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If the engine has sat for a long time you likely have some stuck side seals, and everything just isn't happy. Crank up the idle speed a bit, fire it up, and drive it around for 15-20 minutes and get some heat in the engine and let those seals move around. May also be worth doing an MMO or water treatment.
Dale
Originally Posted by boostin13b
Can confirm. Had a stuck side seal in my R1. A few sessions of ATF freed it up. Just make sure your neighbors are aware so they dont call the fire department on you.
Well this is an interesting twist. I was about 75% through disconnecting and prepping to remove the engine and took a pause to just clean up and collect my thoughts on next steps. I think I'm going to put everything back together, and give this a shot. There might be some merit to this, and worst case, i just waste a little time, right?
Thanks as always for the advice everyone. Hopefully more to come soon.
Around 2009 Calvin Wan went to Dominica Republic with his FD. On the way back it got held in a shipping container at the port of Oakland for a few months.
The intake and exhaust were not sealed for the trip and we think the salty humid air from the ocean trip and who knows whatever else crept into the engine.
He tried to start the car and it would not fire up, did a compression check and nothing - not even any puff sounds.
We poured ATF in the spark plug holes and cranked the motor for a bit then let it sat for 3 days.
We tried to fire it up again and it sounded just a tiny bit different, then we pulled it up and down the street in gear to break on carbon lock or whatever crap was in there.
The car finally fired up in tow and he was able to drive it on his own.
After the ATF burnt off it sounded great, strong, no misfires. Started and stopped on its own and no additional smoke.
So yeah, ATF is definitely worth a try for any carbon locked or questionably stuck springs / seals.
GL !!!!!!
Last edited by rotaryextreme; 05-23-23 at 06:38 PM.
I wish this update was a little more substantial, but I've had a few setbacks. While trying to put everything back together,i couldn't get the throw-out bearing to seat into the wedge collar. Looking through the inspection hole on the transmission, i see that the retaining ring is not on the bearing. I'm guessing that somehow it got dislodged while i was trying to get the engine back mated to the transmission. To further frustrate, its nowhere to be found, and I'm thinking it's probably between the pressure plate/clutch and flywheel. So, this means the engine or trans has to come back out. I've elected to just drop the transmission as it should be faster. The wedge collar might have also gotten damaged during my install, some of the fingers look questionable, and after pricing out both parts to replace, it made more sense to upgrade to the ACT monoloc.
I've mounted the Koyo N-flow radiator, which didn't fit up super well. The upper/forward portion of the radiator didn't want to clear the mounting ears on the car. I've read that damaged sway bar mounts might lead to fitment issues, but mine do not seem bent. I had to do some grinding and still not super happy with the fitment but it will work for now. I'm also debating going with the Pettit intercooler setup. I'd originally intended to use an Ebay intercooler but I'm obviously not happy with the setup/fitment.
I finally mounted up the rest of the body work so i could take this photo, something I've waited a long time to do. I needed some motivation after the transmission setback, and this really got me fired up to get things finished. Hopefully the engine decides to free up after running.
I was in such a rush to mount up everything that i mounted my Efini badge upside down (thanks JP for noticing!), I've flipped it around since.
Car ever been in an accident? Frame looks ok in your picts, but the condenser looked bent. Koyo is basically stuffed to the limit in the engine bay. Any weirdness at all will throw it off.
Car ever been in an accident? Frame looks ok in your picts, but the condenser looked bent. Koyo is basically stuffed to the limit in the engine bay. Any weirdness at all will throw it off.
Yes, the car was in an accident at some point in its life. I believe it was mostly cosmetic because i cannot find any structural damage, however, i think the core support might have been pushed slightly? You're right in that it seems like a REALLY tight fit so I'm guessing that bump in the past must have made this a squeeze.
05-17-23, 10:38 PM
