car problems.. help me understand?

by **x99suplarax** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 12:46 am

alright heres the story.. 3 days ago i raced a 2.7 audi on the freeway.. the next morning on the b4 going to gf house.. i had rough idles after warm up.. then on the way to gf house arround 2k to 3k rpm seems like i have vtec(lol its was bogging).. pedal and steering wheel was shaking a lil bit but now its to a point where its getting worse or irritating.. i have asked friends and coworkers and they told me it could be several things..

could be:
spark plugs.. (not gapped enough?)
spark plug wires.. (coil gone bad?)
alternator..
distributor.. (disk has corrision?)
timing belt.. (needs to be replaced?)
batteries is gonna die..
or my cylinder is now dead?

please help.. cuz it may die on me soon and i dont wanna have to buy a new engine or car..

by **SdeA** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 12:49 am

^^ Hey did u install the CPE intake yet?

I think it could be one of the wire from the intake...you could check that. Happen to me when I used to have the CPE intake.

by **x99suplarax** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 12:50 am

really? yeah i have it on.. you mean the wires on the ecu?

by **x99suplarax** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 12:51 am

sry to repost but.. is it better to solder?? lol i just connected it

by **SdeA** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 12:51 am

x99suplarax wrote:really? yeah i have it on.. you mean the wires on the ecu?

Yep the wires on the ecu...double check those.

by **x99suplarax** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 12:53 am

so this could be the only problem.. hopfully it is.. cuz i dont have the money to replace everything haha..

so should i just solder it?

by **SdeA** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 1:28 am

^^ Yea you should.

Here is Midias tutorial about soldering it

http://www.solaraguy.com/viewtopic.php?t=36018

by **x99suplarax** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 1:58 am

thx bro

by **SleeperSolara** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 1:09 pm

Yeah "Sdea" beat me to it.
What i did was make y-split connectors for my CP-e intake.

by **akora12** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 9:26 pm

The relation of your race to the problems your having seems fairly coincidental. Juding from my experience (and even midas' for example), connections with the MAFci and the ecu could definitely be causing your problems. Most of the reasons you listed above are unlikely, so I'd start with your electrical connections.

BTW, we don't have a distributor in the normal sense, so don't worry about that.

by **x99suplarax** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 2:43 am

hey i got the ecu problem fixed and doesnt dropp below 600 but it has problem trying to stay above 600.. at 600 it shakes to stay alive though.. another good thing is that it doesnt kick anymore.. please help me please.. this saterday im getting a compression check but in the mean time if theres anything to be fixed i wanna get it done asap! thanx!

by **Inverted** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 4:18 am

Did you check your plugs yet? My gf's corolla broke down last night, same kind of symptoms (the motor was shaking as if 1 cylinder wasn't firing). I replaced the plugs in the parking lot she was good to go! The leads on 1 plug was black and crispy.

by **x99suplarax** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 10:20 am

i changed the spark plugs before i fixed the ecu problem but i dont know if i gapped them correctly

by **Inverted** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 10:58 am

If they're iridium plugs I don't think you're supposed to gap them at all.

Mike

Website · by **99BlackSandv6** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 1:00 pm

Inverted wrote:If they're iridium plugs I don't think you're supposed to gap them at all.

Mike

Yeah you shouldn't gap Iridiums they should be a .044 gap out of the box I believe.

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