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Nov 9, 2002 | 06:56 PM

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alwan16

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good call. you should check the rest of your solenoids this way just in case.

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Originally posted by 13brv3

Spooledup7, I had to revive this thread to tell you that you were correct about turbo control solenoid. I tested it cold when I was doing the hose job, and it was fine, but after everything was back together, I kept having intermittent problems with the secondary turbo not coming online. While replacing my coils and harness for another problem, decided to finally follow your advice to check the solenoid when hot. I put an ohm meter on the coil of the solenoid, and it read about 35 ohms. I then put a heat gun on it while watching the resistance. After just a couple minutes, the reading went from 35 to about 40, then jumped to open circuit. When it cooled, it was back to 35. I did this several times because it just amazed me. Anyway, I'll be ordering a turbo control solenoid Monday morning, and I'm pretty confident that my turbo troubles will be gone.

Thanks again, and sorry it took so long to actually try your great suggestion

Nov 9, 2002 | 07:14 PM

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13brv3

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Originally posted by alwan16
good call. you should check the rest of your solenoids this way just in case.

You're right, but it would be a significant effort to pull the rats nest back out when I have no reason to suspect any other problems. In the not too distant future, I'll probably be digging my way down to the injectors, so I'll plan to test them when I have them out, or maybe leave them all out completely by that time.

Also, as we've established, I like to learn these lessons the hard way, so I'll put it all back together so I can regret not testing the other solenoids now

Cheers,

Nov 10, 2002 | 09:12 AM

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ArchangelX

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Wow..this has been one informative post.

Good stuff!

Nov 10, 2002 | 02:38 PM

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HeX

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NEWBIE

How's it going guys? I'm going to be a proud (hope proud is the word) owner of a '93 Red R1 very soon. I have a question out of curiosity. How long did it take you guys to learn what you know about your cars? All you guys mechanics or just picked it up with time? I'm asking this because i'm really not that experienced with the car yet. I've gotten my hands on as many resources possible such as workshop manuals, guides, etc... Just want to know if you guys started off where I am now. If you guys can handover any valuable advice as to getting better acquainted with this car, PLEASE SHARE it with a newbie. I'm a pretty fast learner and good mechanically (hope that helps). Any morsel of information will be gratuitously devoured. I understand this car/maintenance bitch is worth the effort and am looking forward teeth clenched and fists tight. Thanks for your time guys.

-HeX

Nov 10, 2002 | 05:30 PM

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13brv3

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Working on cars is probably just a hobby for most folks here. I've been a car guy since I was a teenager, and a rotary engine fanatic since before I bought a new 85 RX-7 (for $12k even). In the past 12 years, I've also build experimental planes, and wouldn't you know, I'm putting a rotary engine in the current project

Everything I've learned about the FD has been in the past couple months, since I bought one. Trust me, when you install your boost gauge and see something other than 10-8-10, you'll be committed to learning more than you ever wanted to know about sequential turbos