Recent content by justinhw

OK, so after driving 30+ min and sufficiently warm I looked at the fuel trim - I got 5V which according to the pages posted (thanks!) seem to indicate the ECU is seen a long term lean condition and is enriching the fuel mixture to the highest step. also, while idling, I am able to pull and...

Oh man that is awesome. What book is that? I want to look on ebay or something and pick one up

Oh man you are absolutely right about the O2 sensor! I learned I shouldn't have checked it idling - evidently not enough gasses pass through to get a true reading. So I redid it at 2500RPM - and it has more amplitude, and higher frequency - it is the 8 times in 10 sec that the FSM says If you...

Next for the EGR issue - I checked my BVSV cold and could not blow through the top port which I think is correct. I forgot to check it warm. I did pull a vacuum on the actual EGR valve and I get exhaust gas through (died from idle). I also checked just with my finger to see if exhaust...

Good points. I rerouted all my vacuum lines so I think I am OK there. I had some EGR and water temp sensor codes but that was because I was pulling the sensor wires on and off. As to the pipe thread - yikes, I didn't know that. I may have royally messed up those threads, but it seems to be...

OK, did a little digging this evening. I apologize ahead of time this is very nerdy. First up - looking into the high HC issue. My idle and timing is set to FSM spec, around 750-800rpm and 5deg BTDC with the diagnostic terminal jumped. I wanted to see if I had a leaky cold start injector. I...

vacuum at idle was borderline at first but if i blip the throttle, then let it idle - it will come back Didn't pass smog - but due to high HC - I'm running too rich, I can smell it too, I should have know before I went for the test, wishful thinking.. I think I have to go looking for a leaky...

Yah I did end up going back over with a heat gun For the temp gauge sender - It's not leaking so far, but good tip on the pipe dope New plugs and wires; Changed the oil, buttoned everything back together (except the vacuum lines - i have those plugged right now)- and started it up. It ran...

ended up putting an 8mm o-ring on the end of the temp sender. it should still ground out from the threads. We'll see how it works New thermostat I was surprised I found a new pigtail on rockauto

Took a razor blade and cleaned off the left over throttle body gasket Got a new o-ring installed in the idle screw - old one was hard as a rock Chased out the threads too on the temp gauge sender - kind of looks like there should be a washer or gasket to seal fluids?

Looks like there are new freeze plugs so someone must have pulled the motor at some point But when I went to pull the 17mm block coolant drain plug, it was caked in this black soot and couldn't drain. I had to use a pick and poke at it until the coolant could drain out.

I took off the water temp sender that goes to the gauge cluster - the top got busted and wasn't connected. When I took it out I found the threads were a little crusty and I couldn't thread the new sender in. I went at it with a pick for awhile but ended up giving up. So i cut the sender in half...

New TPS - 89452-20050 Adjusted per spec of the TSM - the trick I found was to set up the open circuit (test 3) with a 0.85mm feeler gauge. The rest of the tests fell in spec after that. Also cleaned a bunch of carbon off the throttle body - need to get a new idle adjustment screw o-ring...

Compression tests: 1: 2: 3: 4: 1-3 are around 150, #4 is about 135psi

That's awesome