My engine sucks

[CiPHeR_Tx]

Ok...so the other day...I was driving home from work and i was sitting at a stop light. I glanced down at my gauges and my oil light flicked on and off...then the engine died. It started right back up again but had a rough idle at around 500 rpm. I get home with no more problems, besides the rough idle, and I check my oil...its full...I can't seem to figure out what the problem is...any info would be really helpful...in the meantime my car is sittin in the driveway...

[skazzi]

Seeing as though these cars have a billion messed up sensors... Maybe a sensor is out?

[gumby]

see if you can pull any diagnostic codes

[CiPHeR_Tx]

ran a diagnostic on the ecu...got a 55...no problems...wtf is goin on...

[CiPHeR_Tx]

also...it seems like it only does this when the engine is warmed up...rough idle...sometimes it'll drop below 500 rpm...when its cold and warming up it sits at around 700-750

[ziggy682]

The reason your oil light came on is because your car idles too low. When it idles down, the oil pump isn't turning very fast, and oil pressure drops, turning on the oil light. Nearly any car will turn the oil light on if it idles low enough to die.

Idle problems, however, are not easy to fix. Noone ever seems to know the exact solution. Some things fix it on some cars, other cars have other problems.

[CiPHeR_Tx]

the oil light came on before the rpm dropped

[CiPHeR_Tx]

doesn't matter now...gonna be buyin a KA from some guy for 400 with transmission and new clutch...he just did an sr20 swap...thanks anyways for the help

[180fan]

check your oil pump? if you've a sohc, i should have a spare oil pump if you need it.

[CiPHeR_Tx]

would low oil pressure cause poor performance too? i have the timing set to factory specs

[hondahunter180]

could be your MAF or your oxygen sensor.

[hondahunter180]

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[DoriftoMania]

its time to drop a sr20det foo!

[evotech240sx]

sr20det???? just like that???? naw man.... stick with the ka

[DoriftoMania]

you are welcome to ride in my s14 sr20det powered!

[CiPHeR_Tx]

heh....i'm gettin an sr20 as soon as i get the money...til then...i'm gonna have to rely on the KA...maybe even drop a turbo on that

[xekushnr]

if you want to get a sr20, i wouldnt bother spending thousands of dollars turbo'ing a motor you're going to swap out. just save for the swap.

[CiPHeR_Tx]

no no...if i turbo the KA i'm not gonna swap

[Bruno240]

if you are thinking of turboing that motor, i would suggest getting it rebuilt bc somthing is wrong and you dont want to turbo a motor that isnt running right bc you will just **** the motor up even more wasting the money on turboing it