The past two days have been wrenching days.
First I got my washer that had been trimmed down a mm and slid that on the front of the engine with the crankshaft bolt to complete the bottom end assembly. My solution without a lathe was, yes I'll admit it, sandpaper. It kept the surface nice and flat and did the job nicely.
The engine was then ready.
The AWD causes many headaches for numerous reasons on the iX. Mostly because the front diff sits right where the steering rack goes and the entire assembly cannot be lined up with the front subrame assembled, it hits the power steering rack. There is also another shaft going to the front diff that complicates things as well. Bottom line the engine went in with much pushing shoving and swear words and then was tilted up to the correct angle. Then the subframe was raised and bolted back up.
I had a shot of the under carriage that I took, but I forgot to host it, so here is one front the ix registry.
Also found a shot of the entire iX drivetrain assembly. Its pretty big... (not my photo)
Going into its home. Getting friendly with the new wiring harness and sensor for motronic 1.3.
The start of day two had to solve the CID and CPS sensor/bracket problems as well as oil pressure and oil level sensors, starter connector, and a few other miscelaneous problems as well as connecting up the exhaust and driveshafts back up. The slave cylinder was reinstalled (new) as well as the lines to it and the system was bled. Needed to figure out how to route some of the wiring because the motronic 1.0 has some differences and does not have wires going across the front of the engine between the timing cover and pulleys. I also had the bracket/ sensor for the oil sender unit in the block so I switched that out from the same iX I got the wiring harness and ecu from. It lives on to fight another day in this one!
Then the covers were put on and double checked.
And finally the wires and radiator/ coolant and oil were added.
The car wouldn't fire. The starter would click but nothing. It turns out the starter ground was only finger tight. After tightening that and giving a few seconds of cranking fuel rushed into the fuel injectors and the beast roared to life! When I say roar I mean it as that nasty exhaust leak i still there.
Click on the above photo....
It sounds like a diesel truck and lives up to its name smoking up about as much as a labor day barbeque, but the clutch engages, the ecu and motronic swap is a success and there were no leaks! The smoke I believe is the pre start engine lube that was all over the pistons in the engine. It should take a while to burn off but I have noticed the smoke has decreased after only a small time running. One of the cylinders (maybe 2) were not firing in this video due to the fuel line turning near the new injector harness and disconnecting it. Apparently the fuel rails have slight differences so my mechanic had one with the inlet and return up at the front by the fpr. I swapped that out and it runs much smoother now and idles.
This is the first time the car has moved under its own power in over a year and has been outside in the sun in about the same amount of time. Excuse the mess/ bumper/ valence/ grilles.
I think the 17s look pretty good on black and the chrome side molding trim looks great.
There is my other iX looking on in curosity from afar, scared of the loud noises.
I think the running problem is caused by a bad cps sensor (rabbits and bad wiring) that we figured was worth a shot. The CID sensor may or may not be working, we just put it on there to try to get it going.Without it it double fires and could be causing a backfire/ un smooth running. Thats what you get switching from the motronic 1.0 bell housing sensors to these. I'd like to make sure the injectors are in good shape but mainly glad it is running. Will try to get a new sensor for next week as well as some diff oil and suspensin components. The front end is way out of alignment and a tie rod is held together by a zip tie!!! Also need to put on swaybar endlinks and fix the instrument cluster's tach before it is road ready. Until then, you'll just have to watch the video I posted!
First I got my washer that had been trimmed down a mm and slid that on the front of the engine with the crankshaft bolt to complete the bottom end assembly. My solution without a lathe was, yes I'll admit it, sandpaper. It kept the surface nice and flat and did the job nicely.
The engine was then ready.
The AWD causes many headaches for numerous reasons on the iX. Mostly because the front diff sits right where the steering rack goes and the entire assembly cannot be lined up with the front subrame assembled, it hits the power steering rack. There is also another shaft going to the front diff that complicates things as well. Bottom line the engine went in with much pushing shoving and swear words and then was tilted up to the correct angle. Then the subframe was raised and bolted back up.
I had a shot of the under carriage that I took, but I forgot to host it, so here is one front the ix registry.
Also found a shot of the entire iX drivetrain assembly. Its pretty big... (not my photo)
Going into its home. Getting friendly with the new wiring harness and sensor for motronic 1.3.
The start of day two had to solve the CID and CPS sensor/bracket problems as well as oil pressure and oil level sensors, starter connector, and a few other miscelaneous problems as well as connecting up the exhaust and driveshafts back up. The slave cylinder was reinstalled (new) as well as the lines to it and the system was bled. Needed to figure out how to route some of the wiring because the motronic 1.0 has some differences and does not have wires going across the front of the engine between the timing cover and pulleys. I also had the bracket/ sensor for the oil sender unit in the block so I switched that out from the same iX I got the wiring harness and ecu from. It lives on to fight another day in this one!
Then the covers were put on and double checked.
And finally the wires and radiator/ coolant and oil were added.
The car wouldn't fire. The starter would click but nothing. It turns out the starter ground was only finger tight. After tightening that and giving a few seconds of cranking fuel rushed into the fuel injectors and the beast roared to life! When I say roar I mean it as that nasty exhaust leak i still there.
Click on the above photo....
It sounds like a diesel truck and lives up to its name smoking up about as much as a labor day barbeque, but the clutch engages, the ecu and motronic swap is a success and there were no leaks! The smoke I believe is the pre start engine lube that was all over the pistons in the engine. It should take a while to burn off but I have noticed the smoke has decreased after only a small time running. One of the cylinders (maybe 2) were not firing in this video due to the fuel line turning near the new injector harness and disconnecting it. Apparently the fuel rails have slight differences so my mechanic had one with the inlet and return up at the front by the fpr. I swapped that out and it runs much smoother now and idles.
This is the first time the car has moved under its own power in over a year and has been outside in the sun in about the same amount of time. Excuse the mess/ bumper/ valence/ grilles.
I think the 17s look pretty good on black and the chrome side molding trim looks great.
There is my other iX looking on in curosity from afar, scared of the loud noises.
I think the running problem is caused by a bad cps sensor (rabbits and bad wiring) that we figured was worth a shot. The CID sensor may or may not be working, we just put it on there to try to get it going.Without it it double fires and could be causing a backfire/ un smooth running. Thats what you get switching from the motronic 1.0 bell housing sensors to these. I'd like to make sure the injectors are in good shape but mainly glad it is running. Will try to get a new sensor for next week as well as some diff oil and suspensin components. The front end is way out of alignment and a tie rod is held together by a zip tie!!! Also need to put on swaybar endlinks and fix the instrument cluster's tach before it is road ready. Until then, you'll just have to watch the video I posted!
Don't worry I'm working on Jparkr's Pro3 in this picture.
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