no turbo for me :(

[DeleriousZ]

well i went and checked out that car tonight... she's in pretty rough shape.. body overall was in better shape than mine, but the engine has some pretty serious issues... the idle bounces around between 300-500 rpm which i'm sure could be fixed pretty easily... but the bigger issue is the engine was replaced by a shelf engine from japan, headgaskets were replaced, but that's about it... so it's leaking a little oil... the guy didn't know where from..

anywhere below 2500 rpm the engine really really stumbles, but above it, it runs like a champ... pulls pretty hard, but i haven't driven any other turbo z's to compare it to... something's squeaking pretty badly before it gets warmed up... the guy said it's the alternator, but i'm pretty sure it had something to do with the fan cluch... who knows... either way, i'm at least another 400 bucks in the hole for getting an inspection done and replacing the windshield... so already it's costing 2500... plus whatever it takes to fix the engine... i just don't think it's worth it unless you guys know some easy fixes...

[Zgringo]

Hey D, If you need any parts PM me and i'll see if I have what you need. I have a Z32T setting here and if you need something I have your welcome to it. You pay postage and thats it. I want you to have a good time with your car, not shit.

[DeleriousZ]

a z31t or z32t... thanks man that's really generous of you.. but i'd need to figure out what's wrong with it first before i could tell you what was wrong with it... any ideas tho? like what would cause it to stumble a whole lot before 2500 rpm? the only think i could think of is that it's dumping fuel and killing it, not getting enough spark for some reason... or something else that i don't know about

like i said... it's pretty sketchy and i really don't know if i want to spend the money to even attempt to fix it.. especially because it's been sitting for so long... the gaskets on the engine are probably bad (exhaust/intake) and i really don't want to fuck with that too much...

i don't know if it's worth it or not, my dad is of course against it... i'm not too sure about it myself... my first instinct is to walk away... and i think that's what i'll do... who knows.

[DeleriousZ]

i was thinking at work today... would a massive vacuum leak cause it to stumble hard?

[probehtr300]

yeah any intake pressure loss or vacume loss will do a number on your idle

[ExTrEmEDrIfT]

hmm i think u just described what my car does lol ... i have an exhaust leak,valves arent seating right,needs all new belts...and a number of other things too .....

a vacuum leak will cause ur car to stumble like that means your gettin too much air into the engine and the A/F mixture isnt atomizing correctly..

[DeleriousZ]

i see... that's weird, because you think it would get worse as the turbo starts to boost... what rpm does a stock z31t usually spool at? because if it begins to spool around 2500 rpm, that might make some sort of sense.... i don't know... maybe i'll go over to the guy's house and try and fix it for him... he'd probably find it a little weird but i'd like to figure out what's wrong with this car lol...i might have to grab the jack and jackstands from my buddy's place and go hard saturday afternoon or something...

what's good for determining vacuum leaks? just some soapy water and wipe it over any of the vacuum lines? what does a fan cluch sound like when it goes out? the guy said the alternator was "out of alignment" and that's what was making the sound, so i'll try and tighten it up and see what happens... the ps pump belt is loose too so i'll attempt to tighten that up as well, but if it's anything like the z31 n/a it's damn near impossible to get to the adjuster for it, if my memory serves me correctly... the guy's got the coolant reservoir absolutely filled to the tip top, so that sort of worries me... either he doesn't know that there's a fill line or it uses coolant like mad... i'll have to ask him what octane of gas he used... it's on its fourth clutch... a racing clutch... which is good, but it kind of makes me wonder why the guy went through 3 clutches in the first place...

i really shouldn't be going through all this trouble, but i guess i really want this thing to work out... you know how it is.

[ExTrEmEDrIfT]

ok i think you need to buy the car cause it sounds to me like it really needs a worthy owner.. coolant all the way filled up is just plain crazy..the fact that its on its 3rd racing clutch leads me to believe taht he did it himself and it wasnt aligned correctly..as far as teh rpm the turbos are suppose to spool up at i think its more like 3,500 but im not sure..you can usually hear a vacuum leak but if you need to soapy water on lines will work..---yes everyting is a biznitch to get to on the z31 i can barely get my hand on most things like belts or whatever.. i think teh easiest thing would be the oil filter lol...

well DeleriousZ let us know what happens and what you found to be wrong... that Z deserves a more worthy owner sounds like its suffering and he dont know how to maintain it properly...

[k3smostwanted]

before you get too deep...one blown out sprk plug will cause your car to stumble like that but once you increase RPMs it will go away...trust me i had this same problem on my number 5 spark plug on the Z32. you should make the guy go get a tune up and you will take a second look at it and pay him for his troubles if you still want it. ..

just an idea

[stephenp]

had the same problem actually found a $ of things from faulty plugs cap and rotor(all 3 arching wires rusteed cap and burned off the tip of a plug #5 i believe or 2? not sure any more ) also found a faulty fuel inj wire and to top of the list cam psition sensor still trying to find the fuel inj pigtails for less than 15.99 a peice but i got all the bugs out and asked it what it really had (oops lol 12 to 13 ?or more lol psi for more than a good 5 minutes gear to gear very very few moment of off gas and poped a head gasket no warps no cracks only a poped gasket
thats when i found out about the inj. pigtails beinbg the culprit of the most of it (other than when iot wouldnt start at all and would exceed 200 rpms it would stall but i still havent had that prob again (thank god)

[Bdetore]

In the end how much work do you want to put into it? It sounds like a car that unfortunately is going to continue to pop things up for a while. It may just be a spark plug or wire, but with the oil leaks and a motor from who know's where you're looking into a lot of work down the line. If you're into it and up for it buy the car. I still enjoy tooling around on my truck everytime I blow the motor, but it's getting tiresome. Always remember, patience is a virtue, or something like that. You never know when another better one is going to pop up. There may be something 100 more miles away that's perfect for less than you would pay fixing this one up. And if my ex-girlfriend taught me anything it's that when your gut is telling you to let go fo a bitch,...man let it go. Good luck.

[DeleriousZ]

yeah, maybe i'll give the guy a call today and see if he's had any offers or anything on it... see if he could get it tuned up.. i don't think the car is insured at the moment, so that's no good.. i dunno.. i know i should walk away but i really really don't want to ... i just solidified a permanent full time job, so i'll have money to fix/modify it... it's just whether i want to go through the pain of doing it... i know my dad's really against me getting it, and he'll do a lot of attempted convincing to try and not get me to get it...

i hate decisions

[DeleriousZ]

well shit... the other car that was a possibility for me turns out that... well it's not a possibility lol.. called the dealership today... phone must have rang 16 times before someone picked up... i asked about it, and it turns out that there's over 250000 km on it... so that's like 158ishk miles... definitely a ticking time bomb, no matter how nicely it was driven... too bad too

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