Harbor freight has a very inexpensive kit with all the fittings you need. 25% off this weekend I believe.
After a whole bunch of tests and a bunch of help from Dragon, I finally figured it out. I did get a pressure tester and everything was good, checked the crank sensors and all good (not to mention a bunch of other tests and swaps). It turned out to be a simple issue. One of my rotors went bad! It was the one thing I didn't swap (a bolt stripped and they only had about 1500 miles so I figured they were good). Now all I need is a good detailing and she is ready to show at Sunday's C & C in Greenwich CT. Thanks everyone's help!
(on another note, is there a way to changed the title of the thread? I have seen "solved" in titles of some threads, and wanted to add that to the title for future searches).
Last edited by PabloRock; 06-14-2017 at 03:43 PM.
My Cars - 1991 BMW 850i - mine for fun, 1993 Saab 900c - mine for fun, 2008 Lexus is250 - my daily driver, 2003 Dodge Durango - my wife's, 1994 Acura Legend - gave it to kid
Glad to hear that you resolved this. Do you know what was wrong with the rotor? Could you see any damage or was it the graphite plug worn away?
Paul, That's good news! Maybe I'll see you Sunday and we can catch up.
SteveCT
E31s
F30 daily driver
It actually looked as new as when I put it in when I took off the distributor (one reason I didn't work to hard to try and remove it at first). But when I did take it out, there was a burn on the bottom. Hopefully it's not the sign of another issue (but so far so good).
Yes, let's catch up. I only went to the one they had last Nov, so I don't know how it's laid out now. I got a "VIP" parking ticket, so I should be on the main drag somewhere.
My Cars - 1991 BMW 850i - mine for fun, 1993 Saab 900c - mine for fun, 2008 Lexus is250 - my daily driver, 2003 Dodge Durango - my wife's, 1994 Acura Legend - gave it to kid
Please post a pic if you can.
My car has not been running as well as I think it should (lacks pickup when I press the pedal). I recently removed the distributors and plug leads to ohm them all out and had difficulty measuring continuity. I found that the contacts on the inside of the distributor had a light coat of varnish on them (Bremi parts I believe). I took some fine sand paper and cleaned off some of it. I was then able to measure continuity and got the expected results. I swapped the plugs out as well but they only had about 6000 miles on them and looked ok. I noticed a dramatic improvement in engine performance and MPG immediately increased by 2. I got 17MPG on a recent trip up to LA which I think is pretty reasonable. But still I think there is room for improvement ....
Not sure if you're going to get much better millage than that (especially with the age of the car). The 91 automatic was only estimated at 12 / 18 MPG. Here's a shot of the bad rotor. It was a Bosch. You can see a nice burn. The contacts were pretty dirty there, so I cleaned itup the best I can (that could have been the issue).
Burnt Rotor.JPG
My Cars - 1991 BMW 850i - mine for fun, 1993 Saab 900c - mine for fun, 2008 Lexus is250 - my daily driver, 2003 Dodge Durango - my wife's, 1994 Acura Legend - gave it to kid
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