Jump to content
SAU Community

Major Dramas R32 Gtr Running Rough As After Detail

kx2fity
 Share

Recommended Posts

kx2fity Collaborator

kx2fity

Posted
Posted

Hey people am having some dramas with my R32 GTR:

I had a go at cleaning my engine bay the other day as the car has been off the road for the last year +, all went good so I decided to give it a bit better clean today.

I alfoiled up some electrical bits WP40 others and then went about degreasing the left-handside of the engine bay and then spraying scrubing etc

When I started the car up it blew out a lot of what looked like water out the exhaust?

The car idled very rough and when given acceleration sounded very hollow, backing off the acceleration the car would drop to around 300rpm and them slowly and sparatically make ts way back to 1100rpm.

I then took the car for a short drive - it had trouble taking off and then a complete loss of power and started blowing blue smoke - i took it straight back to the shed where i kept it idling for around half an hour or so.

The car kept engaging "clicking" something that would drop idle rpm and then slowly work its way back up to normal rpms!

The car stopped doing this after 20 odd minutes but any time i tried to drive it - would blow blue smoke and loose all power?

(The car hasnt been driven much in the last year but had it running perfectly and took for a decent drive about two weeks ago after I got it back from panel and paint)

(Also having a small fuel relay issue which means the fuel pump is earthed engaging as soon as ignition is switched cant see how that could have anything to do with it though???

Any ideas or advice would be greatly appreciated????

Thanks,

Dan

CRoNic... Grand Master

CRoNic...

Posted
Posted

When you said you haven't started up the car in a year... did you simply wash the engine bay and then start up the car for the very first time in a year without manually cranking over the engine to build oil pressure?

Or did you do all of this before you washed the engine bay?

kx2fity Collaborator

kx2fity

Posted
  • Author
Posted
When you said you haven't started up the car in a year... did you simply wash the engine bay and then start up the car for the very first time in a year without manually cranking over the engine to build oil pressure?

Or did you do all of this before you washed the engine bay?

Nah this was all done weeks ago and had the car running smick around 2 weeks ago where everything was checked and took it for a decent run!

Am going to take coils / plugs out and see if i can find any moisture then i guess i will start with electronics?

kx2fity Collaborator

kx2fity

Posted
  • Author
Posted
that sounds like moisture/water in the coil packs. I had the same thing when i had an sr20. Try getting an air pressure hose and dry the coils (if there is water/moisture there)

Yeh took colpack cover off today and the first three plugs were caked with water so have cleaned area out, cleaned plugs and dried coils. The car is definitely running better but still has loss of power no boost and blowing a lot of white smoke/oil out the exhaust?

Bit stumped now as to what could be making it burn oil?

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Duncan
      I for one welcome Nissda.

      By Duncan · Posted

      Surely the merged entity will be called "Honda" given the relative company values. I've got to be honest, I don't understand how merging 2 companies that missed EVs (despite Nissan making the first mass produced one) will solve their problems
    • Murray_Calavera
      How "plug and play" is the Haltech Pro for R33 GTST

      By Murray_Calavera · Posted

      If you haven't bought the ECU yet, I would strongly consider buying a modern ECU. Yes it is very easy to setup and tune, however it is lacking many of the features of a modern ECU. The pro plug in is something like 10 or 12 years old now? Can't remember exactly but it is very dated now. In that time the Elite was released and now we have the Nexus platform.  I would strongly consider not buying the ECU that is 3 generations old now (especially as it isn't a cheap ECU!). 
    • r32-25t
      I for one welcome Nissda.

      By r32-25t · Posted

      Im happy for it as long as it means reanult gets the boot 
    • Murray_Calavera
      Steps to DIY sanding car back ready for respray....

      By Murray_Calavera · Posted

      Sorry I should have been more clear with the previous post.  The block is a sanding block - picture something like this https://motorguard.com/product/motor-guard-bgr161-bgr16-1-rigid-psa-sanding-block-2-5-8-x-16/ The guide coat is the paint It's two separate things I was talking about, there is no "block guide coat". 
    • Murray_Calavera
      Steps to DIY sanding car back ready for respray....

      By Murray_Calavera · Posted

      Maybe more accurately, you aren't just dulling the existing paint, you are giving the new paint something to 'grab on to'. By sanding the existing paint, you're creating a bunch of pores for the new paint to hook on to.  You can lay new paint over existing paint without sanding it, might last a year or two then sad times. The paint will peal/flake off in huge chunks. By sanding it, the new paint is able to hang onto it and won't flake off.  Depends on the primer you are using. When you buy your paint, as the paint supplier what grit of sand paper to use before you lay down the primer.  Use whatever you like as a guide coat. Pick a colour that really stands out in contrast to the paint. So say your sanding/painting a currently white car, using a black guide coat would work well. You very lightly lay the black guide coat down, then as you sand the car with the large block, all the high spots and low spots will stand out as the black paint is sanded off (or isn't sanded off).  When you buy your paint, hit up your supplier for recommendations for what paint to use for a guide coat if you're unsure what would work well with your setup. 
×
×
  • Create New...