NC SC CHAT

[rps13srsc]

hey chris we were wondering what happend to you weve been looking for you all day and havent heard from you wuz up manguido

[Black on Gold]

Hope he's alright

[maxima278]

new baby came yesterday. 6 pounds 3 ounces and one month early. His name is Caleb James. Doctors are watching his lungs because they are a little underdeveloped. Other than that he's ok.

[gr8bryt]

Congratulations James, that is WONDERFUL!! At least someone's got some good news. I'm sure everything will work out fine with his lungs, just have faith.

I'm still without my car guys, only now I believe the problem is getting worse. I got it to crank yesterday and tried to drive it around a little. I made to my mom's house and back (less than 1 mile roundtrip), but it was kinda iffy for the most part. It was weird cause I had the gas all the way to the floor and it wouldn't rev past 2K. Now it just dies when I try to move from a stop as if it's flooding out or something. It's just sitting for the time being and whenever I do it to crank, it dies shortly thereafter. I just hope I don't burn up another starter before I get this issue resolved cause that would really suck!! Hopr eveyone else is doing well and I'll get at y'all later.

[maxima278]

Congratulations James, that is WONDERFUL!! At least someone's got some good news. I'm sure everything will work out fine with his lungs, just have faith.

I'm still without my car guys, only now I believe the problem is getting worse. I got it to crank yesterday and tried to drive it around a little. I made to my mom's house and back (less than 1 mile roundtrip), but it was kinda iffy for the most part. It was weird cause I had the gas all the way to the floor and it wouldn't rev past 2K. Now it just dies when I try to move from a stop as if it's flooding out or something. It's just sitting for the time being and whenever I do it to crank, it dies shortly thereafter. I just hope I don't burn up another starter before I get this issue resolved cause that would really suck!! Hopr eveyone else is doing well and I'll get at y'all later.

You can always count on Gr8bryt to say something to chear you up

a maf that is not hooked up correctly will most certainly do that to you, and you were saying your maf plug was messed up, right? Get that issue resolved even if you have to rig it temporarily, and I'll bet you will at least see improvement. If that doesn't solve all issues then you have a leak in your air system somewhere (except I don't think that is as big of an issue on non-turbo cars, but I don't know). All I know is my SR would not run right at all until I resolved those 2 issues. I thought there was more to it than that but that is all it was.

[Cygnus_X_1]

You can always count on Gr8bryt to say something to chear you up

a maf that is not hooked up correctly will most certainly do that to you, and you were saying your maf plug was messed up, right? Get that issue resolved even if you have to rig it temporarily, and I'll bet you will at least see improvement. If that doesn't solve all issues then you have a leak in your air system somewhere (except I don't think that is as big of an issue on non-turbo cars, but I don't know). All I know is my SR would not run right at all until I resolved those 2 issues. I thought there was more to it than that but that is all it was.

+1 for the maf. hit the junk yard and grab another one from a SOHC along w/ a good pigtail.

congrats on the new baby!!

[kaChris803]

wuzzup ya'll. well after a little miss hap, i'm free!! long story short, i lost my tag on the back of my car, reported it stolen, found it, called back and said i found it, went out, got pulled, GOT ARRESTED!!, got set free with no bond, and got an apologie!! really, is that all i get!

[FSUDrifter]

I'm still without my car guys, only now I believe the problem is getting worse. I got it to crank yesterday and tried to drive it around a little. I made to my mom's house and back (less than 1 mile roundtrip), but it was kinda iffy for the most part. It was weird cause I had the gas all the way to the floor and it wouldn't rev past 2K. Now it just dies when I try to move from a stop as if it's flooding out or something. It's just sitting for the time being and whenever I do it to crank, it dies shortly thereafter. I just hope I don't burn up another starter before I get this issue resolved cause that would really suck!! Hopr eveyone else is doing well and I'll get at y'all later.

Hey Bryton, I happened to run accross your post while searching. When I had that car I had all kinds of problems with the o-rings on the injectors going bad and leaking. I tried to get remanufactured injectors, but they didn't work very good so I ended up getting some aftermarket Venom injectors. Here is the link for exactly what I put on there COXIMPORT. Once I installed these, I never had any more problems with leaking, and I didn't notice the car running significantly richer. I figured the intake would balance out the high flow injectors.

As far as the MAF, I had an intake installed for a while and the way it was designed it kinda stretched the wires a little. I'm not sure exactly what you are talking about but I remember a couple random times I had to mess with the wires a little bit to get the car to run right. If you are running rich it is possible that the MAF is going bad. I would look up the voltages and use a multi-tester to determine if that is the problem. Usually if the car won't rev past 2k, that indicates that the car is running in limp mode and not getting any signal from the MAF. The ECU is just running on pre-defined values for the AFR. I would try to take the plugs or connectors apart and clean them up and maybe re-solder them (not too sure exactly what you think the problem is). I have another SOHC MAF and a redtop MAF sitting in my garage if you find out your MAF is bad.

Also, what color is the smoke coming out of the tail pipe? Black would indicate that it is running rich and again point to a bad MAF. I would also check for vacuum leaks. I think a lot of those vacuum lines weren't in the best conditions.

[Black on Gold]

Hmm...i have ALOT of black smoke coming out of my car. Should i just get a new MAF or what? That would help me alot as to sell it alot easier.

[gr8bryt]

You can always count on Gr8bryt to say something to chear you up.

I try to stay upbeat, there's too much drama going on in the world as is. I know that life could be A LOT worse, I could be living in Iraq

Thanks for all the inputs guys. Someone else suggested a possible vacuum leak as well. I'm gonna try to be patient and put some funds together so that I can get everything looked over really well and then fixed. It's almost a catch-22 though, I need my car to get a 2nd job (yea I'm still looking), but car's not running and I don't think that I'll be able to share my wife's car for too long. I did have black smoke coming out of the tail pipe (kachris can vouch for that), and it did seem like it was in a limp type state yesterday when I tried to drive it a bit. Furthermore, when I got stuck in that back yard (another can of worms ) I was able to put the car in gear and get out to watch the rear tire spin hopelessly for traction. It was kinda cool though watching my car somewhat driving itself. I tested the maf because I figured that would be the most obvious place to start and everything seems to be good there, but I may just go ahead and replace it anyway along with the connector and pigtail.

[gr8bryt]

I would try to take the plugs or connectors apart and clean them up and maybe re-solder them (not too sure exactly what you think the problem is). I have another SOHC MAF and a redtop MAF sitting in my garage if you find out your MAF is bad.

FSUDrifter, I may be emailing you soon about that extra MAF since it will be a lot easier to get it from you than taking a chance @ the junk yard and possibly getting a bad one. I combined the various wires that go into the pigtail into just three and then reconnected them into their respective "ports" on the connect. Maybe I'll be able to snap a few pics to give you all an idea of what I'm working with. Oh yeah, I also need a new valve cover gasket, but that will come later since it's not leaking oil too bad right now.

[gr8bryt]

Nice one dude, sorry to hear about that. Glad that everything was able to get cleared up in a swift time frame. Hopefully the wife wasn't too pissed off. Btw, how's the FC holding up? When I get back on the road I definitely need to take you to the "new" drift spot.

ps: sorry to be a post whore

[FSUDrifter]

I replaced that gasket a few years ago. Try looking up torque specs for the VC bolts and re-torque them.

[kouki munster]

wuzzup ya'll. well after a little miss hap, i'm free!! long story short, i lost my tag on the back of my car, reported it stolen, found it, called back and said i found it, went out, got pulled, GOT ARRESTED!!, got set free with no bond, and got an apologie!! really, is that all i get!

LOL, I'm sorry Chris I can't heip myself, but that is pretty darn funny.

Congrats James!!!

[kaChris803]

its not funny. i guess thats what i get for tradin my 240 for an fc. oh, and gr8bryt, the cars running beautifully and the wife wasn't pissed at all; uhh.... atleast not at me she wasn't.

[maxima278]

I thought you traded for an S14?

[gr8bryt]

I thought you traded for an S14?

The guy that was gonna trade the s14 wasn't old enough to make a decision like that and his dad stepped in and told the kid no. So now he's got a turboed fc that runs and rides pretty well.

Thanks Josh, I'll check those out and re-torque them with my torque wrench. Email about the details on that maf please. [email protected]

[97ka-t]

Sorry for the random post- but, does anyone in the southeast have a working S14 distrib that they'd be interested in selling?

[scs13]

i think i have one, how much?

[97ka-t]

Just name a price, I need it shipped today though- FEDEX Priority Next Day Air please. I will pay $40 for shipping + price of distrib. As long as youre sure it works well, let me know. AIM is nck082.

[maxima278]

anybody here know anything about single cam KA's? My 89 hatch has some issues. It sat in a carport for over a year and a half after the kid that owned it wrecked it. Now that I've got a good radiator in it and a new battery, I've been driving it through the subdivision a little and it rattles and knocks. I think the rattle is coming from the fuel injectors, but not sure where the knocking is coming from, hopefully the bearings are not bad.

When I try to drive into my driveway (which is at a bit of an upward angle) it stalls and dies, especially when I mash the gas. I definitely think it has a fuel issue, but I don't know exactly what.

[Redemption1978]

I think the knocking sound is a valve but you probably have a fuel issue as well. Just what I think when I heard it.

[kouki munster]

Hey chris, Guido is going to give you a call tomorrow about the car we were suspost to come and get last weekend.

[maxima278]

btw Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

[maxima278]

I think the knocking sound is a valve but you probably have a fuel issue as well. Just what I think when I heard it.

my dad listened to it run this morning and he said "duh it's been sitting for like 2 years with almost no gas in it there's probably at least an inch or 2 of water in the bottom of the tank.

I figured there was a little, but he's probably right considering it looked like the place where it was sitting stayed wet a lot. I guess "ll have to drop the gas tank and drain it.

[gr8bryt]

btw Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Well as you all know I have a sohc, but I don't know anymore about them than anyone else. Matter of fact, if I did know more about them my car would probably be running.lol I'll get some pics up today.

[gr8bryt]

Here's what I've got to work with.

The hose that I circled is damaged and needs to be replaced. I only included that one since it's going from the intake manifold to the valve cover and I didn't know if that would have any impact on a/f or not.
Modified by gr8bryt at 5:05 PM 11/25/2006

[kaChris803]

sup all, i haven't been on here in a while, but turstin... my phone was lost but i have a new one, so if guiedo wants to call me today or what not he can . sorry

[maxima278]

I would definitely say that that hose is probably affecting things. It should be easily replaceable with some universal hose from an auto parts store, if they do not have the actual oem piece. Your maf plug looks rigged and probably needs to be taken apart so that you can see if you can make it so that it is getting continuity, because as it is, it looks like you may have at least one wire loose in that thing. Go ahead and get some vaccuum line plugs too so that you can plug any vaccuum holes you may have (not sure if that affects anything on NA cars, did not seem to when I ran a KA). Like I said, if it's anything like my SR, you will be amazed at how much better it will run with all the air leaks taken care of.

[gr8bryt]

The red wire is the one that gives me the most problems. I presume that its the power supply or whatever cause if I take it off, I get all kinds of issues. Right now the car won't turn over and start.