changing rear gasket, spark plugs and oil sump.

[destinationtoby]

I think it may have held water in there v

[Astron_Boy]

definitely water retention from when you hosed the inners of the covers.


P.S. don't do that next time!

[destinationtoby]

Mmm so stupid.. Well I changed oil and filter.. Still pretty worried about it. Not sure weather to be safe and keep changing the oil till its out. I googled it, and apparently a table spoon of water can cause an engine to hyrdolock

[Astron_Boy]

Run the flush through again with some cheap oil as I prior suggested.

Given you now have water in the system, you'd best try to rid before things become worse.

[silverGPX]

Limiter bash it so the water mixes in with the oil properly

[PHIL069]

It probably held water all around that inner lining.
At least the water oil mix will clean out some of the sludge.

I wouldn't be too worried about it, I've had a few cars that have blown head gaskets and filled the chambers and in turn the oil with water, fixed the gasket, cleaned out the oil/water mix with a couple of quick oil changes and the cars never skipped a beat. I even had to hose out a 6 cyl Ford engine once as there was so much coolant in the oil.

Just don't leave the water in there as you will start to corrode the engine internals, dump it ASAP.

[destinationtoby]

It probably held water all around that inner lining.
At least the water oil mix will clean out some of the sludge.

I wouldn't be too worried about it, I've had a few cars that have blown head gaskets and filled the chambers and in turn the oil with water, fixed the gasket, cleaned out the oil/water mix with a couple of quick oil changes and the cars never skipped a beat. I even had to hose out a 6 cyl Ford engine once as there was so much coolant in the oil.

Just don't leave the water in there as you will start to corrode the engine internals, dump it ASAP.

thanks, abit of a relief.
i dumped the oil straight away, but i filled it with the goodstuff and feels like the biggest waste to have to dump it again and then buy more. reason i havent yet also is because there is now, no sludgey white stuff at all, but just a tiny bit of residue that im hoping will evaporate with the engine temp.?

[destinationtoby]

All signs of water are gone.

A few other weird things happening though.
Very high idle sometimes :/
And using a lot of fuel. And there's been a few times when I start it while its hot, I can smell fuel.
Question.
Is there any fuel hoses or anything to do to with fuel lines, that I would of had to touch to remove the manifold when I did?... Something's definitely wrong.
Also was it ok for me to use the iridium spark plugs for both front and back.?

[Astron_Boy]

Also was it ok for me to use the iridium spark plugs for both front and back.?

Yes.

Connect the vacuum line for the fuel pressure regulator?

[destinationtoby]

Where about is that line? Behind the intake, above the fuel filter sorta?

[Astron_Boy]

The fuel pressure regulator is on the runner bank closest to the bumper, follow the fuel lines and you'll find it.
From there, there should be a vacuum hose attached to it which connects to the plenum.

If you have a vacuum leak, it will cause the 2 issues you made mention of.

[destinationtoby]

The fuel pressure regulator is on the runner bank closest to the bumper, follow the fuel lines and you'll find it.
From there, there should be a vacuum hose attached to it which connects to the plenum.

If you have a vacuum leak, it will cause the 2 issues you made mention of.

Follow them towards the front bumper or the rear? What area of the plenum does it connect to? Everything's connected but I could of put a hose on the wrong connection somewhere :/

[Astron_Boy]

Sorry, not driving the FTO to take a picture on the fly, and can't find a decent google shot.

If you know what the fuel runners are, then the fuel pressure reg is attached to one of those.
Fairly obvious.

To give an idea, you are looking for this device on the end of the runner.




Given how few vacuum lines there are on the FTO, it's hard to mix them.
That, and vacuum is vacuum, doesn't matter to which you connect it does the same job.

[destinationtoby]

Completely unrelated, but I need to know, when doing a battery relocation is it ok to join these two or do I have to run two separate lengths of wire. And connect them up the same

[destinationtoby]

Sorry, not driving the FTO to take a picture on the fly, and can't find a decent google shot.

If you know what the fuel runners are, then the fuel pressure reg is attached to one of those.
Fairly obvious.

To give an idea, you are looking for this device on the end of the runner.


Given how few vacuum lines there are on the FTO, it's hard to mix them.
That, and vacuum is vacuum, doesn't matter to which you connect it does the same job.

Thanks, ill check now.

[Astron_Boy]

Completely unrelated, but I need to know, when doing a battery relocation is it ok to join these two or do I have to run two separate lengths of wire. And connect them up the same

Power is power, they are fine to connect to 1 line.

[Bennoz]

Completely unrelated, but I need to know, when doing a battery relocation is it ok to join these two or do I have to run two separate lengths of wire. And connect them up the same

You can join them, but just make sure the cable from the join to the battery is nice & thick, not to mention fused close to the battery.

[destinationtoby]

Completely unrelated, but I need to know, when doing a battery relocation is it ok to join these two or do I have to run two separate lengths of wire. And connect them up the same

Power is power, they are fine to connect to 1 line.

So much fast help thank you !

[destinationtoby]

still havent solved fuel issue
definately using more then usual, can just smell fuel on startup. got abit of pop from the exhaust when dropping down gears- which i think is normal, after changing plugs and a cleanout? noticed i had a backfire for a month when i first put the new exhaust on, and has never done it since.
idle problem fixed itself after disconnecting the battery for a while.

just this damn fuel consumption.
theres no leaks.
and i think,maybe, not %100 sure, but i think mivec is kicking in late.
no signs of any of this before the plug and oil change.

[silverGPX]

Flex pipe exhaust leak?