Hey HT
I have a 97 gsr that i recently replaced the HG and the Timing Belt and after this the car started idling like **** and some times dies on me while idling.
Ive cheked and recheked everything still it idles like theres a vacum leak somewere were i cant se/ hear/feel air coming out or suking in. GGRR lol
I need Help Please

 

check the vacuum distribution box underneath the intake manifold to see if you have any unpluged hoses.
also make sure you installed the timing belt the correct way

 

check timing!

 

It wont idle steady so i cant chek it.
Since its idling up and down the marks are all over the place.

Today i pulled the plugs and its running supper Rich. and the gap on my ngks looks small. What is the gap suppose to be on a gsr engine with P73 pistons. Compresion around 11.1:1 ish

 

Yah wen i was installing the timming belt, me and mi buddi cheked it atleast 4 5 times to be dead shure that the marks lighn up on the crank pulley and on the cams.

I cheked them vacum houses atleast 20 times. Everything is connected to its right place etc etc

 

If you suspect a vaccum leak go grab a can of carb clener spray it anywhere there can be a leak and you'll usally hear the idle jump soon as you spray it on a leak. Good trick to make things easy on yourself.

 

usually when there is a vacuum leak the car idles higher than normal.

 

It does normally have an iratic idle but you'll still notice it jump way up everytime you hit the leak with carb cleaner. Very noticeable when you hit the leak.

 

I wish i had an vacum leak, then id know that theres one but it idles at around 900 for about 10 seconds then goes roaming from like 400 to 900 then dies for no reason...............I wanna pull hairs out lol plus whrn i pulled the plugs out they were supper rich and smelled like gas. Im tinking my o2sensor is out but witch one since i have 2 of them..?

 

UUHHH spreying carb cleaner on an engine thats runing and hot isnt that good of an idea......?

 

Hey it's a good way to find a vaccum leak, not going to start a fire or anything like that and is a trick that has been tried and true for years and years , just throwing it out there.

 

Ok i might have to do this.

Any thing that you guys can tell me about my car running rich...?

 

Anyway to get it on a decent scan tool to look at your o2 sensors voltage since you suspect one of them not reading correctly?

 

Just an idea...

I had a unsteady idle, but it was between 850 and 2500 rpm.

I had air in my coolant at the thermostat.

 

mines does the same but it doesn't die. i have a vacum leak cuz i broke one of the lines by accident so oh well. winters coming anyways

 

if possible use a wideband to check if its rich or lean.

 

Ok might lett it run with the cap open to lett the air out or how would u get that air out of there.......?

 

I dontave any electronic tools at all. On thursday i will be taking the car up to ARC auto shop. My buddi is gonna connect it to the computers and chek everything thats wrong with the car and theyre gonna fix it as theyre lab time lol.
Can some one tell me how Detonation Sounds or there is no sound of any kind when theres a detonation going on..?