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    Whats the crappest movie you've seen?

    in WA Wasteland

    Posted

    the matrix sequels...they will never make anything better than the original and just about any movie with ben affleck in it. he's the biggest douchebag on the planet

    its best to think of them as one whole movie really. plus if you didn't follow the games, animatrix and books etc you missed out on other parts of the story.

    :matrix:

    Water in engine bay.. .

    in General Maintenance

    Posted

    well.. a coil for another engine wouldnt work, i imagine.

    completely different application.

    give the sanding a go before you take it anywhere. go to any nissan dealer for  the springs or even a wrecking yard

    the coil pack was from an R33 GTS-t which i was informed is the same as mine.

    the guy looking at it tomorrow is currently putting an RB25 into a 200sx so he should know his way around ok.

    Water in engine bay.. .

    in General Maintenance

    Posted

    haven't had time to get hold of springs or a dremel yet but managed to get a coil pack which i put in last night.

    was slightly different to my others and the plug didn't quite fit properly, managed to rejig it and connect it but it still sounds like a wrex :)

    so i've pulled it out again.

    no idea why it didn't work, perhaps due to it not fitting correctly.

    i think now i'll just get someone out to look at it, don't want to do more harm than good.

    Water in engine bay.. .

    in General Maintenance

    Posted

    That will be for the carbon canister, usually located passenger side, just in front of the (standard) air box.

    mm it comes out of there and over the engine but doesn't attach to anything else. even though it has a clip on the end as if it had been attached to something.

    SECUR1TY: can't see any carbon rod in there either :D its all just white dust etc

    i'll have to double check them tonight i think.

    Water in engine bay.. .

    in General Maintenance

    Posted

    You can get springs from L & T venebles, there's one in Wangara. They're like $2 for a pack of 4.

    I used them in my R32. You don't NEED the little carbon bit, it runs fine with just the spring.

    and you just pop them in the end? they don't need to be stuck in there? :whatsthat

    Water in engine bay.. .

    in General Maintenance

    Posted

    i should be getting a coil from a GTS-t from one of the WA members a bit cheaper. provided the turbo coils are the same for the NA engines.

    where can you get replacement springs or 'carbon rods' from? don't they attach inside the coil somehow?

    Water in engine bay.. .

    in General Maintenance

    Posted

    ok.. .

    i took the coils and plugs out today, also removed the intake etc - no water whatsoever anywhere that i could see.

    however i did notice that spark plug number 5 seemed to have some white powder (like you get on battery terminals) on the end that connects to the coil so i thought i'd just clean that of with a bit of steel wool and it should be ok.

    cleaned it up and then checked my coils, found that coil number five's spring or coil is no more! it has somehow corroded to nothing, so i guess its been running on 5 cylinders the past couple of days.

    fingers crossed oonce i replace it all should be well again.

    i called Nissan and was quoted $275 for a single replacement coil!?

    don't suppose anyone has upgraded to splitfires and has any old coils in working order lying around? for an RB25DE

    one final thing, while i was pulling all the pipes off that are in the way of the rocker cover i think i have disconnected one accidently and do not know where it goes to.

    next to the radiator on the right is a small cylinder with 3 pipes coming out of the top, one feeds back into itself halfway down, another runs across the engine and into the intake plenum, the one i am unsure about is attached to the previous pipe and is marked 'purge' at the cylinder. it has a clip on the end so i assume it connects to something else and doesn't just 'purge' into the engine bay?

    thanks to all again for the advice.

    ben

    Water in engine bay.. .

    in General Maintenance

    Posted

    thanks..

    you'll need a 16mm deep socket for the plugs, 8mm socket for the coils and the clamps on the cooler piping, pliers for the clamp the oil thing ontop of the front of the rocker cover, and a hexagon thing for the little screws on the rocker cover.

    Joe

    thanks for the info. much appreciated.

    Water in engine bay.. .

    in General Maintenance

    Posted

    checked my engine bay at lunch, was all dry.

    started it up and it idled rough again, let it sit for a few minutes and it returned to normal, drove it like that for about 5-10 mins and then it started running rough again.

    am thinking that the air pod may be wet and sucking in moist air.

    Water in engine bay.. .

    in General Maintenance

    Posted

    could it be possible ur intake sucked some water in?

    possible yes ;) but i bloody well hope not, it's an Apexi type and i don't think it would have sucked much in there but unsure.

    if it has then thats really bad right?

    i was doing about 80 at the time on a highway and the lights were out and one whole lane was flooded and it sprayed up and over the car. its happened before but never affected my engine.

    might have a bash at water proofing the engine bay too, thanks |PRESA|

    might have to check the coils etc when i get home tonight.

    cheers guys.. yesterday was just a bad day all up.

    Water in engine bay.. .

    in General Maintenance

    Posted

    Before anyone laughs no i didn't go washing my engine with a hose or anything ;)

    I was driving home last night from my gf's and took the back streets, it was raining very heavily and the streets pretty much flash flooded.

    i drove through a couple of large puddles and about halfway home my car started running rough (sounds more like WRX than usual). when i got home i popped the hood and checked out the engine bay - i had a small puddle under my pod filter but not touching and my radiator was wet but apart from that i couldn't find any other signs of water in there.

    i know if you get water in your plugs or coil packs your car will run rough but going by the location of the water i don't see how they could get wet.

    any thoughts on what else could make it run rough like this and if i should just let it dry out through driving etc or take it to a mechanic and get them to check everything out?

    its an RB25DE R33.

    cheers.

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