 Engine troubles, need some tips, I have a few leads, but nothing major |
 Jul 12, 2012 - 6:17 PM
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I'm going to go through today's events to see if there's some hidden cause to a problem that I'm missing. Here goes:
Today, I tried to wire my fog lights. I disconnected the negative terminal and jacked up the car, normal things I've done before. I was working for about 3 hours then I put the car back down and I reconnected the battery. I let it sit for roughly 20 minutes, then I checked the oil because I figured 20 minutes was enough to settle the oil. It was about half full, so I topped it off. I was running late, so I drove a bit spiritedly (about as spiritedly as one can drive with the monstrous hp and tq of a Celica ST  ). After a 2.5 hour movie with my sister, I got in the car and started her up. That's when the troubles started.It started with a lopey idle. I put my hand at the exhaust and it felt like the motor was just burping repeatedly. Not smooth by any means. The idle was so rough and lopey that the car actually shook while stationary. Despite better judgement, I drove home (I was 5 miles away). As I was approaching home, my exhaust started sounding oddly deeper and I wasn't accelerating as quickly (I feel odd using that word for an ST) as I usually do. So I arrived home and immediately popped the hood. Very quickly, I noticed the smell of sulfur and there was an odd clicking-type noise near the timing belt/accessory belt area. Does anyone know what could be going on? I tried to describe everything as clearly as I could. I know it's a lot to read, so I thank you for your time and I really appreciate it. Edit: I'm no mechanical genius, but it almost seems to me like the motor is running very lean and starving for fuel. This post has been edited by HectortheRican: Jul 12, 2012 - 6:28 PM -------------------- taking too long to mod since '09
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Jul 13, 2012 - 5:29 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jun 17, '10 From Frankfort Kentucky Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I think it would be possible for Hector to put another 7afe in it himself though. I really hate to see that car messed up, it looks so good.
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HectortheRican Engine troubles, need some tips Jul 12, 2012 - 6:17 PM
richee3 I'd take the upper timing cover off and start ... Jul 12, 2012 - 6:35 PM HectortheRican How do I check plugs again? And how would I use th... Jul 12, 2012 - 6:46 PM richee3 To check the plugs, just pull the EFI fuse from th... Jul 12, 2012 - 7:17 PM HectortheRican I just checked all of the plugs. Cylinder 3's ... Jul 13, 2012 - 12:30 AM HectortheRican Well, new spark plugs fixed the problem for now. I... Jul 13, 2012 - 9:34 AM Tigawoods for 2 k you are right. just swap something into it Jul 13, 2012 - 10:21 AM richee3 Let's start the list of engines that $2k ... Jul 13, 2012 - 10:23 AM kurt95gt If he had a gt I'd say a 1mz for 2 grand woul... Jul 13, 2012 - 10:52 AM Tigawoods I may be wrong but I dont see hector doing a big s... Jul 13, 2012 - 11:30 AM kurt95gt He could probably do a 3vz swap on an st for 2k
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