Andrew7DG
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- Oct 11, 2004
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Rosemount,
Minnesota
I recently did a mild rebuild of the engine and I am having problems. I am just going to post one big thread instead of lots of little threads
Just some discriptions
1990 Eclipse GSX
things done to it during rebuild
Engine apart to bare block
Balance shafts removed and blocked
3G valve lash ajusters installed
new valve seals
new head gasket
ARP studs
oil feed tube to oil filter location
Oil block off on side of block
Battery relocation
Light Fly wheel
It just doesn't want to run very well and the check engine light comes on every once in a while. It starts hard as well.
So there is a couple of questions with this
First I rerouted some vacuum hoses. I have a AFPR and at first they were connected to a device on the side of the car. It had wires going to the device however I thought this was to control emmisions. I undid that and routed it right to the intake manifold. Should I have done this? Should I hook it back up?
Second I think I hear a slight ticking coming from underneith the valve cover. I am not sure if it is normal and I am listening to every sound, or if this is something serious.
I relocated the battery a while ago and it has been cranking over slower ever since. I upgraded the line using 2 guage wire with lots of strands and I was hoping this would fix the problem. However it has not. I haven't heard of red top optimum batterys going bad but can they? Should I ground the grounds out better? I have one wire going to the screw of the spare tire and one running underneith the car to the frame. Maybe I should look at grounding the engine better?
I was also wondering what are the symptoms of balance shaft block off being installed incorrectly. I know one of them is low oil pressure in part of the engine. Would the guage be able to detect that. Right now I have good oil pressure.
Those are just a couple of things. I did a lot of modifications at once and now I don't know which are causing problems
I am going to have a big check off sheet.
Please add to it
So far
Fuel pressure
Boost leak
Spark plug gaps
Add ground cables to engine to frame
When/if starts get timing light and double check that. It could have been bumped
Check MAF-T
Just some discriptions
1990 Eclipse GSX
things done to it during rebuild
Engine apart to bare block
Balance shafts removed and blocked
3G valve lash ajusters installed
new valve seals
new head gasket
ARP studs
oil feed tube to oil filter location
Oil block off on side of block
Battery relocation
Light Fly wheel
It just doesn't want to run very well and the check engine light comes on every once in a while. It starts hard as well.
So there is a couple of questions with this
First I rerouted some vacuum hoses. I have a AFPR and at first they were connected to a device on the side of the car. It had wires going to the device however I thought this was to control emmisions. I undid that and routed it right to the intake manifold. Should I have done this? Should I hook it back up?
Second I think I hear a slight ticking coming from underneith the valve cover. I am not sure if it is normal and I am listening to every sound, or if this is something serious.
I relocated the battery a while ago and it has been cranking over slower ever since. I upgraded the line using 2 guage wire with lots of strands and I was hoping this would fix the problem. However it has not. I haven't heard of red top optimum batterys going bad but can they? Should I ground the grounds out better? I have one wire going to the screw of the spare tire and one running underneith the car to the frame. Maybe I should look at grounding the engine better?
I was also wondering what are the symptoms of balance shaft block off being installed incorrectly. I know one of them is low oil pressure in part of the engine. Would the guage be able to detect that. Right now I have good oil pressure.
Those are just a couple of things. I did a lot of modifications at once and now I don't know which are causing problems
I am going to have a big check off sheet.
Please add to it
So far
Fuel pressure
Boost leak
Spark plug gaps
Add ground cables to engine to frame
When/if starts get timing light and double check that. It could have been bumped
Check MAF-T