Blog Title: 89 GSX Maintenance & Modification Log
First part will be my transferring of old data from previous maintenance / fuel millage logs to here from the last year or so.
Once I have as much info as possible updated, I'll continue to keep an electronic record of what modifications are done to my vehicle and what part failures occur along the way. I'll do my best to detail what works and what doest work.
Once I have as much info as possible updated, I'll continue to keep an electronic record of what modifications are done to my vehicle and what part failures occur along the way. I'll do my best to detail what works and what doest work.
Home made rubber throttle body gaskets
UPDATE- Do not use just any old rubber to make your gaskets from. The stuff I used sucked and pressed its way into the intake track. Is was very strange looking when I pulled it out. It had formed its self into all the small passages and then hardened there like it was molder to do so. Not a good idea!
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- 300 miles ago I installed some home made rubber gaskets at the throttle body. I made them from the floor board rubber padding of a scrap gst I had in front of the house.
- Today I put down the throttle and had the engine cut out on me pretty bad. It got to the point I had to pull off the side of the road and make sure I wasn't going to stall out on the high way.
- I've had boost leak issues before and this one seemed different; but when I got home I noticed all the throttle body bolts had worked them self's loose. Really loose.
- This may be a little premature, as I haven't driven the car yet; but I'm pretty sure the leak was the problem.
- The iffy part is how the rpm's would drop almost like there was a disconnection from the sensor or something..?
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- 300 miles ago I installed some home made rubber gaskets at the throttle body. I made them from the floor board rubber padding of a scrap gst I had in front of the house.
- Today I put down the throttle and had the engine cut out on me pretty bad. It got to the point I had to pull off the side of the road and make sure I wasn't going to stall out on the high way.
- I've had boost leak issues before and this one seemed different; but when I got home I noticed all the throttle body bolts had worked them self's loose. Really loose.
- This may be a little premature, as I haven't driven the car yet; but I'm pretty sure the leak was the problem.
- The iffy part is how the rpm's would drop almost like there was a disconnection from the sensor or something..?
