Well, today I changed the oil looking for coolant in it. It looks good. So I changed the oil, put some Mobil 1 10w30 in there, along with some Marvelous Mystery Oil.

Also flushed the radiator. I thought the thermostat was either broken or stuck, but the H mechanic said that since my fan came on, its working. But the temp. guage still sits on Cold. Never moves...sometimes the radiator smokes...not sure if its from the cold temp. outside, or from a messed up sensor or thermostat.

Any help there?

Lastly, I installed a 95 P72(GSR) ECU.

It still runs like crap. VERY slow...it hardly has any pickup, and the throttle response is very slow and delayed. When you start in 1st gear, its like starting in 3rd.

Its now a stock GSR with stock GSR ecu...only engine mod I have a Walbro fuel pump(255). Would that cause a problem?

The H tech suggested taking the valve cover off, and setting the timing, and lining the cams up top-dead-center.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks!

 

I would definately check your timing, make sure the timing belt hasn't skipped a tooth and don't forget to get a timing light and check that too. Consider picking up a fuel pressure gauge to make sure everything is working right on that end too. How do the plugs look after it runs? Have they ever been replaced? Is the ECU throwing any codes?

 

I agree check the timing and the plugs. I would also do a compression test.

 

Check the Cap and rotor, i know that on my engine when it was doing that i replaced the Cap rotor and wires and it was all good.

 

Andy: I'm def. going to check the timing and timing belt. Also going to get the cams top-dead-center. I should also get a FPR? Do they all come with a guage?

The plugs are cinammon colored with a littel black. Stock plugs/wires.

No codes are being thrown.

93HybridCX: I'm also going to do that tomorrow as well!

 

The plugs sound like they are burning normal even though the fuel pump is over kill for a stock C1. I tend to think that its not a fuel problem more like a timing problem or bad rings.

 

Should I replce the car/rotor/plugs/plug wires and see what happens?

 

I would check the timing and do a compression test first to make sure thats not the problem. If all of thats fine then I would change the rotor,cap,and plugs. The plug wires are probably fine. I guess its possible you could have a dead plug (from the swap sitting in the junk yard) but the car would spit and spudder if this was the case.

 

yeah, that should do the trick :chuckles:

 

Sound's good to me. The timing and compression will be free, so I'll start there.

Do you think the fuel pump should come out, and the stock one go in?