Wild Cranker

That big screw is STUCK. I chewed it up a little trying to turn it..

Also, I did the process 3 times.

No change.

Is it the IACV..........................

ezone

I dunno, go back through the last 157 posts or so and see if I suggested a way of figuring out if either IAC or FITV valves are stuck open.

Mad Dog Tannen

That does not answer either of my questions. Cool runnings!

Wild Cranker

I'm running it without a Thermostat for a short time.. How bad is that?

ezone

What's the point?
How long do you plan on leaving it that way?

Wild Cranker

Not long. Like, when I get paid, I want to put the Honda OEM Stat in there.

It is out because it was strongly suspected that the 180-degree Stant Stat I bought had failed closed (?) .. and, there was white stuff all over it (actually, the whole front of my engine is white now. Looks like it got snowed on, or has cocaine on it, one of the two.) No "boil test" was performed to check for opening, but.. using the time with it out, to:

1. See how the level settles
2. Flush ??
3. Let the coolant move around, flush, etc.

Might be a week before I hit the Honda dealer I think OE Stat is like $25 ? Though I wonder the possible I'll effects..

I have 50/50 mix not just straight water, either. Seemed to have made a positive difference.

Wild Cranker

I also do not get why the heat doesn't work with the Stat out? Is it because the engine is always being cooled?

Mad Dog Tannen

Or his heater core is clogged? In cold weather I am sure it would take along time to heat up with no thermostat, and it is winter time.

ezone

Your heater cannot create its own heat.
When working properly, it gets its heat from the engine.
The engine cannot heat up as intended without the thermostat in place.

Wild Cranker

Mr. Ezobe, I am concerned. My car sucked up the paper towels in the upper and lower holes in the throttle body. Now it does this.

How do I fix?

Watch "Trouble in paradise... WHAT IS GOING ON HERE???" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/SpH4ryjtEII

Wild Cranker

Worried...

Watch "Trouble in paradise... WHAT IS GOING ON HERE???" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/SpH4ryjtEII

ezone

Quit posting in the wrong thread, keep your poop in a group..
You posted in a completely different thread earlier, I'm not sure if it belongs there or not.
Don't stick stuff like that anywhere it can be torn away and sucked in.
(I wear blue gloves all the time, I stuck my finger over one of those ports and the fingertip of the glove went POP like a balloon and came apart and got sucked into the IAC valve and made it get stuck.) If you are gonna stick something over the ports in the throttle body, use your bare fingers.

I don't know what's going on in the vid. I can't tell if you have the pedal floored or if it's just idling. I don't know if it's related to you letting towel get sucked in, but if it was just paper I doubt it is related to the current problem. Unless it was the size of an entire newspaper.

Does it rev up in park or is it doggy and slow to rev?
Air intake clogged? Exhaust clogged? Fuel starvation or rich? Was the catalytic converter glowing red?

Wild Cranker

In the video, my pedal was to the floor, and i suspect was running super rich due to basically no air. Even me introducing a vacuum leak by loosening the IACV, to get air in.. had minimal, if any, effect.

The piece that got sucked in WAS taped up at the end to fill the entire hole. I did this to the top and bottom holes.

I do suspect my air intake is now blocked, though I am not sure exactly where.

I can't help but think that, after cleaning it, it will run as it did: Rather well, for all things considered. (Stat is going in SOON.)

IT'S DOGGY AND SLOW TO REV AND IT DIDN'T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH POWER TO BACK UP.

*I had put the paper in the holes in the first place because, believe it or not, it made my idle nice and low. Not crazy high and surging..

ezone

Did it jump cam timing?

Wild Cranker

Everyone seems to think so,, though when I put Cyl 1 up as high as it could go, it SEEMED to still be in time. (Word UP at 12 o'clock, marks level with head.)

Wild Cranker

Well, I think 2016 is going to be GREAT!

And, I say this, because, before doing anything else on the Honda engine, I quietly webt out, after waking up, and decided to do a... Compression test.

And, I came to the conclusion, that. THIS time. The reason the engine will not start.. IS:

... It did not "jump time"
... It doesn't have No Spark
It doesn't have a clogged Fuel Filter..
It is not out of gas, I am filling that tank today anyways, via a gas can..
And it may no longer have an air restriction..
And it's not "a wire that gives power to the Fuel Pump" ...

It is this: STUPID LOW COMPRESSION. 100-100-100-0 (1-2-3-4.)

Therefore, today, I take anything of value out of it, and make plans, somehow someway, to get a D16Z6 up in there.

A Y8 (or Y7? idk) or any kind of custom build, or 94-95 Teggy LS engine.. Those sound wonderful, but with the helper monkeys I will likely use to do this at THEIR HOUSE NOT MINE, EVEN IF I HAVE TO PAY FOR A TOW, I think a stock Z6 bolt-up would be great. I may even consider paying more for an engine from Lacey Auto Parts, that I can HEAR RUN, this time. Been down that road before.

No more paper towel things, EVER. It even ran decent just before it got sucked in. Lasted a little more than a day, of a sweet riding engine, relatively..

Better flow radiator, AC on right, all for the D16 going in. Z6.

I also work for Advance Auto Parts now. :good:

Wild Cranker

Will my video embed?

Watch "Watch this one, it's the best in weeks: A GOOD RUN" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/l1EwnnoBLw4

Wild Cranker

Why do my videos no longer embed?

ezone

I have no idea.



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Wild Cranker

I will have to check that out.

My car acts like it is on a timer,.or dimmer switch. Seems like 5 minutes. The power goes gradually down to where it won't even move forward, or up a hill.. and it then stalls.. or stays running weakly at that 5 minute point until it stalls.
So weird.

ezone

Did it do this before you did the engine repairs?
And what all has been done with the engine at this point??

Wild Cranker

Did it do this before? = No, this is a new thing.

At this point, engine head and head gasket have been changed.

ezone

Once it starts acting up, Does it run bad sitting still (slow to rev up or anything) or do you have to be driving to notice the problem?

If it will act up while sitting still it's a lot easier to figure stuff out.
Is it starving for fuel when it acts up?
Got a spray can of carb and throttle cleaner?

Wild Cranker

I do have carb cleaner and starting fluid, yes

Will check some things out today

Wild Cranker

^^ I let it idle a few times... Seems to idle for indefinite period of time, almost like this gradual loss of power happens "under load."

When it happens, the engine will be running nut the car simply won't move. I can literally get out and do what I call a "Marty McFly" skateboard move... where I can push the car, while running. It is so weird.

I can take it around the block until it replicates.. When it does, what do I check? (*finding parking for it once it does this is the hardest part, but if there are spots open on my block, it becomes a little easier.)

I have starting fluid, carb and choke cleaner.

ezone

Use carb and choke spray, NOT starting fluid. Starting fluid is much more explosive and that's bad right now.

Is it a bad running engine issue, or is it a transmission problem?


Assuming it's a bad running engine.....

Once it is acting up and you are sitting still in Park:
If you suddenly stab the gas pedal to the floor (snap throttle wide open), does it rev up slow or pop and fart around, obvious there's a problem going on?

Does it blow black smoke out the exhaust while this is happening, or not? (black smoke would indicate too much fuel, if so then skip the rest of this)

If no black smoke
then you can do this (snap throttle wide open) by hand in the engine compartment and use the spray can to "add extra fuel" (because that's exactly what you do with it) into the throttle body at the same time ...if adding the extra fuel makes it rev up better then you just narrowed it down to a fuel delivery problem of some sort......instead of a spark problem.

Wild Cranker

No smoke, revs slow.

Leaning towards fuel..

Watch "EXTREME IN DEPTH HONDA TECH AND DIAG" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/VdmDha65X0k

Wild Cranker

[QUOTE=Wild Cranker;4700682]No smoke, revs slow.

Leaning towards fuel..

Watch "EXTREME IN DEPTH HONDA TECH AND DIAG" on YouTube

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ezone

Can't you just answer questions without making a video about it?


Where's the important part, what times do I skip to?

Wild Cranker

I took the dash out, I still can't get the CHECK light to light.

Here is what I did:

Watch "Having difficulty getting the CHECK light to light" on YouTube