Spam In My Rice, Jank In My Bay.
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Spam In My Rice, Jank In My Bay.
i just bought a 90si today. im glad i can actually post in this section again. the 92-00 section is whack.
im am the 3rd owner, this car is really really mint. the factory d16a6 motor was replaced by the first owner for a zc with 30k on it. it ran fine until the swap.
i tried 3 different dizzys and 2 main relays. there is bk7re's in there (ok condition). newish ngk spark plug wires. it seems like the motor dont have compression. i re-torqued the head. i took out each spark plug at a time and put my hand over the spark plug hole. didn't feel no air (hand didn't budge)
heres a little video of me trying to start it. (sorry for the quality of my iphone4)
1st Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nQ4s8zRCuY
2nd Link:
View My Video
im am the 3rd owner, this car is really really mint. the factory d16a6 motor was replaced by the first owner for a zc with 30k on it. it ran fine until the swap.
i tried 3 different dizzys and 2 main relays. there is bk7re's in there (ok condition). newish ngk spark plug wires. it seems like the motor dont have compression. i re-torqued the head. i took out each spark plug at a time and put my hand over the spark plug hole. didn't feel no air (hand didn't budge)
heres a little video of me trying to start it. (sorry for the quality of my iphone4)
1st Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nQ4s8zRCuY
2nd Link:
View My Video
Last edited by Fatty Wagovan; Dec 10, 2010 at 12:00 AM.
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Re: Spam In My Rice, Jank In My Bay.
i have to agree with you there, it deff. sounds like you have really low compression. best thing to do is to perform a cylinder leak down test. was the car running for the second owner at all? or did they give up on it and sell it to you?
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Re: Spam In My Rice, Jank In My Bay.
your alternator ground isnt hooked up or your missing one that isnt , trust when i swapped my b16 into my crx it sounded like that. then i found 3 grounds i didnt hook up then BAM she purred like a kitten
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Re: Spam In My Rice, Jank In My Bay.
Okay well I'm still confused because of the lack of compression when i take out the spark plugs.
I took out the motor to clean the engine bay and I found out I was in fact missing the tranny ground.
I took out the motor to clean the engine bay and I found out I was in fact missing the tranny ground.
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Re: Spam In My Rice, Jank In My Bay.
since its out of the car do a leak down test it will be better to pin point where/if there is a leak. but i am sure your compression is fine. i am also sure you also missed another ground. once you get it back in there CHECK ALL OF THEM. Its funny how it sounds like that, i did my head gasket and put arp head studs into my b16 before i swapped it in and i was freaking out that something was wrong cause it sounded like that. but then when i rechecked everything i found what the problem was.
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