damien

also.... if i change to manual what what happen to my existing turbos? would i have to upgrade turbos as the auto turbos are smaller and spool up sooner?

Ok, as my car has some faults that need sorting and the gearbox could possibly be dieing aswell i had some thinking today and some conversations with my wife. I was explaining how i would like to take the car off the road and fix the auto gearbox or make it manual. Whilst i mentioned that we agreed that as i wanted to rebuild the engine next year anyway i might aswell rebuild that at the same time. So after we both finally made some agreements the new project could be starting anytime soon..... The plan will be to take the engine out of the car and store the car somewhere. I only have a standard size garage so i don't think i will be able to fit the car and the standalone engine in together. Obviously i cannot leave the car outside due to tax and declaring it SORN. does someone have a rough guie with the engine? I am going to be using this time to learn my engine through and through at the same time. Obviously i will need to find somewhere to store the car in chelmsford but i better look at finding a second hand engine stand and puller (hopefully a forum member can help me pull the engine onto the engine stand. what would i need to do to the cars body and wheel to protect them from corosion etc whilst being left to stand for a year or so? any links or info that would come in handy for this project would be greatfully appreciated :D

ahh ok so that is one relief.... well now to find out why it hates changing into 3rd soon

cheers matey :-) i am going to perform a gearbox diagnostic in an hour after i finish the house work.

also there is no clunking or grinding sounds of any sort

also what diagnostic problem is 15 flashes?

as you all know i have a boosting problem (atleast i think it is) however i have noticed that on every start up i get the power light flash 15 times. when driving i have noticed that third will only come in if the revs are fairly high. Fourth (overdrive) is fine .......... so far i have also tried counting the gears yesterday and i swear on numerous occasions it felt like i got 5th????! now obviously this is not fifth so something must be slipping when i bought the car it had an aftermarket gear shifter without the overdrive button..... i did find kind of think this was odd but i had presumed the older owner did not know about preserving the gear box by leaving over drive off through towns or when changing gears alot and to only use it when cruising at a constant speed. Now that i have access to the overdrive button i have noticed that if i do 70 with overdrive on and i turn it off the car will go into 3rd........... however the car vibrates like mad when done so. now i am starting to realise why the old owner sold car the car and why he hid the problem... anyway what i am trying to get at is below: my @BOOSTING@ problem that causes the car to stop pulling for a second when flooring it does seem to happen just before it goes into third is this coincidence or could this box be the symptom of my hesistation? either way i need my boost solenoids reconnected to be sure but now i am thinking i was sold a car with a dieing gearbox

heres to hoping you get it fixed and back on the road soon fella! :D

please ? :cry:

oh come on.............. my other post has been bumped so many damn times...... someone MUST have enough knowledge on this topic? No one on here has done the boost solenoids themselves? or are you trying to get me to pay god knows how much to have it taken to an expensive garage? Santa and i would like to do this however it would be very greatful if someone has some info on the best way to do this! thankyou

Various comments on various sites regarding boost solenoids and hesitation under high speed/boost Comment 1 i had this problem 1 day after tinkering with the engine in my 2001 classic. was like hitting a brick wall at about 4000rpm. i sh*t myself! i checked all the boost pipes for leaks when i got home, turned out i had knocked the bottom pipe off the boost solenoid, oopsie! Re-fitted the pipe, prob solved. i would check all the boost pipes. Comment 2 I don't have any boost problems taking it of the bcs. First thing to check is boost leak. Might worth trying the car without the dv as they can be a problem. A doddy boost solenoid could cause boost issue also and is a cheap remedy. Comment 3 Fixed it last night. As per Turconator, I replaced both the fuel injector relay and fuel pump relay, checked the cap, rotor, distributor, fixed a few vacuum lines--most notably, the wastegate vacuum line to the boost control solenoid and the carbon filtration purge valve vacuum line going to the canister. Just for fun I ran some seafoam through the vacuum tree, buttoned the car up and went for a nice drive. No problems, and the car runs like a champ Comment 4 (very similar to mine) Accelerating on WOT, any gear, the car pulls then slows as if I've backed off a touch, then pulls, then backs off, etc. Still pulls to redline. No apparent misfire or strange noises. No warning lights. Reply: The boost solenoid is in front of the drivers side strutt under a small cover. Do a quick search on here for hot to clean it, it only takes about 20 mins to do. Its possible you may have some dirt in it and this can cause the problem your experiancing, its the cheapest and easiest option to go for first. So.......... how do i get to these boost solenoids? what is the easiest way so that santa and i can tackle this? looks like one side will be easier than the other but the passengers side of the engine has idle pipes in the way etc. apparently these will break when i take them off to get the the boost solenoids. Is there another way to get to these i.e under the car, etc and if not how can i take off the pipes easily without breaking them? cheers

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back on topic................ asda selling at £99 is very good (shame it is for arcade) but it is still a deal, steal, sale of the F***ing century! if you are after one of these then get one asap :-). might get my mate one of these whilst they go cheap for his birthday so he can play halo with me

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pfffft......... you wish

bump............. i would have thought atleast 1 person has knowledge of their own car. The amount of people who claim to be pros on here..... surely i am not the only one who has had this problem and surely someone must know how to reconnect the wastegate actuator pipes? please can someone on this forum be so kind as to provide info or a guide (i cannot find one myself) so that myself and santa (another forum member) can do this "soon"?

just read that type S is not recommended for twin turbo on the aus300zx site and various other sites.

where do i get one of these from? would like to buy off this nice fella hastings however would like to get it in asap. where can i find this t piece?

Bump?

bump.......... again sorry to be a pain however santa and i are going to tackle this soon but would like some direction as to how to reconnect wastegate pipe thingies and the best way of doing it as (ofcourse) the engien is tight. please can we get help regarding this issue or is it that no one on this forum knows how?

can someone help me with a boost leak test? santa my good old chum has the boost leak tester but not a compressor. can anyone help? please :0(

true but if that was the cas and i still had foot on the pedal the boost gauge wouldnt drop half way into the - (negative) it is definately a miss or a leak.... like on my other posts santa has seen both of my actuator pipes are undone where the old member took off the boost controler and left it. drives fine but under full boost the car stopps pulling for a second and then the boost builds up to full again . the only thing that causes me to worry is that other people who had their wastegate connectors off (with no EBC) didnt seem to have this problem... yet my plugs are new and fine, injectors and coil packs are fine and maf and PTU are fine. can't tell if it is a leak or a miss however even though santa says it is the wastegate pipes seeing other people in same situation have not confirmed having the same symptoms ... so now i wonder what else it could be

did you get this sorted? exact same problem to mine

bump...... 1. didn't realise the boost solenoids (when unclipped) can cause this problem 2, whats easiest way to reconnect them? a bit tight to do by hand