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Hey, hows it going.. ok now i have an r33 gts and am having a few problems with my engine..

1st - Ok when i turn the ignition over and the engine starts, a loud clacking, clicking noise occurs for about 2 seconds.. Now am not sure where it was coming from... but i think it might be the starter motor?? does this sound right??

2nd - When my car is idling it sounds like its missing and really slugish.. Now i cleaned me engine bay not long ago and may think that water has got into somewhere it hasn't.. Now wat should i check or replace to stop this from happening?? coils, plugs??

3rd - on my dash the open door light is always on even though every door is shut.. wat should i check ??

thanks, any input would be great..

cheers

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Hey, hows it going.. ok now i have an r33 gts and am having a few problems with my engine..

1st - Ok when i turn the ignition over and the engine starts, a loud clacking, clicking noise occurs for about 2 seconds.. Now am not sure where it was coming from... but i think it might be the starter motor?? does this sound right??

A couple people have complained about this and a one suggestion that was put out there was that your timing belt may be slipping when the car starts... Might have to look into replacing it.

2nd - When my car is idling it sounds like its missing and really slugish.. Now i cleaned me engine bay not long ago and may think that water has got into somewhere it hasn't.. Now wat should i check or replace to stop this from happening?? coils, plugs??

Is that when the problem started? If not then it can be heaps of things

3rd - on my dash the open door light is always on even though every door is shut.. wat should i check ??

your fuses is all i can suggest, short of that your wiring maybe be screweed. If you know anything about wiring, see if you can check all the connections are solid.

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3rd - on my dash the open door light is always on even though every door is shut.. wat should i check ??

cheers

Had the same issue, it was basically, the hatch where the lock clicks into was loose and moving around because the bolts holding it in weren't secure, that's located on the wall of your door, looks like a nose ring sort of thing with black padding around it to hold the lock in. If that's worn or faded the lock might not be engaging properly, hence the light is coming on. Also you'll notice that when you close the door, the reason the light comes on and dissapears in the normal case is because it forces a button down, might be an idea to check if that's working properly too by pressing it down manually and looking at your dash. This stuff is all relatively close to each other on the door arm of your car's body ( open your door and look to the left im talking about the part that runs up from where you can rest your feet on the side of your car)

If it's a matter of the black padded material on the metal ring/arch that hold the door locked in place being faded or worn, just wrap some black electric tape around it until it fits snug again or find a replacement for it..

If that isn't the case maybe it's something electrical.

And Don't directly use water on your engine bay.. E.g dont spray it with a hose lol.. hope you didn't. Just a damp cloth or preferably de-greaser or something.

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you can degrease and then spray off. do it when the motors hot and dont bother startting it for a while. the hot motor will dry the water out quicker. ur engine can get wet, otherwise it would be sealed from the outside world, it rains u know.

its just that it may cause some problems with the electrics. eg. it may bridge a contact in one of the loom connectors etc. or more commonly, provide an easier ground for the spark plugs/coils than firing across the gap.

dont spray the hose straight onto sparkies or coils or dizzys (lol old school) more than you have to and let it all dry a bit before attempting to statrt a wet motor

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