any else get this code while have fun in a wet parking lot?!

boxcarfan · Post by **boxcarfan** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:35 pm

so i was just playin around in a wet parking lot sliding my car at like 30 mph...probly faster than that without the use of the e-brake and then i get done with that and im drving home and the cel comes on...so i pull the code with my scanguage...(i saw someone put up what pretty much all the codes mean) and i keep that in my glove box and it was the code P0551 i think....about the power steering switch, high pressure at high speeds...so i just cleared it with my scanguage and it never came back....really wasnt expecting it to in the 1st place sence i know i fooled the computer....anyone else have this deal happen?

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:27 pm

well drifter-wanabe, maybe if you'd quit trying to pull some mad tight driftzzz in a FWD Neon, you wouldn't have this porblem...

04Slvrsrt4 · Post by **04Slvrsrt4** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:27 pm

my car throws that code. it is the only code that it throws and its because i have to replace it lol...but im not spending 250 bucks on a switch that really doesnt do anything lol...but that is the only reason why my light is on

Addicted2Boost · Post by **Addicted2Boost** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:37 pm

who needs power steering anyway

04Slvrsrt4 · Post by **04Slvrsrt4** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 2:31 pm

it doesnt effect your power steering. it just effects the pressure put on your pump when you turn the wheel at idle. that pretty much what it does that is why i havent gone out and bought another haha

Post by **occasional demons** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 3:14 pm

The switch raises the idle rpm when X amount of pressure is sensed to keep the engine from stalling while parking. It may also sense too much pressure, as in cranking the wheel all the way to one side while sliding sideways

04Slvrsrt4 · Post by **04Slvrsrt4** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 3:24 pm

lol yeah

Fuzzyneon · Post by **Fuzzyneon** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 4:05 pm

TNK wrote:well drifter-wanabe, maybe if you'd quit trying to pull some mad tight driftzzz in a FWD Neon, you wouldn't have this porblem...

ROFL TNK ftw

boxcarfan · Post by **boxcarfan** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:02 pm

drifting?! lmao Ok in no way was i trying to drift if i wanted to do that ill just grab up that IS-F at work...puts any neon to shame

04Slvrsrt4 · Post by **04Slvrsrt4** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:25 pm

yeah that is-f is one sick ass car lol

Post by **occasional demons** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:43 pm

"any else get this code while have fun in a wet parking lot?!"

I have had fun with something wet in a parking lot.

King Crab · Post by **King Crab** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 9:09 pm

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:43 pm

I drift really well in my Neon, but I won't do it in the rain. I push the limits already, I don't know how to control it on wet pavement. Perhaps if my practice grounds wasn't full of brick buildings.

Post by **racer12306** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:03 pm

boxcarfan wrote:drifting?! lmao Ok in no way was i trying to drift if i wanted to do that ill just grab up that IS-F at work...puts any neon to shame

and people wonder why I don't trust people who work at dealers/service stations/etc.

man, i really need to check which button i am clicking. i keep clicking the stupid edit button on other peoples posts

Post by **occasional demons** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:05 am

racer12306 wrote:man, i really need to check which button i am clicking. i keep clicking the stupid edit button on other peoples posts

Psssh! Us common folk don't have that problem!

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:39 am

occasional demons wrote:
racer12306 wrote:man, i really need to check which button i am clicking. i keep clicking the stupid edit button on other peoples posts
Psssh! Us common folk don't have that problem!

Make your own forum and you can have that problem, too.

Or prove yourself worthy and kiss Jason's ass enough and you might get to mod a little-used category. haha

Wenuden · Post by **Wenuden** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:58 am

Swordfish2Cowboy wrote:I drift really well in my Neon, but I won't do it in the rain. I push the limits already, I don't know how to control it on wet pavement. Perhaps if my practice grounds wasn't full of brick buildings.

Are you sure you drift? Or do you e-brake slide? I didn't know you could powerslide a fwd.....

Let the battle begin LOL

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:05 am

Same thing, different words. Using the e-brake is the beginner's choice for drifting. There are a few other methods, none of which can be done (successfully) with a FWD car. Or my cousin's 240SX because it's a bucket and falls apart.

When learning how to drift the e-brake is used at first to accustom the driver to being sideways without the danger of trying to overpower your car and ending up plowing through things because you can't control it. Plus it's super easy to pull off, but probably one of the hardest to perfect.

Fuzzyneon · Post by **Fuzzyneon** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:44 am

in my 95 when i was dumb i drifted "ebrake slid" and it broke my power steering pump and yeah i had no power steering for weeks i learned my lesson