dead sho

[red89mtx]

well the day u guys started hatin on my car it dies

no serious its not drivable at all

it'll crank and start than rev to about 4k then just die right away

cant get it to idle at all i unhooked the iac and it idled at 2500 but was running like shit

i think i broke the black cylinder thing on the back of the intake would that cause this issue

or is it my iac either way i got a dead sho i need help its on a city road and we got all that snow coming tomarow

ive talked to some of u guys but havent got anywere toward a resolution

plz plz help me get my sho running again

 

[escortluver19]

10 bucks says you have a real bad vaccum leak.If your talking about the charcoal canister that you broke, yeah that will cause a bad vaccum leak and will also allow gas fumes to be circulating in your engine bay.Depending on if you do emmisions on the car, i would just get rid of the charcoal canister if possible.I removed mine on my wagon and havent felt any side affects at all.I just ran a breather hose out into the wheelwell so i dont have any fumes near anything dangerous.Id check your codes too if you havent already.

 

[red89mtx]

no its a vacume booster for the secondaries its mandatory to keep in the car

but yea i agree its vaccume leak

i had that issue before on my other sho and i just took apart intake and
reinstalled it was fine/

still though a entire day of wrenchin on it and nothing yet

 

[slimsho2469]

check ur vaccuum lines real close it does sound vaccuumish, lol, if u cant fix it, i might sell ya my engine in a week or 2

 

[red89mtx]

im going to remove intake loosen it up all the way then rtv the intake gaskets
then reinstall loose then tighten it up i cant think of anything else to do

is there a way to put the intake together backwards theres a L and R on each side on the butterfly valves witch side is witch i think the rear or ford emblem side is left but not sure

let ya know what hapenes tomarow

oh how tight do i tighten the center bolts they are tight now but can get tighter thx i dont have a torque wrench witer

 

[slimsho2469]

i just tightened mine down until i thougt they were comfortably tight for my likings and it works fine but i cant reallt get it backwards, if ur worried ur gunna forget just do 1 side at a time ull be allright

 

[dantheman68]

no dont do that


just plug up the vaccum line going to the canister (by sticking a bolt or screw in the hole or pinch it off or something) and try driving it home... hopefully someone has a canister laying around somewhere... i think logan might have the canister somewhere, but dont quote me on it...


FWIW i drove without my secondaries for about 6 months and all that i had was not very much low-end torque (and i assume not such great gas mileage).... the car is very drivable without the secondaries, which is the only thing that that canister does... like i said, if that being broken is what causes your problem (sounds like it is) then just plug the vac. line that leads into it and your problem will be temporarily fixed.




P.S.

did you ever get that part logan wanted... i think it was the DIS

 

[red89mtx]

na it was gone did he want anything else im going to als to get a canister tomarow its the snows not horrible


i hope its that easy im goig to do my intake aneway to be safe but u said no to the rtv right?

 

[smokin joe]

Avoid rtv at all costs its no good, i guess if you must, use VERY little when you tighten it down it will spread out

 

[slimsho2469]

u dont need the rtv, just make sure ur gaskets and the area that touches them are clean

 

[red89mtx]

dang snow i have to go out there in it now i guess lol wish me luck

 

[93rev2sev]

Good Luck!

 

[red89mtx]

ok back its runnin

i took apart intake again and found a piece of the intake gasket missing it was stuck on the other runner, so I swapped it around and Walla its run-in and idling. I can hear a whistle noise near one of the couplers and its rough idle but non the less I can drive it again lol thx for the advice.

i gota change the couplers and the secondary controller any ideas on cheap fix for the couplers?

 

[Project Prophet]

sweet no more dead 89!

 

[phreaksho]

damnit.....

 

[SJJSHO]

go find a straight-er radiator hose with the right diameter.... thats what im using right now as my couplers

 

[red89mtx]

yea i did that acually 2 in rght? also i got another secondary controller from the jy is going back together today

 

[red89mtx]

ok update put on diff couplings from the j/y sho its better now, still seems to be a bit rough at idle but u cant tell when starting off

i lost like 6gallons in 20 miles lol hopefully it didnt mess up my cats or the o2's

might still have small leak saving up for intake gasket set then should be good thx again.

took me 5 days to fix this thing guess i am keeping it lol