Two problems i have........

1) I took off my intercooler today, and when i went to screw it back it, i ran into a very strange problem, and potentially dangerous.
when facing the motor, the left two bolts went in fine.
when i attempted to put in the right(shorter) two bolts on the drivers side it sparked bad.
It sparked when the intercooler touched where is is suppost screw in. and if i quicly hit the who pieces together, the spark got bigger. so right now, im not even going to try to put the bolts in. and i cant figure out what this can be, im thinking i need to pick up rubber washers for between the motor and the intercooler where is gets bolted it. anyone have idea on this???

2) I my autometer airfuel gauge. red wire-power, black wire-ground, and purple wire O2 sensor. NO?
i tapped into the O2 between the sensor and where it gets brought into the harness. (right next to and below the elbow for the stock intercooler and where a aftermarket BOV would be. i grounded it under the shifter boot on the 10mm bolts. and i powered it from my acc. wire i use for my stereo.
now when i turn the car on, only the first light in the lean area comes on. meaning the first light on the left side.
and thats it! what can be the problem? im figuring it has to be something with the connection from the O2.
im going to finish this job up tomorrow hopefully, as of now i have a mess of wires and **** everywhere. i should take a pic u guys would laugh.

thanks for any help

 

Well, it takes a while for the sensor to warm up, mine takes about 2-3 minutes before it starts to function. (The AF gauge that is) The sparking could be that the rubber boot on your alternator came off and the positive lead from the alternator is touching your intercooler when you go to bolt it down, which is bad, so check that out. Good luck with your wiring

 

ill go out and let it idle, being that its 1 15 am, and my car at idle sounds like a weed wacker, **** em lol
ill let u know, thanks

 

Good luck, you may also want to just look at the black post coming off the alternator and verify that the rubber boot on it isn't torn and touching the intercooler. That could cause you quite a world of trouble

 

well i let it tdle for like 10-12 minutes, i got 3 bars, and acouple flashes of the 4th and a hint of yellow.
i couple rev it cause its late.
is this normal? doesnt look right to me.

 

mine idles around the 3rd-4th bar, doesn't go into the yellow however. Sounds about normal

 

couldnt the sparking be reduced by disconnecting the negative battery terminal?

 

you are hitting the alternator cable..... it should have a rubber cover. make sure not to hit it !!!!!

 

it stopped sparking for some reason today.

and im happy to say i installed my dual gauge pod and air fuel gauge, and its working fine. i have my temp gauge in the other port for show as of now because im gonna beed some help installing that.

mike