did you save money doing all this yourself or would it have been easier/cheaper to buy aftermarket parts and install it yourself?
Oh, those wires a couple posts earlier? Yeah, they were just twisted together under the tape...brilliant, aye?
aaand I am short four Breeze clamps! I forgot that I scrounged some of 'em when I did the turbo/intercooler swap on the scooby...dammit. I suppose I could get t-bolts from Autozone or something, but I'm not a fan of them. I'll check the semi-truck place in the morning and see if they have any.
I do need to adjust the turbo slightly, which SUCKS because I've already hooked up the oil lines. Ahwell, it's only time, right?
Edit: Oh, those wires a couple posts earlier? Yeah, they were just twisted together under the tape...brilliant, aye?
T-bolts are more than adequate for most of the turbo applications out there. I don't get those that will hunt hours for a $100 turbo and then spend about that in clamps and couplers getting the best (not saying you have a $100 turbo).
Does the 3S use a distributor or individual coils? If the latter, the cam position sensor is always just slightly off when you reassemble the top end - pull out the timing light and see if that's the cause of it running funny. I really doubt it's the gas - I just had a tank sit for a year and the car runs fine after adding a can of seafoam.
Does the 3S use a distributor or individual coils? If the latter, the cam position sensor is always just slightly off when you reassemble the top end - pull out the timing light and see if that's the cause of it running funny. I really doubt it's the gas - I just had a tank sit for a year and the car runs fine after adding a can of seafoam.
Just noticed the video. That sounds like an idle miss. Would suggest checking timing, all ignition connections, electrical connections to the injectors, etc. I don't think a bad O2 sensor would do that to you. Hell, I've idled with it completely disconnected and it just ran very rich.
Congrats on getting it all back together. That is going to be one great ride.
I didn't take the top end apart - just pulled the valve cover. I'll check all the plug wires in case one of them is loose. There's a minimal amount of fuel in the tank - I have a feeling there's a bit of condensation in there.
Only 4th gen ST215 engines have COP and have never been used in a US car. All others have distributors.
Ah, did not know that. I have a 7M of the same year and it's a waste spark setup - 3 dual coil packs. Not COP though, still uses wires from the coil to the plug. I thought the 3S-GTE from the same year might've used the same electronics with one less pack.
Oh, check the distributor/coil ground too.
Dump in a can of seafoam if you have it. You'll know if its condensation. It just sounds too regular a miss to be the fuel, though. Did you remember to put all 4 plugs back in? I know what an engine sounds like with one missing!
Only 4th gen ST215 engines have COP and have never been used in a US car. All others have distributors. I'd start with the basics: start pulling plug wires one by one while it's running. If all cause a drop out and are working properly, then disable ECU advance with a jumper on the diagnostic port and set 10 deg base timing by rotating the distributor.
Are these your new injectors and do you have the new ROM loaded for those injectors? Any change to injectors or MAF without a ROM update is going to run like crap if at all.
An O2 sensor isn't going to have any effect on cold start in open loop.
Didn't pull the plugs either; just the wires. I'll double check those tomorrow.
Cap goes 1-3-4-2 CCW not 1-2-3-4 CW
It's very easy to follow the cap CW and get 1-2 right and get 3-4 swapped and running on two cyls when you're not thinking about it, ask me how I know :hmm: How to make your 5S/3S sound like a Harley.
I pushed all the wires down and it runs great now. Unfortunately, I have an oil leak. Gah.
At first I thought it was the turbo oil feed...but now I think it might be the oil cooler. I didn't have new o-rings when I reassembled it after doing the coolant hoses - wondering if they would be leaking..?