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  4. Power but no signal?

    in Virtual Mechanic

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    Remove the injectors and test them with a 9 volt battery to ensure they open and close and ohm them between both terminals to make sure they are between 2-3 ohms. Might as well clean them while they are out if they don't leak and ohm good. I backflush them first, in case there is gunk on the inlet side, then flush them in the normal flow direction. Or send them out to be professionally cleaned and flowed, which I hear is pretty affordable. Never done it myself. I have a spare green secondary for sale if you need it.

  8. Just bought an 88 Conquest, and fixing it up.

    in Newbie Question and Answers

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    There may be members here that may in your area that can check your car out and tell you if $3200 was worth it, probably not if you need clutch/tranny work. Kinda late to ask now. Just depends on a lot of other factors. Could have been a member's car for all we know. You can use the search button on here to see pictures of the HKS cat-back systems that were made. Natallica on here had some for sale a while ago. PICS speak a thousand words, though. Outside, inside, underneath and engine bay.

  9. Failed emissions-rookie mistake

    in Virtual Mechanic

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    A couple of follow-up points...

    1. Find a test station that will do a pretest, this prevents the car from being thrown into the gross-polluter category if it fails out of the box

    2. The EGR valve and NOx can be an issue. So pull it and and shoot some carburator cleaner through it and the throttle body passages, Note unmounting the EGR can be a pain with the (2) long OE bolts, I replaced the bolts with studs/nuts makes reinstall and gasket lineup much easier

    3. Change oil/filter

    4. Kleen or change the air filter

    5. Decrease the timing slightly a couple of degrees like down to 10 degrees, this will limit the NOx

     

    The above points can make a difference, as our TSi/Starions have been flagged by as borderline cases. There were multiple recalls in the late 80s and 90s by the EPA for various smog issues. I bought my TSi new in 87 and have had to pass the CA smog tests a few times over the last 30 years.

     

    Just my $0.02... ;)

    Thank you for tips first of all. Here are my thoughts on them.1) I discussed the pre-test idea with them yesterday. There are no more penalties like there used to be for a gross polluter result. Therefore, I would have had to pay for a minimum of 2 tests with no benefit. Sometimes cars will barely pass on a pre-test, then barely fail on the real test after. Then, at least a 3rd test after repairs would have to take place. 2) My EGR was bought brand new from Mitsu and the passages in the manifold were cleaned at that time probably only 5k miles ago. As good as it runs, I seriously doubt it has built up enough junk in there in that span. 3/4) Oil and filter is new (20w50 Mobil 1/Wix), clean and lightly oiled K&N. Timing was set exactly at 10 btdc, maybe decrease it next time to 8-9?

  10. Failed emissions-rookie mistake

    in Virtual Mechanic

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    She passed today. Only thing I did other than hooking up the vacuum line from the waste gate to the ovcp, was confirm all other vacuum lines were connected and confirmed vac advance held vacuum with the suction and hold on the tongue test, and drove it straight there from my garage to have it as cool as possible. The weather was about 15 degrees cooler also, so from now on I'll take it in when it's less than 90 outside. Such bs that I even have to do this with it being as old as it is, especially the lack of miles it's even driven. Can't wait to retire and go somewhere where I can fart outside, without fear of the man penalizing me.

  14. Injectors

    in Parts for sale

    Posted · Edited by pcristquester

    I have a virtually brand new FIC 650cc (primary), and an OEM green 87-89 secondary in good, bench tested and bench cleaned condition. I also have a good set of 87-89 trilogy's in stock (650/950) flows, but have one person already interested in them. FYI, I'm sure the Trilogy's and FIC can be used together as the design and the height is the same(verified with a level on my work bench) in case you need only a primary in that style of injector.

     

    FIC primary- $80. New seal and o-rings.

    OEM secondary- $80. Good condition seals and o-ring.

    Trilogy-- stock sizes - $70 each or $120 for the set with bolts, spacers, seals and o-rings (if first interested falls through).

  15. Hello from Arizona

    in Newbie Introduction

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    Where can I upload pics? I tried from my phone but file was to large.

    get a photobucket account (free), download to a computer from your phone, then upload to photobucket. There is a topic on this. Use the search bar within each section to find almost anything you have questions on.

  19. Failed emissions-rookie mistake

    in Virtual Mechanic

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    Ill have to figure out how to check the egr, but it probably only has less than 5k miles on it. Cooling system all works as it should and has a 180 stat in it. I checked the timing just before and it was right at 10 btdc. Not sure about the vac advance, but it's about the same age as the egr. It was pretty hot out and I had run it on and off for a couple hours before rolling it in there. I thought it would be better nice and warmed up. Pissed me off that the tech had it idling for like 10 minutes before running it on the dyno, though. Thanks for input and tips, Jeff.

  21. Failed emissions-rookie mistake

    in Virtual Mechanic

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    Idk which states do these required tests for smog and emissions. All I know is I put only 1,500 miles since my last test 2 years ago which failed as having a bad MAS supposedly. Got another one and passed.

    So, 2 years later (today) I fail on high NO (2558), maximum allowable is 717, but only on the "higher speed" 25 mph portion which was at 2585 rpm (after secondary injector kicks on I think)Passed great on the low speed 15 mph. I get home and find the vacuum hose from the turbo waste gate to the ovcp came off. I say rookie mistake because it came off earlier in the day and did nothing to rectify it after putting it back on like a clamp or zip-tie to keep it from coming back off for the test. I'm hoping this is why it failed. Anyone with expertise on this please chime in.

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