R33 Battery Light

[Dudfield_xd]

Hey guys, so I'll start at the beginning. I bought my 93 r33 gtst and everything seemed to be fine, drive well, made good power, etc. After a week or two it stalled out of the blue and wouldn't start again. First check was fuel pump which was getting no power. Took it to a good friend of mine at a performance shop and it turned out to be a fuse in the drivers footwell. After getting that replaced I had it dyno'd to get a more recent power figure (sheets I had from previous owner were for 2007). At this point I was told it badly needed a retune; running very rich. After the tune it was fine for a few days then the car began idling bad (fluctuating between 600-1500rpm) and would sometimes even stall. I checked plugs, coilpacks, injectors, replaced the fuel filter and had the AAC valve cleaned, this helped the idle problem but didnt fully eliminate the fluctuation. Few weeks went by and then YESTERDAY my power steering started to groan at startup and I could hear a loud tapping/scraping noise from the front of my engine. Upon inspection (engine running) I could see small dusty elements floating around the front of the engine, car would idle VERY low and then struggle and die. Given my power steering was groaning and the ticking noise sounded to be coming from the belt area I removed the power steering belt and while I was at it the air con belt as well (no condenser anyway). Power steering pulley seems to have a bit of drag when turned by hand. I've left the belt off and am now back to driving a car with no power steering until I can get it looked at properly. The tapping/scraping noise is no longer present, idle has greatly improved but now the battery light in my dash is constantly on when the car is running. My first thought was alternator but before I rushed into too much I was curious to see if anyone else has bad this problem and what the cause was?

Any help greatly appreciated.

Cheers.

[Dudfield_xd]

Sorry about the life story, just thougt best to outline all problems/fixes in case any could be contributing to the current problem.

[MatthewT85]

i cant help you out with your issue, but it wasnt too bad to read prob could have used a paragraph or two though...

i had my timing belt and water pump ect changed cause it was leaking and ive noticed a similar sound to yours, its on that side but cant tell if it up high or down near the pump, i tried chagning the fluid and it didnt do anything, i have no idea atm might have to go back to the mechanic, he did think it was the fluid.

dont mean to highjack

is your battery all good? have you tested it? although if its still starting that prob isnt the issue

[Dudfield_xd]

Haha I thought I might have dribbled on for a bit too long. Yea I tested my battery and that's all good, upon inspection I noticed my main belt wasn't straight between the crank and alternator, looking closer I could fit my finger between the back of the harmonic balancer and the timing cover..

Long story short the rubber in the centre has worn away completely and the outside of the balancer is just spinning on itself, pulled the outside off and the inner part is still there (held in by the crank bolt). Now to find another balancer that WON'T give me this trouble again and try to get the crank bolt undone. Fingers crossed that's the source of all the problems outlined earlier, at least I know my power steering pump is ok haha

Good luck with your problem! Let me know how you go.