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Old 08-17-10, 04:31 PM
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^ Thanks I'll give that a try this time around.

Also noticed after 5min of idling the main relay in the fuse box gets kinda warm. Is that normal?
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Heres the 2nd start up vid, seems like when motor is fully warmed up after reving theres some blue smoke, not sure why. I do have some seafome in the oil and additives in the gas. And when shifting to or quickly by nuetral position triggers car to shut down??

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I think the valve stem seals are compromised as a result of terrible care by the previous owner. No amount of seafoam is going to fix that. As for stalling, the car looks like it's running VERY rich at idle and that could flood the motor and kill it when the engine decelerates. Friend of mine has this problem on his SR and is trying to track down the rich condition. Can you pull and check engine codes?
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^ I'm really hoping its not that. maybe because of running the seafoame and having my oil half to a quart over full its flocking turbo drain? I'll try draining some out.
Old 08-21-10, 10:18 PM
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sorry is there seaform in the engine right now? or you have it and want to put it in the oil?
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kapetajr sorry is there seaform in the engine right now? or you have it and want to put it in the oil?
Its already in there and its overfull.

As for the stalling in Nuetral I think that has something to do with wiring, I just dont know what.
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I think your supposed to let the seafoam run through you engine for a couple of minutes, and then drain the oil and refill with fresh oil and filter. It could be the seamfoam causing the smoke as that's what it does when its doing its magic
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Ya Ive changed the oil, seemed to help a little bit, going to a junk yard to get a throttle cable. Also I noticed my exhaust doesn't bolt up at all, have to re weld it.

* Main problem I need in for on is the Stalling when in Park or Neutral. Start it up fine it drives forward and reverse but ANYtime the shifter passes threw Neutral or Park it will shut down lol. Ive searched and found minimal answers. Need help!
Old 08-25-10, 07:24 AM
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I think it's valve seals as well. Seafoam produces a white smoke not burning oil blue smoke. Valve seals aren't a huge deal and you can do them with the head still on the car it's just alittle tricky
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sounds like you may be having issues with the neutral park switch thing again.
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* Well first test run after throttle cable (geo prism) open DP it seems to shift ok and drive perfectly fine, haven't really got in to boost, everything works except directional s RPM gauge, oil/water sensor. But other than my ears ringing no smoke no leaks. And ya i'm not sure about the park/neutral wire Ive tried grounding it and adding voltage.
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Glad it seems to run fine. Do you guys know if we were suppose to switch the shift linkage from the ge transmission? Im having issues with my shifter. Your coolant temp sensor isnt working? When mine was done it was stuck on high but after grounding the wire it worked fine. Like yours my tach isnt working.
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for the tach you need to do the resistor mod on the back of the n/a tach.
Old 08-26-10, 12:58 PM
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soarer13oy Glad it seems to run fine. Do you guys know if we were suppose to switch the shift linkage from the ge transmission? Im having issues with my shifter. Your coolant temp sensor isnt working? When mine was done it was stuck on high but after grounding the wire it worked fine. Like yours my tach isnt working.
I'm not sure im using the GE one but it moves my shifter slightly forward and I cant use the gated part. All my lights work too except for directionals and reverse lights, I still havn't figured out the Park/Neutral stalling Thing sounds like a beast cant wait to hear it with exhaust on

Ali SC3 for the tach you need to do the resistor mod on the back of the n/a tach.
Ya I remember reading that somewhere, eventually It'll get worked out.

Tried to get some pics of the cleaned up engine bay but the sun was a Bit*h
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Old 08-26-10, 04:02 PM
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Do you have a fan set up already? I just dont see anything thats why.


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