Sorry to hear about your car troubles.This same exact issue happened to me, albeit 20+ years ago on a 1994 Talon. Fortunately, my balance shaft belt broke and simply sat there. It didn’t get into the timing belt.If you’ve got some paperwork or other proof stating that the shop was supposed...
I installed an AEM UEGO last night. Are both white wires (the AEM and the stock), supposed to go into pin #4 on the ECU, or does the AEM wire completely replace the stock wire (as in, OEM wire is completely cut off and dangling)? The reason I ask is because I have a CEL and my car is running...
I noticed some play and some uneven tire wear on my driver's front tire. I started this job yesterday using this thread: Wheel bearing removal on non-ABS car. Lot of good information there thanks to 3kgt2nv. I ordered the bearings that my local auto parts store had in their system. What I...
Something is still out of time. A properly timed engine will run butter-smooth, with no excessive noise. Turning your crank a few rotations in the wrong direction is not going to hurt anything.
I had a similar data cable. I have a connector that mates it and my Palm IIIc cable. So it would have to be a serial Male-to-Male adapter. It came as part of a kit. You'll then need to run MMCD to log.
While we're on this subject, I have a question. Is it possible to tune with nothing but Link? Or do you have to go and get a wide band o2 and an EGT gauge? Right now all I have to tune with is ECMLink V3 Lite, a 30-30 Auto Meter boost gauge, and my little Palm IIIc logger. I'd rather have my...
ECMLink (DSMLink) will let you, the user, program whatever you want at will. It is quite a bit more expensive, ~$400, but you'll have unlimited ability to tune and tweak at your leisure. Say you get a tune for 550cc injectors, and later you buy larger ones. Will that company burn another tune...
If you've got a spare spark plug, pull off a spark plug wire and put it in there. Then make sure the spark plug is grounded to something. The intake manifold is an OK place. Pull your CAS off, and turn your car key to position right before it will actually try to start the car. Now if you turn...
If I'm not mistaken, battery power sits on the coil pack, waiting for the ECU to tell it to quickly discharge. That is the point where one of your spark plugs fire.Power to coil pack, but no spark...
I would personally sand it down by hand. I prefer to have a hose running over the surface I'm sanding. It helps to clean the sand paper and keep it 'sharp'. Hoods are relatively flat. You'll know when you go from removing clear coat to actually removing hood material. You don't really give a...
Is the 2G Cam Angle Sensor (CAS) like the 1G? On a 1G, you can pull the CAS off and manually spin it. While you're spinning it, you can hear each injector 'click', and if you have a spark plug pulled and grounded with the wire attached, it will fire.Also, doesn't the coil pack always have 12V...
Is it doing this under hard acceleration, or just when cruising? An audible misfire means that the air/fuel mixture is being ignited after the exhaust valve has opened, possibly somewhere in the exhaust system. Check your ignition timing, as well as the valve timing. A boost leak test is always...
You shouldn't be losing any coolant. If you can't see a leak external to the engine, then you might actually have toasted your head gasket. I have a fitting for my air compressor that threads into my spark plug holes. What I did was put each cylinder at top dead center and lock it there either...
So you're running it currently? Is there any coolant in the oil, or oil in the coolant? Does it overheat when you drive it now? If you have a blown head gasket, something will go where it doesn't belong. Coolant and oil will mix or go into a cylinder, or compression will go into the...
The simple answer is that your wastegate is not opening to route the exhaust gas around the turbine. Something is sticking or routed incorrectly. I am not familiar with specific springs to adjust boost. I've never had any turbo other than a 14b. You need to get a boost controller. If you have a...
If the alternator isn't charging the battery, you'll have the same battery voltage weather the car is running or not. When your car is running, you should have about 13.5 VDC or so between your battery positive and negative terminals. If it is 11 or 12 VDC, you are correct about your problem. If...
Tough question to answer. There are a lot of factors to look at. Building a motor, especially if you do it right, can get spendy. So you've got to look at your budget. I've been driving a DSM for 12 years now, so rebuilding my engine VS buying one was no contest. I plan on having my Talon until...
Your emergency brake is a cable connected to a lever, and then to your two rear brakes. Since there's no hydraulic pressure involved, the pressure doesn't spread "evenly", so to say. Evidently, the passenger rear is being pulled hard enough to lock up, whereas the driver rear isn't. Isn't there...
I was running 43 psi before I installed Link and was getting pretty bad gas mileage and had some soot on the plugs, and that's only ~6 psi higher than it should have been. Running 70 psi without something like Link to compensate is pretty nutty. ECMLink is extremely versatile. It has a...
Stock 1G fuel pressure with a manual transmission is 37 psi. Unless you've got some fuel control like Link, you're running rich. Be sure that your ignition timing is correct, your spark plug gap is correct, and that you're not off a tooth on the valve timing or something. Reason I mention the...
I would have to agree with the head gasket theory. He's not going to overheat on a single hard pull. You're pushing air from your combustion chambers into your cooling system during your pull, which is popping your reservoir cap off. Grab some ARP studs. If you've already got ARP hardware, you...
The connector coming from the ECU only goes on in one orientation. Look at the side of the injector right where the clip goes, and you'll see a small '+' sign. This is for stock 450cc injectors though.
Oil getting past the rings will likely show up on the spark plugs. If they look OK, then pull the O2 housing off and see if it has a bunch of muck in it.
I would verify valve and ignition timing. Make sure you don't have any boost leaks, and you're running proper fuel pressure (if applicable). If you own a data logger, please post some logs.
Fuel pressure should be 43.5 psi, but I don't think that's your issue. Was the car this way when you bought it, or did you make a modification that may have caused it? Last time I had an issue with flooring the car and only getting 2-3K RPM was when my timing belt had slipped a few teeth. With...
I was running an MLS gasket that wasn't pushing coolant or blowing white smoke, but it was overheating pretty bad. What I ended up doing was hooking my air compressor up to each cylinder (make sure you don't allow the crankshaft to rotate and the cylinder is at TDC of it's compression stroke)...
The oil pan bolts are toward the inside of the belt, where you have no damage. The bottom of an oil pan bolt will only leave a narrow line. The belt is still intact, and you didn't skip any teeth? If so, consider yourself lucky.
He's right. All of the ACT clutch kits are for cars 90-99. That means the spline count between 1G and 2G, as well as FWD/AWD must have been the same. An AWD is more demanding on a clutch. Decide how much power you want to make in the next year or two, and get a clutch that will safely withstand...
By 'not getting enough throw on the release arm', do you mean you've already loosened the nut up behind the clutch pedal and screwed the stud out a bit? When I installed my 2900, my clutch wouldn't disengage either. To replace the clutch, slave, and master cylinders, you would have had to open...
I did this same thing once, but I accidentally let my car idle for about four hours. When I did hop back into it, it started dumping smoke like you're describing. And then it just stopped. Someone else was having this issue as well. Smokey exhaust after idling. Valve stem seals are usually the...
4G63Spyder, your problems sound a LOT like bad valve timing. This is the only thing that would cause the problems you're talking about. Since the dealership is saying it's 'spot on', you're going to need to check it yourself. Many, many years ago, before I did my own maintenance, I took my car...
That's a heavy car without much motor, unfortunately. Have you replaced the fuel filter recently? If not, or if you're unsure, just replace it. I would also ensure that the valve timing and ignition timing are within spec. I've had more than a few instances where, unknown to me, the valve timing...
After you turn your car off and leave it sitting for a bit, are there any oil or coolant stains anywhere under your engine? My advice would be to try to replicate the problem by running the engine while you use a flashlight to look around where you suspect the smoke to be coming from. There is...
If it do happen to have to tear into the motor, the rod bearings are all easily accessible by dropping the transfer case and pulling the oil pan. If there's a problem down there making that sort of noise, you're going to see it right off the bat. All you've got to do is drop the cap on each rod...