SoCal General Chat

[smooth]

SOOOO CLOOOSE. WHY DOESN'T IT WORK.

With the new m20 in and everything assembled and connected, I turned the key aaand...

nothing. Starter doesn't kick in.

I have 12.03V at the battery with the key out and 11.74 in the "run" position. The battery was disconnected during the swap.

Is it at all possible for the computer to think it still has the blown engine? Does this need to be reset through the diagnostic port thingy hanging off the intake? Or does unplugging the battery automatically reset the computer?

check your connections between the battery and the starter. the computer doesn't know that it had a blown m20 in it before.

[smooth]

yeah i think its the guibo. i held the steering wheel in place and moved the guibo by hand. I'm thinking of buying the ireland engineering poly urethane gumbo. if that doesn't work then ill upgrade racks. i have some power tools.

a lot of people tend to "upgrade" parts without having ever experienced brand new, OE equipment. I wouldn't go replacing all kinds of bits, especially the ones that tend to transfer vibration to the drive, with polyurethane without knowing that you want/need it.

[Chilezen]

check your connections between the battery and the starter. the computer doesn't know that it had a blown m20 in it before.

Thought so. It's okay, I just remembered I forgot to connect the ground wire from the oil pan to the body. It should be good in the morning.

[mkcman17]

^that will do it

[IRON-E]

Thought so. It's okay, I just remembered I forgot to connect the ground wire from the oil pan to the body. It should be good in the morning.

Well........???

We're waiting on the good news man. ;)

[Luke Girard]

Well as I pulled into my driveway last night my radiator took a shit. And it failed smog twice. Here's the failed smog report if anybody would like to see if I actually need new cats on the e34 or not.



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[efficient]

Well as I pulled into my driveway last night my radiator took a shit. And it failed smog twice. Here's the failed smog report if anybody would like to see if I actually need new cats on the e34 or not.



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Seems like you got vacuum leaks. Or could just be the cats

[mkcman17]

You know what's not awesome? Cleaning out the car you're going to trade/sell and finding the new timing belt in the trunk. Sometimes I wonder how I find my own feet. Shit.

[QUKBMER]

F#*K !!!!!! I have to got see the Doctor tomorrow. Went to bed at 9 pm and woke up at 1:30 am throwing up blood,not a good sign bro's. Only got 4 hours of sleep last night.

[IRON-E]

Vaya con Dee Oohhhz my good friend and good luck.

[JinormusJ]

F#*K !!!!!! I have to got see the Doctor tomorrow. Went to bed at 9 pm and woke up at 1:30 am throwing up blood,not a good sign bro's. Only got 4 hours of sleep last night.

WTF! That's not good man.
Best of luck

[einstein57]

You know what's not awesome? Cleaning out the car you're going to trade/sell and finding the new timing belt in the trunk. Sometimes I wonder how I find my own feet. Shit.

Especially with feet as small as yours

[smooth]

Well as I pulled into my driveway last night my radiator took a shit. And it failed smog twice. Here's the failed smog report if anybody would like to see if I actually need new cats on the e34 or not.



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I have a good radiator if you need to buy one.

[Balleristic31]

Terry best of luck man, hope its nothing serious.


Luke, get the cats hotter b4 you take ur next test and you will probably pass. You aren't too far off. Two days ago we took my buddies e28 from 1400 ppm on NO down to 300 just by getting the cats properly hot b4 the test.

[Luke Girard]

Terry best of luck man, hope its nothing serious.


Luke, get the cats hotter b4 you take ur next test and you will probably pass. You aren't too far off. Two days ago we took my buddies e28 from 1400 ppm on NO down to 300 just by getting the cats properly hot b4 the test.

How long should I drive the car around before it's ready?

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