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[O Rod]

i recently got a 97 GS-T ( stock ) and i have no clue about when i come to its maintenance rotation or what parts to buy or whats normal for this type of car...

1. where do i order my spark plugs and wire??? ive gone to autozone and they dont have the NGK BPR6ES nor the NGK premium wire i read to get here...

2. is this normal??? when starting my car in the morning the oil pressure gauge is at first bar or between them but once its warm it shots back down barely about the LOW and only goes up to first bar once im going 50 mph- 60 mph..

3. how important is the fuel purge valve or something??? i bought it from dealer and the engine lights on and they said needs fuel purge valve to be replaced

5. how do i stop the center vents blowing cold air??? when ever i turn on the heater, the A/C button lights up as well and its not pushed in.. the door vents give out hot air but the center ones blow out cold air..WTF

6. defroster wont turn on, why?? its not a big deal right now because we're not getting snow any more but in the morning windows still freeze once in a while..

 

[Cdc1221]

For the oil pressure issues, change your oil. The filter can get clogged which will not allow correct flow back through the engine. For the rest i have no idea

 

[chadjoe]

Get a 3000gt twin turbo oil filter and run a little heavier oil like 10w-30. the oil filter is bigger and flows better. Now for the heater/ac problem i would go to the junk yard and look for a whole new control panel(ac/heater control knobs) and swap it out. it sounds like it might be bad.

 

[eligst21]

i recently got a 97 GS-T ( stock ) and i have no clue about when i come to its maintenance rotation or what parts to buy or whats normal for this type of car...

1. where do i order my spark plugs and wire??? ive gone to autozone and they dont have the NGK BPR6ES nor the NGK premium wire i read to get here...

Look at the vendors that sell here. Extremepsi, jnz, stm and numerous stores sell them.

2. is this normal??? when starting my car in the morning the oil pressure gauge is at first bar or between them but once its warm it shots back down barely about the LOW and only goes up to first bar once im going 50 mph- 60 mph..

Iwould try changing the oil first. Seems like it might be low on oil. Have you checked it on the dipstick? The oil pressure will drop fairly low when there isnt load on the engine. But as soon as you go, it will rise. Also, down on the ofh, there is a plug on the sender unit, make sure its on there right and reading it correctly.

3. how important is the fuel purge valve or something??? i bought it from dealer and the engine lights on and they said needs fuel purge valve to be replace

It is important. It will relieve the pressure that the gas vapors build up in the tank. I would check to see if its blocked. The dealer shouldnt have sold you the car with the light on, let alone you take it off the lot. But there should be threads about how to check it and fix that issue.

5. how do i stop the center vents blowing cold air??? when ever i turn on the heater, the A/C button lights up as well and its not pushed in.. the door vents give out hot air but the center ones blow out cold air..WTF

Next to those vents, there is a switch with like airflow pictures on them. One is white and the other is blue, flip the switch to the white one and it will keep it from blowing cold air. You could try that. When you turn the heater on, if its on defroster setting, it will kick the ac button light on even if the button isnt pushed it.

6. defroster wont turn on, why?? its not a big deal right now because we're not getting snow any more but in the morning windows still freeze once in a while..

Which defroster? The front or back? If the front, it should turn on when you have the knob turned to it. Also, does youre ac work? If not, it could be why the front isnt working. The front defroster uses the ac when the defroster on. As for the back, make sure the plug is plugged in on the back. If it is, then it might be nt getting power back there or maybe some tint, as they scpraped the defroster lines off the window?

Check the quote. I wrote your answers in red. If someone has answered these, it took me a while doing it on my phone, so im not, not gonna post it. Ha. Hope this helps and welcome to the wonderful world of dsms.

 

[O Rod]

For the oil pressure issues, change your oil. The filter can get clogged which will not allow correct flow back through the engine. For the rest i have no idea

i just did my oil change so i might of gotten the wrong filter size then?? then what kind was i supposed to get?

Get a 3000gt twin turbo oil filter and run a little heavier oil like 10w-30. the oil filter is bigger and flows better. Now for the heater/ac problem i would go to the junk yard and look for a whole new control panel(ac/heater control knobs) and swap it out. it sounds like it might be bad.

sorry didnt see this one yet.. so a 3000gt vr4 filter? ok uuummm im running 5w-30 full synthetic oil does that got to do anything with it? my nobs work fine its just when i turn the nob to heat and turn it on, the a/c green light in the button goes on even though its not pushed it... i can turn only cold on and everything shots out cold air in every vent its just in heat the middle ones still blow out cold air out...

 

[dallasadkins90]

sorry didnt see this one yet.. so a 3000gt vr4 filter? ok uuummm im running 5w-30 full synthetic oil does that got to do anything with it? my nobs work fine its just when i turn the nob to heat and turn it on, the a/c green light in the button goes on even though its not pushed it... i can turn only cold on and everything shots out cold air in every vent its just in heat the middle ones still blow out cold air out...

sounds like someone has had the dash out before ran into problems like this when i bought my dd pulled the dash and a few of the cords were caught in places.

are your knobs hard to turn at all? also do not trust your oil psi gauge go out and buy an aftermarket one just for security. it will be way more acurate.

 

[O Rod]

Check the quote. I wrote your answers in red. If someone has answered these, it took me a while doing it on my phone, so im not, not gonna post it. Ha. Hope this helps and welcome to the wonderful world of dsms.

1. yup i Googled some links but they had a shady looking webpage so yup im very hesitant because ive been victim of these fraud a-holes and never got nothing and just jack my call the good thing is i didnt really have much cash hehehe...

2. i changed the oil like 2 weeks and let it sit down for few mins and checked the dip stick and it marks lil bit over the full notch... just check it make sure yup still clean and above full notch.. well once warm goes does bit above the L and once i get going it rises bit but not really much only once i speed up then it rises... is it supposed be in a certain position once going and were?? OFH???

3. hehehe really actually the dealer let me take it with no working turn signals as well, worn out brakes and the engine light thing.. got the blinkers fix and replaced the brakes... just need to get rid of this engine light now and what ever the issue is...

5. HAHAHA... i forgot "4" ....yup its in the defroster setting because my windows get frosty this time of yr and yup i got them closed but thing doesnt block the whole air going threw... so the center vents blowing cold air at same time having heat on only, in the defrost setting is normal??

6. you know the one thing i didnt think about is if the things actually plugged hehehe... well things are plugged in and its to dark see if the defrost lines have been damaged ill see that tomorrow after work..... thanks very much for the info greatly preciated

 

[O Rod]

sorry didnt see this one yet.. so a 3000gt vr4 filter? ok uuummm im running 5w-30 full synthetic oil does that got to do anything with it? my nobs work fine its just when i turn the nob to heat and turn it on, the a/c green light in the button goes on even though its not pushed it... i can turn only cold on and everything shots out cold air in every vent its just in heat the middle ones still blow out cold air out...

sounds like someone has had the dash out before ran into problems like this when i bought my dd pulled the dash and a few of the cords were caught in places.

are your knobs hard to turn at all? also do not trust your oil psi gauge go out and buy an aftermarket one just for security. it will be way more acurate.

what yr of the 3000gt vr4 was i suppost to use for using their oil filters??? nope my nobs are easy to turn got no problems with them... really? why are the gauges bad?? these DSM's need a lot of attention then

 

[Lou98GSX]

if you have your heat set to defrost the a/c compressor kicks on and the green snow flake lights up that is normal . it does that so your windows defrost faster. the other thing with cold air from center vent is that you have a lever on the side of the vent that you can switch from blue which is a/c to black which is heat.

 

[dallasadkins90]

what yr of the 3000gt vr4 was i suppost to use for using their oil filters??? nope my nobs are easy to turn got no problems with them... really? why are the gauges bad?? these DSM's need a lot of attention then

yeah they are pretty inacurate when it comes to boost and oil psi i recomend getting both replaced with aftermarket ones i doubt you are having an oiling problem (it is possible) but from my experience its more likely the factory gauge or sending unit

im not sure on the vr4 oil filter i run factory spec. personally

 

[O Rod]

if you have your heat set to defrost the a/c compressor kicks on and the green snow flake lights up that is normal . it does that so your windows defrost faster. the other thing with cold air from center vent is that you have a lever on the side of the vent that you can switch from blue which is a/c to black which is heat.

the thing next to the vent is just to open the vent and black is to semi close it cus i have it in black but some cold air still goes threw

yeah they are pretty inacurate when it comes to boost and oil psi i recomend getting both replaced with aftermarket ones i doubt you are having an oiling problem (it is possible) but from my experience its more likely the factory gauge or sending unit

im not sure on the vr4 oil filter i run factory spec. personally

well i got the vr4 filter already installed and running 10w-30 now but still same gauge problem so yup im guessing it could be the sending unit to those gauges... also my fuel gauge bar goes up like 1/8 of its original spot so i could have 1/2 tank when i start the car but once driving after little while itll go up a tad bit..

 

[dallasadkins90]

well i got the vr4 filter already installed and running 10w-30 now but still same gauge problem so yup im guessing it could be the sending unit to those gauges... also my fuel gauge bar goes up like 1/8 of its original spot so i could have 1/2 tank when i start the car but once driving after little while itll go up a tad bit..

yeah they all pretty much get like that also the gauges and the sending units to everything. exept tachometer thats the only one i have not ran into a problem with. even if you do not install a aftermarket gauge hook one up from where the sending unit goes and make sure your oil psi is in check. but i reccomend installing one.

 

[hypergenesis]

the thing next to the vent is just to open the vent and black is to semi close it cus i have it in black but some cold air still goes threw

well i got the vr4 filter already installed and running 10w-30 now but still same gauge problem so yup im guessing it could be the sending unit to those gauges... also my fuel gauge bar goes up like 1/8 of its original spot so i could have 1/2 tank when i start the car but once driving after little while itll go up a tad bit..

Honestly next time just stick to the factory Oil Filter theres no point in running a VR4 filter. People are hitting 600hp running our filters and if there was a restriction that the oil filter would have cause a majority of the people on the forum would have made it a bigger deal.

 

[O Rod]

yup im working on getting the boost, oil pressure, and air/fuel mix gauges

the thing next to the vent is just to open the vent and black is to semi close it cus i have it in black but some cold air still goes threw



Honestly next time just stick to the factory Oil Filter theres no point in running a VR4 filter. People are hitting 600hp running our filters and if there was a restriction that the oil filter would have cause a majority of the people on the forum would have made it a bigger deal.

well the filter the car came with was huge compared to the filter auto zone gave me as a replacement it was even bigger than the vr4 filter auto zone gave me also so kinda confused in what was its original size supposed to be there...

this is how the huge one looked as in covering the whole area of the base Redirect Notice

but the one they gave my covered maybe 1/2 and the vr4 one i got covers 3/4

 

[PieEyedPiper]

For the oil pressure issues, change your oil. The filter can get clogged which will not allow correct flow back through the engine. For the rest i have no idea

No, he didn't even state what oil he was using. Without even knowing what oil he was using in the first place you want to change it? The factory oil pressure gauge is crap. It is not accurate, nor should it be used for an indicator.

It is perfectly normal to see the stock gauge go to half or past half on initial start up and then hang out right near the bottom when at operating temp.

I see no indications in this thread that the OP actually has an oil pressure problem.

Get a 3000gt twin turbo oil filter and run a little heavier oil like 10w-30. the oil filter is bigger and flows better. Now for the heater/ac problem i would go to the junk yard and look for a whole new control panel(ac/heater control knobs) and swap it out. it sounds like it might be bad.

Again, this is not an oil problem. And we still didn't know what weight oil the OP was using at this point but I guess recommending what the manual states is fine..
Also, no need to really worry about running a VR4 filter. OEM is just dandy.

Check the quote. I wrote your answers in red. If someone has answered these, it took me a while doing it on my phone, so im not, not gonna post it. Ha. Hope this helps and welcome to the wonderful world of dsms.

Nothing the OP has told us indicates that he has low oil levels.


sorry didnt see this one yet.. so a 3000gt vr4 filter? ok uuummm im running 5w-30 full synthetic oil does that got to do anything with it? my nobs work fine its just when i turn the nob to heat and turn it on, the a/c green light in the button goes on even though its not pushed it... i can turn only cold on and everything shots out cold air in every vent its just in heat the middle ones still blow out cold air out...[/QUOTE]

Don't worry about a VR4 filter, you can use OEM, a 1991 Eagle Talon Tsi, the Evo8 filter.. The VR4 and 1g filters are larger. The rest are smaller and nearly identical if actually they're not the same parts.

Honestly next time just stick to the factory Oil Filter theres no point in running a VR4 filter. People are hitting 600hp running our filters and if there was a restriction that the oil filter would have cause a majority of the people on the forum would have made it a bigger deal.

Thank you.


As far as you've told us, OP, you do not have an oil problem. However, you may check the sender if you wish but it sounds like it's working exactly how it is supposed to.
Also, it sounds as though your HVAC is working exactly how it was intended to operate. I'm still confused on what you mean with your center vent though. Does it blow hot, ever?
Do you know what the CEL code is being thrown?