recian

I had to take my intake off to fix a leaking plenum gasket. I decided to replace the vacuum hoses since they were harder than the metal lines they hooked to.. In the process of changing the one that runs under everything and hooks to the center of the lower intake i snapped the rear rotor oil metering line right where it connects to the banjo fitting... Looks like im stuck til i can get a set from atkins.

recian

Well I found out my intake plenum gaskets are beyond removable so i had to take my intake off so I could take them to work to put a sander to the gaskets. In the process the remaining oil metering lines broke. I also noticed my front rotor's metering line has BEEN broken and leaking on the housing.. Hopefully it didnt damage the rotor. I've put about 500 miles on the car since I bought it. So best case the front rotor has been running without the oil metering for 500 miles. (assuming the previous owner was premixing or that the intake runner's premixer was working good) When i took off the lower half of the intake i found my major source of my vacuum leak..



This would explain why i've been having idle issues and hot start problems. Not to mention most of the vacuum hoses below the intake have to be cracked off not cut. I'll take the injectors to a pressurizer and clean them out thoroughly while i've got it all apart. The screens below the injectors were full of trash so that could be an issue also. I'll clean out my 5th and 6th while i'm at it too. I checked and the actuators inside the irons move freely.

rx_214

Good thing you got it all looked into, small things like these affect the rotary a lot.

recian

yeah i knew my upper plenum was leaking but I didnt plan to remove the lower manifold since most replacement gaskets are metal and over $50. Turns out mine is paper and this could be what the metal ones are made to eliminate. I have a paper one coming for now since i plan to either go TII or trade the car within the next year either way. I have all the gaskets coming but I've gota wait til next weekend to order the metering hoses. Glad i found this tho. Hopefully it was my main source of the low idle, rough idle and hot start stalling. And hopefully the second oil premixer in the intake runner kept the front rotor alive since FC3Spro says that injectors and bad apexes are the only thing that can cause hot start problems. I have to wait a week or 2 til I can save up money to buy the metering lines from atkins. At least now I know why my engine wasnt burning any oil it's because it was starving for oil in the first place. The front rotor line that was already broken didnt leak alot of oil just a small pool so the OMP may be bad to begin with. At least with some fresh soft lines I can replace the OMP later and just premix til I do to be safe.

recian

Took them to work today and i went through about 10-15 ziz wheel cookies sanding the old intake gaskets off and about 30 minutes of sanding. I tried putty knives and scrapers with zero success. I'm surprised the gaskets were doing any kind of sealing. Maybe they weren't lol I wanted to adjust the tps while i had everything apart. I checked readings and at full closed i get .4k ohms, at full open 4.99k ohms. So the sensor is working good but at throttle closed it sits at 2.4k ohms. There's about 1/4" clearance between closed throttle and the position at which the switch reads 1.0k ohms. How do i make up that clearance? That's alot of clearance that cant be controlled by the idle screw on the t-body