Car died while driving and now extremly rough idle!
09-29-23, 10:26 AM
#1
Car died while driving and now extremly rough idle!
While driving and after shifting to 2nd gear I heard a pop. I was going approximately 25 MPH at the time. The whole car started to shutter and then shut off as soon as i pushed in the clutch. My son claims to have seen a very light white smoke from the rear end. I coasted in to a parking lot where i popped the hood and tried to crank the engine again. The entire engine was shaking violently so i shut it off within 2-3 seconds. I gave up on messing with it at night and had it towed home.
Since then i have purchased in ignition tester to see if i was getting spark on all coils and i am. while doing this i pulled the plugs and put the old known good plugs back in. The ones i pulled were pretty black and the 2 front plugs looked kind of wet after tuning the engine over a few time to test the ignition. After swapping the plugs the car idled better but not like it should. Now i am hearing what sounds to be a large exhaust leak coming from the top of the keg possibly under the IM.
Anyone have any ideas on whats under the UIM that would sound like a big exhaust leak?
I have tried to get a local guy to do a compression test but he is to busy so im am going to order my own.
Since then i have purchased in ignition tester to see if i was getting spark on all coils and i am. while doing this i pulled the plugs and put the old known good plugs back in. The ones i pulled were pretty black and the 2 front plugs looked kind of wet after tuning the engine over a few time to test the ignition. After swapping the plugs the car idled better but not like it should. Now i am hearing what sounds to be a large exhaust leak coming from the top of the keg possibly under the IM.
Anyone have any ideas on whats under the UIM that would sound like a big exhaust leak?
I have tried to get a local guy to do a compression test but he is to busy so im am going to order my own.
09-29-23, 12:23 PM
#4
Non sequential converstion
3 inch axle back
3 inch mid pipe
HKS down pipe
Apexi intake
ETS front mount
Air pump removed due to being extremely noisy
Greddy bosst controller which has been turned off since i bought the car due to lack of an ecu
the car has not seen over 7 lbs since i have owned it because i don't want to push it with no tune.
3 inch axle back
3 inch mid pipe
HKS down pipe
Apexi intake
ETS front mount
Air pump removed due to being extremely noisy
Greddy bosst controller which has been turned off since i bought the car due to lack of an ecu
the car has not seen over 7 lbs since i have owned it because i don't want to push it with no tune.
09-30-23, 08:58 AM
#7
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Non sequential converstion
3 inch axle back
3 inch mid pipe
HKS down pipe
Apexi intake
ETS front mount
Air pump removed due to being extremely noisy
Greddy bosst controller which has been turned off since i bought the car due to lack of an ecu
the car has not seen over 7 lbs since i have owned it because i don't want to push it with no tune.
3 inch axle back
3 inch mid pipe
HKS down pipe
Apexi intake
ETS front mount
Air pump removed due to being extremely noisy
Greddy bosst controller which has been turned off since i bought the car due to lack of an ecu
the car has not seen over 7 lbs since i have owned it because i don't want to push it with no tune.
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09-30-23, 10:50 AM
#8
!t was converted when i bought it. The boost controller hasn't been set up since the car has been imported, so it has been running what the stock waste gate allows. It has never displayed over 7 psi with these mods the boost gauge has a peak hold and flashes the highest boost level , and again never over 7 psi.
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10-04-23, 02:36 AM
#11
Is that upper section of the Y-pipe?
Someone may have dropped that at some time and the crack finally gave out.
t looks like a "99 spec y-pipe/ cross pipe. in the earlier series six spec you have a rubber coupler between the y-pipe and the cross pipe.
I would have suggested that that coupler had blown out causing the big leak you suggested.
Replacement '99 spec y-pipes are a little harder to find. An earlier spec set up should be easier to find until you do.
If it is the lower rear section of the y-pipe it should be easy enough to find a replacement.
Someone may have dropped that at some time and the crack finally gave out.
t looks like a "99 spec y-pipe/ cross pipe. in the earlier series six spec you have a rubber coupler between the y-pipe and the cross pipe.
I would have suggested that that coupler had blown out causing the big leak you suggested.
Replacement '99 spec y-pipes are a little harder to find. An earlier spec set up should be easier to find until you do.
If it is the lower rear section of the y-pipe it should be easy enough to find a replacement.
10-04-23, 08:14 AM
#15
Ban Peak
iTrader: (49)
I'd be inspecting that break for missing chunks and checking the intercooler if any were. While it would be difficult for a piece to get blown through to the intake in theory it is possible.
10-04-23, 02:27 PM
#16
Please post more pics of the piece and also of the other sections of the Y-pipe.
They may have been modified. Any replacements might need to have the same modifications.
if you can't find the part locally throw me a DM.
I might even have a modified piece to match.
They may have been modified. Any replacements might need to have the same modifications.
if you can't find the part locally throw me a DM.
I might even have a modified piece to match.
10-05-23, 09:24 PM
#21
Check the ecu. It is behind the passenger side kick panel.
I suspect you have something other than stock ecu there.
In JDM there is no check engine light. rather if the ecu senses a default it will, in many cases, go into "limp mode".
"Limp Mode" makes the car run very poorly and when that happens the owners manual says "go to the dealer".
The dealer would have a devise to hook up to the diagnositic plug and read what the ecu thinks is wrong.
You can do the same test with a LED (with resistor) and a jumper wire.
My car, when I got it, had a backyard conversion to parrallel turbos and emission deletes.
But they left the stock ecu in there to try to manage things.
It was going into limp mode all over the place.
They sealed off the various holes in the y-pipe sections (likely like yours) but left an about 1/2" hole open to the air with a little screen over it.
I blocked that off and the car started to run poorly.
I have no idea what was going on.
If you have a stock ecu you may want to replace with a Power FC (for version 4 cars). There is software now that will help the Power FC adapt to various set-ups it may encounter.
(By "dealer" I mean dealer in Japan. Very few, if any, shops outside Japan would have the diagnostic tool. It seems very few shops in North America know, or care to, run the simple LED code checking.)
I suspect you have something other than stock ecu there.
In JDM there is no check engine light. rather if the ecu senses a default it will, in many cases, go into "limp mode".
"Limp Mode" makes the car run very poorly and when that happens the owners manual says "go to the dealer".
The dealer would have a devise to hook up to the diagnositic plug and read what the ecu thinks is wrong.
You can do the same test with a LED (with resistor) and a jumper wire.
My car, when I got it, had a backyard conversion to parrallel turbos and emission deletes.
But they left the stock ecu in there to try to manage things.
It was going into limp mode all over the place.
They sealed off the various holes in the y-pipe sections (likely like yours) but left an about 1/2" hole open to the air with a little screen over it.
I blocked that off and the car started to run poorly.
I have no idea what was going on.
If you have a stock ecu you may want to replace with a Power FC (for version 4 cars). There is software now that will help the Power FC adapt to various set-ups it may encounter.
(By "dealer" I mean dealer in Japan. Very few, if any, shops outside Japan would have the diagnostic tool. It seems very few shops in North America know, or care to, run the simple LED code checking.)
Last edited by Redbul; 10-05-23 at 09:38 PM.
10-10-23, 07:12 PM
#23
Full Member
Is there any smoke out the back when it's idling like that?