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TONS of codes - KCAN Line Faults. Car stalls and dies after a few minutes, won't restart without battery disconnect and reconnect

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79K views 13 replies 4 participants last post by  neonguy  
Neonguy there are 2 fuel pumps on the car. According to the complete vehicle guide, the DME can increase or decrease the first pump's pressure with speed of the pump and the second one kicks in high demand. Here is a video I did to show how the pump acts on a cold start up. Either the second pump is running or the first pump is told to run high during cold idle start. I assume it's to pump more fuel in to heat the cats up quicker. After a few minutes as you can see in the video, the pump runs at 45 psi when my rpm's drop to 700, hot idle. I use this gauge to check for leak down (stuck injector) after I shut the car off. Plus it would come in handy if I had your problem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBL8VLXPJSI

With it stalling have you verified both fuel pump fuses are good? 30 in the glove box, 72 in the boot. Your tank might not be breathing as fuel burns and this has been known to collapse the plastic fuel tank and might cause fuel starvation after a few minutes.