R33 Gts-t Fitted Frontmount

[Justin O]

My Mate has a R33 GTs-T.

He fitted a frontmount intercooler and piping.

And when he started the car he forgot to put to put water in the radiator.

And started the car and left it running for 30 sec, but reved it a few times.

He stoped it put water in it and started it again but it idled rough then it chugged till it stoped. And now when you try to start it, it sounds like its running on 1 cylinder.

Any 1 got any ideas???

Cheers

[|PRESA|]

Sure it was your mate.. it's ok we've all done stupid things in the past j/k

Firstly, how long was the radiator running without water?

There is no need to remove the radiator water when mounting a cooler but anyway,

check all the connections and silicon hoses from the piping of the cooler.

I'll admit to my stupid moment.. I installed a front mount and piping, left the car warming up for a bit then took it for the first drive with the cooler, barely drove around the corner till I heard a huge BANG!/POP! then the car putted and stalled. I shitted myself and rolled it back into my drive way... found that I hadn't tightened one of the silicon hoses properly and it blew off. *Bows his head in shame*

[justin911]

just on a diff note

presa is that your car in your pic?

coolest looking skyline i've seen for a while

[|PRESA|]

Thanks, I appreciate that.

However it doesn't fulfill my needs as yet. Still plenty more to do to it =

[Justin O]

All the hoses are tight and on properly now. but still when he turns the key it only seems to try to turn over while the key is turned on!!! less than a minute without water. Strait after the install he did have a cooler pipe not on properly!!! but turned it off as soon as he saw the rich smoke comming from the exhaust. He then plumbed it up properly and it went fine till he realized the water wasn't in the radiator, so he stopped it again, filled it and tried to start it again and thats when the not wanting to start thing happened!! could it be a sensor somwhere???

[WazR32GTSt]

All the hoses are tight and on properly now. but still when he turns the key it only seems to try to turn over while the key is turned on!!!  less than a minute without water. Strait after the install he did have a cooler pipe not on properly!!! but turned it off as soon as he saw the rich smoke comming from the exhaust. He then plumbed it up properly and it went fine till he realized the water wasn't in the radiator, so he stopped it again, filled it and tried to start it again and thats when the not wanting to start thing happened!! could it be a sensor  somwhere???

i changed a clamp on a cooler pipe once. turns out as per story above i didn't tighten it up enough when i replaced the clamp

so down the highway and 'bang' off goes the pipe

it was a fair way home so i drove it running rich as hell

then car wouldn't hold revs

turned out that i had fouled the spark plugs... all i did was replace the spark plugs and worked fine

hope that's your soluion... (or your 'mates' solution)

Warren.

[bless_you]

definately fouled plugs... seen it sooo many times,

just change the plugs or rev the snot out if it, and see if it clears them

[Kaido_RR]

if the radiator had no water in it, when he filled it up again did he bleed it?

[Justin O]

I dont own a 33 i drive a 32.

So it is my mate.

lol

[Justin O]

He did bleed the radiator when it was filled.

Could that cause a problem???

Thanks guys for the help.

[WazR32GTSt]

I dont own a 33 i drive a 32.

So it is my mate.

lol

ahs he changed the spark plugs?

let us know how that goes...

[B0oStEr]

If you're changing the plugs, when you have them all out turn the motor over on the starter and observe to see if any water comes out the plug holes.

I hope it doesn't.

[bangahh]

my suggestion would be to change the spark plugs or clean it ( you said it ran rich ) . I dont think the egine will over heat in less than a minute.

Make sure he hooks up the airflow meter ( i forgot when i did mine and i shat myself )

also one time i drove/limped 1k back home ( didnt realise front pipes had popped off and i had nfi )

if he up the boost and gets flatspots or boost cut, regap the spark plugs to .8mm