Ricco\'s Ride

[Spen]

Photoshop with the wheels looks awsome! Well done for sticking with it mate:King

[RedRummy]

Hell yeah, the wheels make the car!

[rextreme]

No SSR but Weds SA90 look good.

Revolution run 18x9.5 +22 all round with 265 Semi slick tyres.

Check Chit Chat.

[Initial-D]

Good stuff, another nice FD out on the UK streets! Loving the SSR rims too - top job on the photochops Russ!

[RobbieRX-7]

Hows it going mate, whats this i hear about it needing a rebuild??

[Ricco_04]

Hows it going mate, whats this i hear about it needing a rebuild??

Urm yeah kinda, bit of a weird one to be honest.  Had the problem with starting it from hot (ever since it came back from the bodyshop - go figure :2Rolleyes )  Of course it could be anything even like TPS but anyhow.

I was worried that it was low compression so booked it in for the test.  Front rotor (5.5 / 5.5 / 5.55) was a bar less than the rear  :xconfused.  After plugging in the datalogit because of this bar difference it thinks I am gently stepping on the throttle on and off causing the rough idle.   I say its strange as the car has never had a stable idle so bear in mind I have had the thing nearly 4 years but only now is it sometimes hard to start from hot!

Looks like im going to have to spend the wheel money towards the engine now!

And I picked up my plates and new housings for the FC that day too! :spank

[rextreme]

Dude, thats crazy.

Hope it goes well from here.

Russ.

[RobbieRX-7]

Well, if you need some help or wanna borrow the tools, give us a shout, i have everything you need mate.

[Spen]

Argh Just what you needed! Like Robbie says if there\'s anything I can help you with lest us know.

[Ricco_04]

Thank you guys, very nice of you.

Agree readings are just crazy although I had a compression test done nearly 3 years ago so im going to dig those figures out and see what they say - im actually expecting them to be around the same differences, would explain a lot.

Kind of worried me to say the least but for the first time today when going to work I had the \'Add Coolant\' buzzer and light come on.  Quickly glanced at my commander which said 81 deg for water.  Pulled over and light went out and buzzer stopped :3Confused .  Had a check as best as I could and there was no leak or steam etc.  Carried on to work (just another 2 mins down the road) and water temp was fine.

Had a good check of oil and waters when it came to go home and everything was spot on! So made the trip home......BUT! along the way the buzzer and light came on again.  Temp once again mirrored earlier at 81 and after 30 seconds again the buzzer whent out.

Confused by that one.  Checked car after cool down and still all the levels are perfect :2Confused

[interloper393]

maybe an airlock bud, read somwhere on here before about the coolant level looking fine but lost a fair big n overheated the engine

[arrouk]

is the water level in the over flow changing?
also when the buzzer goes off is it much differant?

i had a similar problem with a very slight nick in the pipe from the filler neck and the ast, mine only ever used water from the over flow tank???

i fixed the pipe and never had another problem.

matt

[rextreme]

When it\'s warm after drive ... Not Hot and Not cold

Wait 1-2 hours

Check the filler neck. Mine was low after new rad install. No buzzer for me but, definately was air in there.

Topped it up. All good.

[Ricco_04]

Ok cheers guys

I have checked the overflow bottle (although only when cold) and that reads full.

I will go out in a bit and check the level in the center one to see where it is (car will have been stood just over an hour by then so that will be good for my hot-ish reading.  I\'ll also check the overflow again at this point for a comparison.

I still didn\'t dig out the old compression readings though :o

[chopper2k22]

Come on dude ! better get the TII sorted or youll have 3 cars off the road:Hammer