Thanks to Noxi, Nytrate and ckykid02 i got my 7 running the other day and it ran fine besides the blue smoke..

but today i decided to let the motor breathe a little to drop my idle back down (having trouble with high idle but it will idle 750 if you rev it high then let off) and when i shifted to nuetral my idle was stuck at 3k, so i revved again and it got stuck at 4k the rest of the way home.....i also apparently ate the rest of my oil with only one puff of smoke... like it literally came out of my shifter too. (i have horrible holes in my exhaust if youve heard.)

i know i need to replace my o rings but im super strapped for cash and i start work next week. Any ideas? Thoughts? Suggestions?

 

throttle cable or pedal get stuck?

 

im not sure yet. Im going to have a look in the morning but i think the throttle cable may be one problem.

 

On my STI, I had the throttle cable fray inside the housing where you couldnt see it and cause it to stick. I figured it out by disconnecting it completely and moving the throttle by hand. It didnt stick, but when I tried to move the cable back and forth in the housing, it was sticking. I replaced it and cut the old one open for fun, and as I said, it was frayed inside just before it exited the housing at the end. The frays were getting all balled up in there and causing it to stick. Similar to yours, I could "flick" the pedal and get to to come back down usually.

I would just disconnect the cable(s) (throttle and cruise) completely and start it to rule that out. If its still a high idle, you have another problem somewhere else. Vacuum leak, bad sensor, whatever.

~T.J.

 

about to try that.

 

ok end thread. Im taking the motor out due to other problems.

 

whoa.. what happened to the motor?

 

Smoking hella. O rings are out.

the cars drivable...but at the cost of damaging everything beyond my budget. Ive had no income for the past 2 weeks since i quit working at ft.lewis. i was recently hired at discount tire but taking forever for the I-9 form to process.

im out of things to sell in the mean time topay for gas, baby stuff, bills and food. about to sell my 360 if processing takes another week.

 

damn.. you are becoming me lmfao.. had to sell a few 360's, ps3's, ipods and **** to pay bills

 

haha i heard. Well before i begin tearing my motor apart..for transport i pulled the throttle cable off. its the culprit of 4k idle. but also dirty springs on the throttle lever for it getting stuck at 1.1k and slowly dropping back to 750. :/

Armyofone told me to use some ATF to check if its the o rings for sure...ha yeah. deff the o rings. the atf didnt stop it one bit lol. I had my head close to under the car looking for leaks and took smoke to the face lol

 

Well I have your rebuild kit here waiting for ya. Bring it on down. It will probably take me 3 nights but well get it done.

 

:] will do. Ill pull it out tomorro and get it down to the core

 

Glad to hear that your motor will be less Smokey soon haha, Jesus let me know when you crack it open Id like to help out and learn some stuff if I can

 

if the owner wishes thiscan be a share a build with whoever wants to be there. lol.

 

yea i dont mind. Ill be learning as well.

 

man..just 10 days ago i had this car put back together and now im ripping it back apart. :[ lol

 

thats how it goes o_O

 

so can i plan on doing he teardown tonight or tomorrow?

 

i always wanted to see my old smokey get rebuilt

 

**** man i had mine all done and had to pull the motor and rebuild it the same day, well not the rebuild but pulled it. i learned the hard way that rags in the intake is a very good idea, keeps bolts outta the engine.. but glad to hear you will be starting with a fresh motor. treat it rigth and it will do the same

 

Done. As promised.

 

It was a fun project Jesus I cant wait to fire that bad boy up! And same to your FB

 

I knew he was in good hands when you offered to help. Glad he's on the road again and glad there's guys like you out there to help the rest of us out when we get in a spot.

 

I try Ray.

 

Well I'm sure I speak for all of us who have been on the recieving end of your help, IT IS MUCH APPRECIATED!