Reply With Quotei tried synthetic in my civic one time...thing leaked like a freakin siv so i switched back to regular high mileage castrol
Cool, thanks. I miss the old Indycar days when you just swap out the motor after 800 miles.
i tried synthetic in my civic one time...thing leaked like a freakin siv so i switched back to regular high mileage castrol
I just did an oil change yesterday. I couldnt find a my funnel so I did the best I could. I spilled some oil and it went under my sparkplug cover. I'll have to check my plugs tomorrow.
Take some carb cleaner and spray down into the plug hole and blow it out with air before removing the plug. That will remove all the oil, be sure to cover the hole with an absorbent towel when you blow it out though. Did you get your lights adjusted? Sorry i did not answer it slipped by
Hey that circuit tester looks cool. I use something similar to run down telco and LAN circuits. I might have to pick one up...can't have enough test equipment!Originally Posted by shocker1
I hate wonky electrical problems. I had a '93 Passat that was driving me crazy. It kept killing the battery - I went through 2 visits to the dealer, and 2 brand new batteries before I took matters into my own hands. I was sure it was some intermittent electrical thing - so I'd wait until late at night and walk out to it & see if I could find anything running (it had all kinds of electrical fans & crap - I thought maybe one of the cooling fans that was supposed to stay on for a while just never shut off).
After a few tries - I go out there @ 3AM and it's very quiet out & I could just barely hear a small electrical motor noise. I opened the car as gently as I could, popped the hood - nothing moving under there - looked down at the relays - took a wild guess & gently tapped the one that said "fuel pump" - and -click- it turns off. $15 later the rusted-out relay is replaced. $%&*ing dealer had me for almost $200- not including the batteries. I told him to go farfegnugen himself.
I adjusted them the best I could. Still need to adjust them a bit more. But they are alot better now.
As a matter of fact we did.
HAHAHA, relays will get ya. That tester can find shorts, opens and current draws aswell. The best way to locate a parasitic draw is connect a DVOM in line with the negative from the battery. If the draw is more than .05amps you have too much. Remove fuses one at a time until you hit the draw. Be sure to put the fuses back each time though.
Grounds are the most likely cause of wacky, unexplainable electrical issues that do not make sense to most people. Ground loops can kill a battery also.
You also need this baby. The one I have is a multimeter too but they are not available anymore. I use a Fluke 88I anyway for a meter.
http://www.ntxtools.com/manufacturer...3570.htm#P0_16
Last edited by shocker1; 10-08-2007 at 10:35 PM. Reason: had volts where it should have been amps.
Got a question. I think I have a leak in my cylinder head gasket. If there is, do I take off my rad cap and if bubbles appear. Then is it most likely the cylinder head gasket?
rub some dirt on it.
If you think you have a head gasket leak, pull the plugs and use a compression test guage. You can get one for $20 if you want to own it, or you can do the rent-a-tool thing at alot of local parts stores.
bubbles may appear for other reasons so this is not a very good troubleshooting method, best way is to check your oil first by dipstick of even better to take out a couple of ounces in a clear glass jar for analysis. if your oil looks like "cappucino" or "cafe au lait"(its foamy, or thin and ligth brown but not see trough clear), water has mixed with your oil, severe head gasket breaks will allow so much coolant to mix with oil that your oil level will "magically" go up. the next step is a compression check with a compression gauge. all cylinders must be within specs but there must be diferences of one or two PSI among all cylinders . if two cylinders that are next too each other have under spec identical PSI ,then those cylinders have a communication tear at the head gasket.
Maybe not, could just be some air trapped or air that was dissolved in the water,coolant mixture. First thing I would do is attach a coolant system pressure tester and start the engine. That is the easiest thing to do first. If the pressure rises too fast then you could have a leak. Mind you the thermal expansion will increase the pressure but slowly. You should have a miss and maybe a sweet smell from the exhaust if the gasket is blown into the cylinder.
I think this belongs here, Mini V8
Holy **** that is sweet!!! I have seen a few RC dragsters with Hemis that run on nitro. I bet this one does as well
Check this link, it is the guy that made that engine. He has a mini rotary too and a shop I would love.http://www.weberprecision.com/
Last edited by shocker1; 11-02-2007 at 06:38 PM.
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