The time has come to sell my GSX. I am the 3rd owner and the car has just over 151k miles. There are upgrades that were done to the car but cannot be driven to its full potential. Car needs a tune and no busness has the capability to tune this car using either ECU reflash or ECM link. I will...
Just did my annual compression test and it seems like cylinder 2 has been the weak one so far. The block internals are still factory with the exception of a new head gasket. This car has never been raced on a track (learned my lesson from my GS-T)I am the lucky 3rd owner which seems to care...
White smoke no more, after a heavier oil 15W50 mobile 1 and oil treatment. New DP gasket, exhaust manifold studs. Eventually I will need new rings (if it smokes again) but for now I'm happy
The $1200 job includes removing head and taking it to local machine shop to see if there are any other issues. Last night I swapped out old exhaust manifold gasket just need to torque them down and take it for a test drive. There was a lot of carbon buildup in the head runners. So I scraped some...
For sure...but trying to rule out everything else before I fork up $1200(minimum) to have the seals replaced and hoping nothing else is found. And if not, then have the whole valvetrain replaced
Replaced old 15W30 for 15W50 and at that time burned out all oil in cylinder chamber. Meow its time to change our old exhaust manifold gasket for a new one? What you all think?
I still have the stock exhaust and was just asking since it still has all that residue from the oil buildup from stock. Just an idea on upgrading the valve train just in case the valve stems were bad. The timing belt, water pump and tensioner were already replaced after I purchased the car. But...
Lets just say, I remove the DP and there is oil and of course the main culprit is the turbo. Would I also need to replace the exhaust since it still has a lot of oil buildup and/or residue from the bad turbo?
This is last years compression test results in green while the blue results are from 2016. The local mechanic said no need to purchase new valves and cleaning would be fine. So I'm like, not too sure about that which is why I'm asking for help on here. Exactly, what if there are more...
That's the exact type of smoke I get when I'm either at idle or normal driving under normal boost conditions but as I mentioned in a previous post, I will also check the turbo. Hopefully its the turbo because it would less down time. Yep, plates say TX but I actually live in Sierra Vista, AZ...
My second opinion came from a fellow DSM'r from El Paso, TX and he said to check the charge pipe for oil. Don't you think if it was a bad valve, it would idle or run differently? I will also check the T25 and run another compression test.On the attached picture I have last years compression...
I was told by a few trusted people that the smoke is a result of a leaky valve. So it will cost me about $1100 for valve job to factory specs (sooner before I cause more damage to car) The mechanic also said no need to replace valves just thouroughly cleaned out after 19 years of carbon build...
Have you changed out either the coolant temp sensor or coolant sending unit? I had the same issues when I bought my 99 GSX which was running extremely hot and had to change out everything related to the coolant system and the last thing I changed out was the coolant temp sending unit sensor and...
Do you have a copy of the DSM electrical guide? If you don't i have that on disk and on my PC and can get it to you so you can better understand your project