blueninteytwo
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- Feb 6, 2007
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beacon falls,
Connecticut
first things first, these cars aren't civics 
in the first year i've owned it, i've replaced both wheel bearings, right hand inner tie rod end, drivers side drive axle, among other things
but we have a different problem now....
problem 1 is that when the car first starts it spews gas... kinda bad... and i get really crap gas mileage, like 13mpg.
once i get going and the temp gauge almost hits where it's supposed to, and i get on the gas to pass someone in traffic, i get nothing. where i'm supposed to get a hit of torque and the spool of the turbo, it feels like the ECU is pulling the timing. the turbo spins fruitlessly (higher than it seems that it should, like it's working harder than it has to) i get some power but not what i should be getting, and i get this vacant feeling of the something wrong. i've noticed that the harder i press on the gas, the more the engine fights (or the more the timing pulls), and when i let off the gas, my torque comes back...as the engine spools down, it seems like the ignition advances again and goes back to normal.
oh yah, and sometimes i'll get my CEL on and it will always read Code 11, which is Oxygen Sensor. my plugs don't read excessively rich, or excessively lean. so it's confusing.
my problem #2 is that if i get on the gas too hard(aka under heavy load), the car will stumble.... it doesn't always, just most of the time, but it feels like you're not getting combustion in one cylinder, it'll just stop accelarating for a split second, then continue revving. sometimes it only does it once, sometimes it'll do it every 2 seconds or so until i get off the gas... also, it smokes out the tailpipe kinda bad, if i'm in front of someone at night, and I get on the gas hard enough, i can see the smoke in the guy behind me's headlights...
becuase it's under heavy load that this is happening, it seems like something's coming up short... like one of the injectors can't keep up, or a plug doesn't fire.... short of problem #1, car runs fine.
the car is a 91 talon TSi auto, hallman Pro MBC set to 13lbs...
things i've tried to fix the problem: new NGK wires, Brand new BR7ES plugs, brand new Walker 02 sensor.... Fuel Pump rewire, brand new fuel filter,
theories i've got:
Problem 1:
Faulty coolant temp sensor (would throw a code if it's broken though, right?)
Faulty transistor
Faulty faulty coil pack
Faulty CAS
Problem #2
intermittantly faulty injector (or clogged)
Faulty coil pack or transistor
lack of fuel pressure
maybe you guys could be of help to me.....
in the first year i've owned it, i've replaced both wheel bearings, right hand inner tie rod end, drivers side drive axle, among other things but we have a different problem now....
problem 1 is that when the car first starts it spews gas... kinda bad... and i get really crap gas mileage, like 13mpg.
once i get going and the temp gauge almost hits where it's supposed to, and i get on the gas to pass someone in traffic, i get nothing. where i'm supposed to get a hit of torque and the spool of the turbo, it feels like the ECU is pulling the timing. the turbo spins fruitlessly (higher than it seems that it should, like it's working harder than it has to) i get some power but not what i should be getting, and i get this vacant feeling of the something wrong. i've noticed that the harder i press on the gas, the more the engine fights (or the more the timing pulls), and when i let off the gas, my torque comes back...as the engine spools down, it seems like the ignition advances again and goes back to normal.
oh yah, and sometimes i'll get my CEL on and it will always read Code 11, which is Oxygen Sensor. my plugs don't read excessively rich, or excessively lean. so it's confusing.
my problem #2 is that if i get on the gas too hard(aka under heavy load), the car will stumble.... it doesn't always, just most of the time, but it feels like you're not getting combustion in one cylinder, it'll just stop accelarating for a split second, then continue revving. sometimes it only does it once, sometimes it'll do it every 2 seconds or so until i get off the gas... also, it smokes out the tailpipe kinda bad, if i'm in front of someone at night, and I get on the gas hard enough, i can see the smoke in the guy behind me's headlights...
becuase it's under heavy load that this is happening, it seems like something's coming up short... like one of the injectors can't keep up, or a plug doesn't fire.... short of problem #1, car runs fine.
the car is a 91 talon TSi auto, hallman Pro MBC set to 13lbs...
things i've tried to fix the problem: new NGK wires, Brand new BR7ES plugs, brand new Walker 02 sensor.... Fuel Pump rewire, brand new fuel filter,
theories i've got:
Problem 1:
Faulty coolant temp sensor (would throw a code if it's broken though, right?)
Faulty transistor
Faulty faulty coil pack
Faulty CAS
Problem #2
intermittantly faulty injector (or clogged)
Faulty coil pack or transistor
lack of fuel pressure
maybe you guys could be of help to me.....
