Car Died!

GR-8 · Postby **GR-8** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:14

Did you get the scanner yet?

rx8ghost · Postby **rx8ghost** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:14

Ok so it'll start up fine and rev up fine but we aren't taking it anywhere till I get the CEL codes checked. E-Manage is unlocked with Greddy's most current map for the 8 and the logger isn't showing any weird jumps at idle nor while revving so as of now I'm holding off on anything till we get the CEL read.

GR-8 · Postby **GR-8** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:14

So your going to checkers, autozone, pepboys....to get a loaner Scanner?

rx8ghost · Postby **rx8ghost** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:14

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So your going to checkers, autozone, pepboys....to get a loaner Scanner?[/b]

Drifter said he found one but if not then yes I'll do that.

MS3_Mafia · Postby **MS3_Mafia** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:14

Hope you get it all figured by Saturday so we could see your 8!

arctic_blue83 · Postby **arctic_blue83** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:14

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Ok so it'll start up fine and rev up fine but we aren't taking it anywhere till I get the CEL codes checked. E-Manage is unlocked with Greddy's most current map for the 8 and the logger isn't showing any weird jumps at idle nor while revving so as of now I'm holding off on anything till we get the CEL read.[/b]

When you do an ECU reset do the codes go away, or do they just go away momentarily and return shortly after?

Drifter told me what happened... and honestly, after checking the codes, I would highly consider having compression checked on the motor to make sure no permanent damage was done. From what I understand, someone accidentally switched a vacuum line normally coming off of your intake with one of the coolant lines that normally goes to your throttle body... obviously, there's a good chance coolant was being sucked into your motor, which would explain your rough idle, and if the color of the smoke it was spewing was white, that would make total sense.

That's also one of the reasons why I asked Drifter if the CEL was ever flashing while you guys were driving... as on most OBDII cars, a flashing CEL would indicate a misfire.... and often times, a misfire can be caused by a loss in compression. Injecting a solid liquid stream into your motor, can cause somewhat of a hydrolock case, in your case, there's a possibility of it damaging an apex seal, especially if you guys made any WOT passes.

There's a chance that *maybe* you just flooded the motor, and that you might be able to just drain & burn off the excess, that the motor might be fine, but either way, still get a compression test done. Is the car still billowing smoke while running? If so, what color smoke? White would mean it's typically burning coolant, black would mean it's running too rich/burning too much fuel and blue would mean you're burning oil.

Postby **RX-7 Chris** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:14

Could you pull the plugs and take a look at them? That might give you an idea of what might be wrong. As hard as this might seem. Post what they look like.

RX-7drifter · Postby **RX-7drifter** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:14

i can check those today or when rob gets off work we can do that

OpacRX · Postby **OpacRX** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:14

whats the status? you all get it going?

GR-8 · Postby **GR-8** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:14

Any news on what the CEL was?

RX-7drifter · Postby **RX-7drifter** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:14

nothing new yet just got all the coolant infested oil out and new in, also the air to fuel ratio needs to be ajusted

GR-8 · Postby **GR-8** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:14

Way to Quadruple post.

RX-7drifter · Postby **RX-7drifter** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:14

don't know how i did that

GR-8 · Postby **GR-8** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:14

You hit the ADD REPLY button 4 times.

Postby **RX-7 Chris** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:14

Any updates on the car?

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