I apologize if this seems stupid but I can’t even enjoy my car because of this.
1990 eclipse.
Sat outside for about a year and then was garaged.
last year the passenger seat belt/window didn’t work. After driving the car things started coming back to life like the turn signals and the seat...
I got a longer belt and it didn’t move the bolt any farther away. I’m think I’m going to use a belt that puts the alternator somewhere in the middle of the tensioner and cut the bolt
Found my new bolt. Sadly, it’s the same as the crusty oneI am going to stop by a local guy with a galant VR4 just to check on the position of everything
It looks exactly the same but I don’t have them side by side.I’m not sure if this has always been an issue but I recently started driving in very high rpms now that the car has been maintained. I used to shift at 4-5k rpm
I did change the bolt that holds the little house block in but that was changed a while ago. I actually have a new tensioner bolt that I will swap in with a washer to keep it from jumping when tightening it
Sorry, when the belt is on it pivots less than half an inch. With the belt off it moves maybe 4 inches.
I drove maybe 50 miles with the fluidampr. I recently swapped all my turbo related stuff and this happened.It’s shaped like a house now, pointy side up.the belt isn’t on upside down, a...
Anyone have any ideas why the bolt would point up and come in contact with the power steering belt?I replaced my timing belt and that tensioner arm has been moved but even with no tensioner the alternator has almost no movement with the belt on.
I have the fluidampr app crank pulley
Seat belt, windows and speakers have no power only on passenger side . Also climate control bulbs but those could be burned out.
Is there something I can check before tearing everything apart ?thank you for any advice
I never got notified for any of these responses. I came back to give the next person the info I couldn’t find.
On a 1g eclipse talon laser ,
You can install the license/remove plate bracket without removing the bumper.
To remove it, one bolt came out perfectly. One I had to cut the head off...
I bought something from them August 14th and never received anything after my initial order email. I asked for an update and never got anything.
thank you for this info
I bought every arm/bracket I found find on google. They are getting canceled left and right. I’m pretty sure my card went to some shady websites too
This sucks
If I’m going to change the tension arm and idler pulley. I might as well get everything else new I’m thinking. I would rather change everything in one shot in one day then have an idler that is new but a tensioner that has been in the engine bay for a year.
I think I’m going to buy the oem...
It seems like I’m chasing a bunch of issues. Once the noise goes away, I’ll find out why it’s walking. I’m not going to put it together with it still moving around like thatI changed everythingThe pin still slides in and out freely. I checked the space from the tension arm to the tensioner...
I guess I can install the old one to check. I’m more worried about the noise than anything. I’m going to check my balance shaft belt because I remember making it very tight
That chirping noise just started. I’m going to see if it goes away taking the belt off the alternator.
EDIT: I took the belt off and it’s still chirping
Hey everyone,
I have been changing my timing belt on my 1990 1g and life got in the way half way through. It’s been making a whining noise when I rev it. I have re tension the belt so many times.
After searching and hearing 500 different things, I have no idea.
Some of the pulleys are rusty. I...
Going to build a boost leak tester today hopefully. The air can is stuck to the car from a broken bolt I believe. I couldn't remove it when I changed the air filter
So I drove around in the "blown up" GSX last night.
I couldn't get it to misfire after idling for 40 minutes and then driving for 20 minutes.
Made a quick video
I wish it was that easy. I can't find someone to take my money.
He said he could sell the head. I pray it's just a wrong diagnosis and he was trying to actually help me. Once they stuck the camera down there we looked for 15 seconds and they put the car together. He had a machine shop in the...
Thank you guys. I will look into this more. I've been heart broken over this.The engine light didn't stay on after the next drive. Does the paper clip trick work for these cars to read the codes ?I'm so excited there is hope that my car is not dead.
I will do a compression test hot and cold. I was very hesitant about hearing my motor was a dud. I know no one wants to believe that but I was a little weird about it. I was offered a "heavy discount" if I let him keep my old motor when he swaps them.
There aren't many other dsm shops around...
They said that it heats up and the crack expands. I saw them do the test. They used a faulty gauge at first and he said I bent all my valves.
The car runs fine for 10 minutes or so. I asked for them to swap a coil and they said it's their job to diagnose it. They checked with the camera(snap on)...
Hello DSMTuners,
I've had this news for about 3 weeks and just verified myself what I've been told is a cracked piston(See attachment)
Some background on the car is that its an all original 100% stock 1990 GSX with all original panels(one side was painted many years ago). The trans grinds...