1996 Talon Esi Advice and Help

[ZeroTactics]

I have a 1996 Eagle Talon Esi and well I am haveing a few problems with it. Every now and then when I start it If i dont keep my food on the gas it dies out. It will aslo die if I let the RPM's get below 1grand. If there is any advice on how to fix that I would love it. I am also having a problem with it getting hot. I add coolent but it just seems to drink it. I have checked for leaks and have yet to find one, I have also checked my Oil and there is nothing going to there.

Now for the advice part. I am gonna slowly put money in to my car and make it look better and perform better. I am looking at exaist and somethings i can do to my block while in in the rebuilding it phase like adding proformance parts directly to the block. What im wanting to know is, Is it even a good Idea to do a 420a transmission change out to make my car manual or is that just crazy talk?

 

[Fotowntalon]

check your thermostat, there is a chance its broke leading to the coolant flowing nonstop, not letting it warm-up. As for the stalling out, check your fuel pressure, might need a new fuel filter.

 

[bullettdsm]

I have a 1996 Eagle Talon Esi and well I am haveing a few problems with it. Every now and then when I start it If i dont keep my food on the gas it dies out. It will aslo die if I let the RPM's get below 1grand. If there is any advice on how to fix that I would love it. I am also having a problem with it getting hot. I add coolent but it just seems to drink it. I have checked for leaks and have yet to find one, I have also checked my Oil and there is nothing going to there.

Any cels? Your idle problem COULD be related to your overheat problem. Either way, you have to fix your overheating. Here's some notes for checking overheating from a recent post I made;

Leak in the cooling system;
Look for the easy obvious; signs of leakeage. Puddles on the ground. Lots of coolant on the tranny/backside of engine (pesky heater hoses)

Cooling fans;
Sit at idle to see if the fan comes on (duh). If they don't, you may have to rev it up a couple o' few of times to get heat going. Of course, watch the gauge as you do it.

Thermostat;
Pull thermostat and check it by boiling it in water and seeing if it opens fully (though most just replace it. Cheap and easy flip flop).

Radiator cap;
Have the radiator cap pressure tested (though, like the thermostat, most just replace it),

Radiator;
Look for obvious signs of rust and green/white flake build up on the exterior (usually located on the lower half). See if fins are just flaking off. Look for "wet spots". Pull radiator and have it pressure tested.

Blockage in the cooling system;
Flush the cooling system seperately (radiator then engine side) to check for blockage.

Water pump;
Check for signs of "weepage" under the water pump. Listen for grinding or squeaking (usually a chirping sound) coming from water pump. Look in the radiator cap opening and see if the coolant is actually moving (obviously, do this when engine is cold).

Headgasket;
Comp check and leak down. Look for oil contanimation or oil levels filling themselves up, . Look for air bubbles in the coolant as well as hardening of the coolant lines(pressurizing from the headgasket allowing combustion chamber pressure in the cooling system). Look for white smoke out of the exhaust after warm up. Check for hydrocarbons in the coolant (though this all could be good, but you could still have a bad headgasket. That's the tricky part).

.....and the etc. is for whatever I forgot/missed


MB

 

[ZeroTactics]

Cool thanks for the advice so far looks like I got alot of work ahead of me. Well time to take the first step, as I find out what is wrong ill post to see if I can get any more help thanks so far

 

[ZeroTactics]

I had my wife take the car to the engine shop near my house and my head is worped and totaly messed up. I am ordering a new head and all new parts. Thanks for the help

 

[pgarland]

I had my wife take the car to the engine shop near my house and my head is worped and totaly messed up. I am ordering a new head and all new parts. Thanks for the help

I'd check around to see if you can find a good used head (I'm assuming you can't get the warped head you already own planed...), a new head will cost you a fortune, you can get a used one for like half the price. Good luck.

 

[Fotowntalon]

ebay ftw I actually have an extra head if you are desperate, but it doesn't have any cams or anything in it, just the head

 

[ZeroTactics]

That would be cool. I get home around may if i can not get the car fixed by then I might have to take you up on that offer. I live in Indana but will drive to come get how much are you wanting for it. I can get all of the internals for it

 

[Fotowntalon]

i think i picked my used head with no cams for around 100ish, i'm sure we could work out a deal depending on what all ya wanted, cause i have a lotta extra parts depending on what ya need (IM/TB, etc)