elgigante Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 As some of you know I been blowing up this forum with countless help threads. Thanks everyone who helped especially "jonno" I traded the car for a flat screen tv I won in a raffle and $250. When I went to go look at the car it was sitting in a field. The turbo was off, along with all the vacuum lines. The only way I could figure this all out was wait for a rx to show up in a pick n pull and take pictures. Finally one showed uo in chico,ca. Got all my vacuum hoses correct and snagged a few parts. After getting everything hooked up and having no information on this motor besides having the previous owner tell me the head gaskets were changed and "good luck" everytime I would drive the car it would fall straight on its rump roast. Rev to about 2500 and then drop rpms. I figured id try seafoaming the car. This is when my engine bay started smoking. I had an exhaust leak! Ordered some exhaust manifold gaskets and bang! The car was 10x quiter and would actually drive! Boost leak was my issue. Now I just need to figure out why my cel will sometimes come on until I hit the throttle a little. Im thinking knock sensor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l75eya Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 I don't know but that's an awesome story. Post up some pictures man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skishop69 Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 If it's coming on at idle and you have to tap the throttle, it's most likely the TPS. A knock sensor code will set and stay. You need to connect the diagnostic connectors and get the code to fix it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.