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Old 07-12-2004, 03:07 PM
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Default Need some help from turbo gurus or car gurus in general

I have a boosted Y5. Ill get the specifics out of the way (kinda long, has cliff notes)

Greddy TD04
Greddy IC
Greddy BOV
7PSI
AFC-Hack (dsm 450) (settings straight from Hack thread)
NGK BKR7E gapped to .030
Oil isnt milky
Car doesnt smoke

I was boosting fine for awhile. Car pulled HARD. Everything was fine until one day my car started shutting off by itself. I would be at a light or stop sign and my carw ould just stall. Pull the plugs...they arent bad except the cylinder one spark plug....it is black as **** and caked in oil. I clean the plugs, buy some new grommets from Honda and try again...no luck. So I have been driving liek that for two weeks...I know I know but I HAVE to drive my car to work (1 mile). So anyway I am about to sell my **** because of that and my erratic idle AND because I started overheating the other day (only after a roundtrip highway drive...after letting the car/turbo cool down). Oil is not milky. Coolant is clean..nice and green

So fast forward to today. I buy a compression tester. Here are my numbers

160, 180, 180, 180 (4-1. left to right....whatever). Book says minimum is 135, max is 180, variance is plus or minus 28...so I am good. My method was ...holding at full throttle, cranking the car 5 times for 5 seconds each crank. Cylinder 4 kinda scares me but I am within range, should I be concerned

I also realized I had the firing order wrong me=dumbass.

My question is, would/could/should the oil in my spark plug hole be caused from internal damage.

Also hear is another dumb *** thing. I hear everyone say to use the BKR7E NGK.....2 steps colder right.....the HX is the ONLY civic (96-00) that uses a 4 series plug./ So right now I am 3 steps colder. IS that bad. What kind of problems could that present.

Cliff notes:
car stalls at idle
used 3 step colder spark plugs
had firing order wrong
car has erratic idle
cylinder one has oil in it
spark plugs black as ****
Compression results are 160, 180, 180, 180
Old 07-12-2004, 05:54 PM
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I'm no guru.. but y5 owns j00.

Did you retard your timing? Dizzy wise?

Towards the front of the car. You're supposed to retard a certain degree per pound of boost. That's part of Fuel management also. Or engine management anyway.
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