble shooting, gtfo ---
**Author:** ![87s15lt1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/87s15lt1/32/5706_2.png) [@87s15lt1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/87s15lt1)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 5:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/240sx-sputtering/220731/26 "2012-03-13T05:36:38Z")
> [@Becharco](#): > > if i had your money i guess i would, besides, its a PROJECT car not a “let someone else fix it and ill just drive it” this is why people like me buy cars that people like you dont, because we like to fix things. if you dont want to help with the trouble shooting, gtfo You don’t even know me. Your jumping to conclusions like that? Cool. Not like I fix cars for a living or anything. Never built an s-chassis before either. In the end, you’ll most likely spend MORE money on your PROJECT car attempting to fix it rather than having it actually fixed. Oh, did you not say you were gonna scrap it? I did come in here and offer my advice. You shit on me. Now, I’m gonna shit on you. Have a lovely day 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Becharco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@Becharco](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Becharco)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/240sx-sputtering/220731/27 "2012-03-13T14:54:12Z")
> [@87s15lt1](#): > > You don’t even know me. Your jumping to conclusions like that? Cool. > > Not like I fix cars for a living or anything. Never built an s-chassis before either. > > In the end, you’ll most likely spend MORE money on your PROJECT car attempting to fix it rather than having it actually fixed. Oh, did you not say you were gonna scrap it? > > I did come in here and offer my advice. You shit on me. Now, I’m gonna shit on you. Have a lovely day 🙂 iiiiiiits aaaa beautiful day in the neighborhood, aaa beautiful day for a neighborrr will you be mineeeeeee? will you be mineee? ---
**Author:** ![Clutchfire](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clutchfire/32/5654_2.png) [@Clutchfire](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clutchfire)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/240sx-sputtering/220731/28 "2012-03-13T15:19:53Z")
Careful these cars are getting to the age that its hard to find mechanics that know them really well. I had talk to Nissan technicians that had no idea how the HICAS system works in their own cars. in fact i knew more about it then they did. This sputtering is a common problem with 240s and the KA engine. Mainly when coming to a stop though. so yours sounds a little off. ---
**Author:** ![Becharco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@Becharco](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Becharco)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/240sx-sputtering/220731/29 "2012-03-26T16:06:13Z")
Alright… back from the dead, sat in the yard for about 3 weeks and started it up at took it for a spin. decided to keep it. its building negative pressure in the cooling system (collapsing the top rad hose) i dont know if this is a symptom of the stumbling, or another issue lol ---
**Author:** ![DrifterX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@DrifterX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DrifterX)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/240sx-sputtering/220731/30 "2012-03-26T21:14:07Z")
Sorry if someone else has already mentioned this but did u try replacing the fuel pump? Your issue seems similar to my case recently but worse. My car would sputter for 10-15 seconds when I would first start it, then it would eventually die off or run “normal”. This would happen every now and then but started happening a lot more often recently. I say “normal” because ever since I bought the car, its always had the problem of pulling at \>3500 rpm without the umph, like the power would just flat line as the rpms went up to redline. I replaced my fuel pump last weekend with a walbro pump and my car pulls like never before… no more sputtering either. My stock fuel pump was slowly dying but yours might be on its last leg. I can’t say anything about the cooling system though ---
**Author:** ![Becharco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@Becharco](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Becharco)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/240sx-sputtering/220731/31 "2012-03-29T15:29:33Z")
Where should i start? ECM or fuel pump? ---
**Author:** ![randy240sx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/randy240sx/32/5740_2.png) [@randy240sx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/randy240sx)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/240sx-sputtering/220731/32 "2012-03-29T18:35:24Z")
pump would be easier ---
**Author:** ![Becharco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@Becharco](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Becharco)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/240sx-sputtering/220731/33 "2012-03-31T12:56:19Z")
Ordered a pump for it today ---
**Author:** ![t3\_to4eturboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/57b2e6/32.png) [@t3\_to4eturboman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/t3_to4eturboman)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/240sx-sputtering/220731/34 "2012-04-08T13:51:40Z")
Upper rad hose collapsing is typically a bad rad cap… ---
**Author:** ![XenoVibe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xenovibe/32/5739_2.png) [@XenoVibe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/XenoVibe)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/240sx-sputtering/220731/35 "2012-04-08T13:56:26Z")
Potato in the exhaust pipe? I dont know how but they keep growing in mine. 😑 ---
**Author:** ![Becharco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@Becharco](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Becharco)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/240sx-sputtering/220731/36 "2012-04-09T18:39:58Z")
Got the pump today and it didnt come with a strainer lol so ill have that tomorrow. Also has a new rad cap. ---
**Author:** ![Becharco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@Becharco](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Becharco)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/240sx-sputtering/220731/37 "2012-04-10T17:36:04Z")
pumps in, but the lines are garbage, so ill start on that tomorrow ---
**Author:** ![Becharco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@Becharco](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Becharco)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/240sx-sputtering/220731/38 "2012-04-11T17:53:14Z")
Pump in, Lines done, the damn things a beast!! ![http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/k506/Becarco/IMAG0205.jpg](http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/k506/Becarco/IMAG0205.jpg) Thanks for all the help everyone, i really do appreciate it!! ---
**Author:** ![Happy240sx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/happy240sx/32/5515_2.png) [@Happy240sx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Happy240sx)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/240sx-sputtering/220731/39 "2012-04-11T18:00:24Z")
hahah. “Beast” and “stock KA” in the same thread. How cute. (edit: did you seriously post a burnout picture on a gravel road?) ---
**Author:** ![Becharco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@Becharco](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Becharco)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/240sx-sputtering/220731/40 "2012-04-11T18:31:41Z")
> [@Happy240sx](#): > > hahah. “Beast” and “stock KA” in the same thread. How cute. > > (edit: did you seriously post a burnout picture on a gravel road?) lol, move along troll ![http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/k506/Becarco/unsuccessful_troll.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/3/f/3fe3da7296a47e83aaf12be6d80a6d05660ef14d.jpeg) umadbro? [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/240sx-sputtering/220731.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/240sx-sputtering/220731.md?page=3)