- Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:57 am
#144079
PandaHatch wrote:Damn im going to have to wait all winter before I can see it without the bodykit front bumper.
no
your going to have to wait all winter before you can see it with a better looking bodykit front bumper!
there are plenty of people running the stock civic SI bumpers with lips running around.. i feel i can get away with something a little more agressive!!!
arrrrgggghhhhh!!!!!
Im just going to change the name of this to i-fail!
connected the coolant lines to the turbo last night and every damn thing i could find write up wise said either buypass the throttle body or buy some ones kit (puts taps on the front side of the block, and the radiator)
I decided to do the TB bypass (low buck)
than last night i realized i was at about 2k at idle...
doing some research today i see that what i bypassed was the fast idle control valve (i thought it was some TB gate valve that let coolant in when the engine was cold)....
up side here is i found a good write up on how to clean it out to fix the idle bounce i have....
Then
i backed the car up a little bit and noticed a bigger than normal spot on the drive way (normally the car leaks about a quarter size spot on the drive from some one tapping the block incorrectly from a previously installed turbo kit) This morning it was about the size of a basket ball! spot was located under the crank pulley-ish area
only thing i can figgure is because i was too lazy to rigg up a cheap catch can (didnt think id need on for 5psi) she is either
A) forcing oil out of the seals (most likely front main due to location of the spot)
B) forced the front main seal out of place
c) blew out the little black box on the back side of the block (pcv connects to)
D) oil drain or turbo oil feed lines are actually leaking
because the car smoked from under the hood this morning (while it was warming up and i was poking around to see if i could see the oil leak) and the smoke looked like it was coming from the drivers side firewall-ish area, and there isnt massive oil loss (indicating front main seal popping out) im thinking the breather box is the likely culprit..
ah well bit of good news tho
speed industries should have my waste gate today so i can finally tune her in (if i figure out the oil issue)