A Couple Problems With My R34 Gtt

[wasnt me]

For the gaskets your better off just going to a nissan dealer and telling them which one you want. They should stock what you need.

[rondofj]

Hey Mr Rx7, I need an R34GTT O2 sensor as well, how much u selling them for?

[blah_blah]

+1 for dvs jez, he did mine in minutes, all sweet.

Does it take minutes...?

I paid about $300 for labour and $80 for a turbo gasket kit to get mine done ?

[MrRx7s3]

Not exactly minutes, but not too long if you know what your doing, ill do a write up, ill call nissan now and see if i can get the gaskets today, so the standard gaskets are better than the ebay ones yeah.

[rondofj]

It took around or less than half an hour, he did it from the top, didnt have to go under the car, didnt remove turbo or any major piping, just the front bit

[RandomHero83]

From what I can see you have major issues I may be able to help with a few things here:

tcs light / slip light stays on - This is common on R34's and is usually solved by putting in new coil packs (jjr, yellow jackets, splifires) this is what I did to solve this in my car.

Leaking gasket of unknown origin - take the heat shield off the turbo and grab a length garden hose put it to your ear and put the other end to the manifolds (turbo and exhaust) check it a section at a time, this is the easiest way to see what is blown (I had a similar problem with mine it was my turbo manifold gasket - replaced with ultra copper gasket maker and it has no problems now).

Boost gauge / controller issues - buy an electronic boost gauge / controller that is known to be quallity manufactured IE: Apexi AVC-R (cheaping out on these cars will really break the bank later on down the line)

If your car is still having issues with these things after this go see a mechanic that has skills with skylines don't take it to joe blogs down the road as they tend to have very specific issues.

also check for perished hoses on the throttle body ( I found 2 on mine and it was in damn near immaculate nic everywhere else)

Edited August 5, 2011 by RandomHero83

[MrRx7s3]

Hey randomhero, well I was told that aswell but the car isnt missfiring or anything? and usually if its the coil packs doesnt the check engine light turn on or anything? well I put the new o2 sensor in and the fuel economy is awsome now, 400kms to the tank thats double of what i was getting , as for the idle, I cleaned out the afm with afm cleaner, went for a nice spirited drive and its back on 950rpm so I'm happy, hopefully if its not raining tomorrow I will be changing the turbo gaskets, as for the boost guages I found the problem, the T peice had blown a hole in the middle and was leaking there, i havent ever seen that happen before but yeah wierd haha lol, do you think its time I can put my front mount intercooler on? would I be expecting any power gains from a front mount? also what are the best brake pads that make minimal brake dust? the ones that are on there now are just horrible the whole car turns black after a few stops.

One more thing, is it normal for the rear bar to go black from the exhaust? is that just because its running rich?

Thanks everyone for your help.

[MrRx7s3]

Hey guys what do use think is better just geniuine nissan turbo gaskets or permaseal mls-r gaskets? ive read great comments about both, soon ill be running around 12psi like i used to untill these problems arised, please let me know asap please, thanks.

Edited August 7, 2011 by MrRx7s3

[MrRx7s3]

Anyone.

[DVS JEZ]

I use permaseal all the time. Never had an issue

[MrRx7s3]

Hey thanks jez I've ordered the permaseal ones and I should receive and fit them tomorrow hopefully, the car still smells really rich from the exhaust, what else could be causing such a rich mixture.

Also I noticed today that when the car is idleing its at around 900-950rpm, when I turn the parker lights on it rises around 150rpm and then when I turn the full head lights on its only raised around 50-100rpm.

Also does anyone know about the black gunk on my rear bar and exhaust that I mentioned earlier.

Thanks to everyone for your help, I really do appreciate it greatly, thanks.

Edited August 10, 2011 by MrRx7s3

[MrRx7s3]

Ahhh shit sorry double post dude.

Edited August 10, 2011 by MrRx7s3

[Raffa]

Are you selling the O2 sensors? Im only getting 300K per tank.

I had a similar problem..

My link my post

at the end my AFM was causing the problems, but after cleaning the AAC the idle is much better

Aac cleaning

[MrRx7s3]

Hey guys I installed a E-Boost 1 in my car and I'm having some problems, no matter how I set it the boost is never right, it keeps on fluctuating, say on setting 2 I put it to run 10psi it will boost up at 3000rpm spike to 14 and then at 4500rpm just kark it and go to 5psi, its not cutting out or anything just loosing the boost hard, I've played with the sensitivity and gate open pressure and it just wont work right, I'm using iradium plugs 1.1mm gap, currant mods are 3" cat back exhaust, pod filter, I'm getting a FMIC installed this week but i doubt that that will help with the boost, any help is much appreciated, thanks.

[DVS JEZ]

If u turn it off does it hold a steady boost pressure?

[MrRx7s3]

Hey guys, well I finally decided to degrease my engine bay, and I thought the coilpack cover should be sealed, well I guess not, and its been missfiring so i just left the car on to let it dry off because my aircompressor is at work and after about 20 minutes of driving/idleing it was ok, now it started again mainly on boost but sometimes on idle, have I killed my coil packs? or should i just wait untill i get my aircompressor back and dry it up? let me know asap please, thanks.

[DVS JEZ]

Cheaper to dry Everything and maybe contact cleaner the connections 1st and test

[MrRx7s3]

f**k it I'm just gonna bite the bullet and get yellow jackets, hopefully that pisses off the tcs and slip lights off aswel.

[MrRx7s3]

Hey guys just an update I just ordered a set of Yellow Jackets coil packs off performance wise, thanks.

[Hanaldo]

Sweet unraveled kebab, you enjoy posting!