Hi, Guest
06-07-2005, 10:22 PM
Good news.. running well right now and im loving it. I'm surprised that everything went so well.. I made a stupid (very) mistake when i first started it. Everything was good, idle was perfect, car was running great on idle..no leaks, or oil etc.. so i go for a drive around the block slowly.. so i start pressing the peddle a bit more, and more.. til i get to 3000 then it was kind of slow so i floor more.. nothing.. it wouldn'T go over 3000rpm ! so i go home (not even a block), open the hood.. pull the throttle and my 90* coupler going to TB was caving in everytime i was giving throttle.. i open my piping there.. what do i find... a big ball of newspapers stuck to my IAT sensor!!!!! Oh my god i felt like such an idiot (still do). Could've cost me alot more.. So i remove the thing.. go for another drive and all was good and was just getting 3 psi but still felt it a little.
I had a bit of smoke when i was stopping at lights or stop signs that i wasn't getting when i was cruising.. and figured out that probably it was the oil ending up forward (where the drain fitting is) and backing up. So before redoing an oil pan etc.. i decided to try and lower the pressure the 60-70psi feeding the turbo.. so i bought a 1/8"npt adjustable valve and put it inline with the oil press. gauge and feed line.. gauged it to about 40-50 psi (was at operating temp) .. and it fixed my white smoke puffs almost completely, i haven't touched it since but sometimes, when the car is not fully warmed up, it will do a small puff but after its warmed up, no sign of oil burning. I am running 10w30 but i think that it might be a little too thin for the temperature it was yesterday so ill try some 10w40 or 15w50 this week.
I got my Xcal2 yesterday (just the datalogging one) so i can start tuning as soon as my buddy lends me his laptop
NATE, tomorrow.. orleans.. you and me.. :lol:
I had a bit of smoke when i was stopping at lights or stop signs that i wasn't getting when i was cruising.. and figured out that probably it was the oil ending up forward (where the drain fitting is) and backing up. So before redoing an oil pan etc.. i decided to try and lower the pressure the 60-70psi feeding the turbo.. so i bought a 1/8"npt adjustable valve and put it inline with the oil press. gauge and feed line.. gauged it to about 40-50 psi (was at operating temp) .. and it fixed my white smoke puffs almost completely, i haven't touched it since but sometimes, when the car is not fully warmed up, it will do a small puff but after its warmed up, no sign of oil burning. I am running 10w30 but i think that it might be a little too thin for the temperature it was yesterday so ill try some 10w40 or 15w50 this week.
I got my Xcal2 yesterday (just the datalogging one) so i can start tuning as soon as my buddy lends me his laptop
NATE, tomorrow.. orleans.. you and me.. :lol:
ZX3T gone..