Need help with a KA24E and hoses/vacuum lines...56K MAYBE

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I have an 89 ka24e which was in pieces when I purchased it and I have some serious questions if you could answer them.

1. I am in need of the heater and vacuum hose routings, to say the least. I have all of the heater hoses and about 6ft of vacuum tubing purchased from autozone, and have only managed to get some hooked up. I have already consulted the FSM and the Haynes/Chilton, which only show diagrams. A good pic is or would be definately helpful! Pics would be awesome, and I mean very good close-ups of the locations.

2. I also need to know what the where the orientation of the inline temp sensor is supposed to be. Top or bottom inlet/outlets of the block.

3. I am also not sure if the car I have was supposed to have the Intake Air Temp sensor, since I cannot find the lead that is supposed to be coming off of the MAF plug and was wondering if anyone has a NON-IAT KA24E. I do know that some models of the KA24E had one built after a later month in 89, then desisted in the S13 KA24DE.

4. Where does the PCV valve hose route to from the PCV. I am in the process of looking up a part number for the hose as well.

5. I have 2 extra harnesses coming off of the O2 wire in the rear of the head and cannot find a place to plug in. I have already removed the EGR and fabricated a block off plate.

6. I have one loose sensor hanging on the passenger side under the oil filter (not the oil sensor), which I cannot find a home for.

7. The big one besides the heater hoses is the FPR on the fuel rail with the connections to the device on the back of the head with some more vacuum line connections.

History: The guy before me replaced the head due to bent valves, but left the car in complete dismay besides replacing the head. He just threw all of the hoses in a box and sold the car for $75 due to time constraints. I have already replaced the injectors with O-Rings, O2 sensor, radiator, etc...

I am also in need of the fuse cover for the fuse box right underneath the factory airbox.

Thanks ahead...

SECOND PIC, I MEANT TO SAY O2 HARNESS

I AM WILLING TO COMPENSATE FOR VERY GOOD PICS OF THE NEEDED LOCATIONS

























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http://nissaninfiniticlub.net/...age=2there is a page from the FSM with the vac. line routing. get as much of that figured out as possible. ill look through the rest of your pics in detail tomorow.

that one sensor that you have a pic of goes in the lower rad hose, it has an adaptor that connects the 2 pieces of lower rad hose together iirc, ill look tomorow

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I really appreciate that pic of the hoses. I could not find that in the zipped FSM i got from another site???


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the 2 connectors at the back of the vaqlve cover go to solonoids which are obviosly not there, one is for the egr vaccum which you aren't using anyhow.

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the connector by the starter is for the starter I believe, is the wire color under the conduit black with a yellow tracer? if so thats your starter wire.

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That is what I was kind of figuring. So then, the car will run bad without those sensors? Looks like the P.R. control solenoid valve and the S.C.V. control solenoid valve...And the lower connector looks like it may be the EGR control solenoid valve? Thanks so far guys!

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the swirl contorl vavle might give you some drivabilty issues. but with out the egr in place it will be hardly noticable but you will need to plug of the vaccum line to it so it wont run lean.as far as the lower connector your talking about, your not refferring to the gray one near the starter are ya? that one could be for the starter if its a single wire or it could be for the egr temp sensor if its a 2 wire. it is even possible if it has enough leader to it that it hooks to one of the transmission switches if your car is a manual trans.

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NISTECH wrote:the swirl contorl vavle might give you some drivabilty issues. but with out the egr in place it will be hardly noticable but you will need to plug of the vaccum line to it so it wont run lean.as far as the lower connector your talking about, your not refferring to the gray one near the starter are ya? that one could be for the starter if its a single wire or it could be for the egr temp sensor if its a 2 wire. it is even possible if it has enough leader to it that it hooks to one of the transmission switches if your car is a manual trans.
It is 2 wire, and I am assuming that it is the EGR control solenoid...

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nah thats probably the egr temp sensor. the egr solonoid valve is one of the 2 behind the valve cover.

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What about heater hose routings? If anyone has a FSM page with that, that would be about 60% of my needed info right there!

Thanks ahead...

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The connector near the starter doesn't have a home. I spent a LONG time trying to figure out where it goes. It doesn't have a connector.

Also, there is not anything that connects to the terminal on the distributor.


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Prelude Guy wrote:The connector near the starter doesn't have a home. I spent a LONG time trying to figure out where it goes. It doesn't have a connector.

Also, there is not anything that connects to the terminal on the distributor.
Very much appreciated!

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Prelude Guy wrote:The connector near the starter doesn't have a home. I spent a LONG time trying to figure out where it goes. It doesn't have a connector.

Also, there is not anything that connects to the terminal on the distributor.
Andy I know why your connector doesnt have a home cause its a fedral emissions car thats something else DCS told me about your car, the 89 240 only used the egr temp sensor in california but the main harness was prewired for it for all models. zero your car is likely a federal model 2.

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Does anyone have a good picture of the wires that run into the starter? I still have that connector hangin near the starter, which has 2 wires.

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that may be for an alternate oil pressure switch, a single wire one is a idiot light a dual wire one is typically a gauge.

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OK back to this picture:

I still cannot locate the other end of the plug. The wire colors are black and red. The fuel pump is not working and I have tested the relay and checked the fuses. I also found 5-7 wires that were cut on the harness going to the rear of the vehicle from the engine bay. The colors are R,W,BL,B,Y,GR...etc. I found the source going under the main fuseable link. What are these as I cannot match up in the crappy chilton and the FSM I have is not very helpful since it is for the 90.

Last question, there is another fuseable link on the friver's side of the engine bay. I am missing 2 fuses on that block. Should they all be populated and what are their descriptions?

Thanks in advance!

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the 90 factory service manual should be good enough to fix your car as there were very little changes between the 2 yrs. post a picture of the page in the factory service manual of your EC wiring diagram. I will see if I can determine what that connector is. I suspect its for the EGR temp sensor on california emissions car.

The five cut wires you found are likely for your fuel pump. post your wiring diagram for the fuel pump circuit in the EL section or on the EF section of the service manual. Take a picture of the fuse box in question.


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