Hello. My name is Dan, and today I doomsday prepped
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uh oh. just got home, smelled some coolant in the last mile and the temp gauge was above half. #saturdayinjeapardy
Ask Ben if you can borrow his temp gun
Yeah, you need to make sure that it's actually overheating and not just the cluster. Chances are it's not actually overheating. Did you check the temp with a gun yet to make sure it's overheating? Because it may be a loose nut on the cluster. Did you verify the temp yet? I would probably hit it with a temp gun to ensure that it's actually overheating.
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Pretty much anytime you want to do something on these cars the manifold has to come off
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That spray pattern is odd. Coolant spider hose dealio may have split?
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lol @ temp gun. the car did not overheat at all. was between 1/2 and 3/4 mark when I got home.
got up early and looked at it before work today.
That spray pattern is odd. Coolant spider hose dealio may have split?
correct. spider hose split @ the heater core inlet pipe.
i ordered one (and intake mani gaskets) with overnight shipping, but i don't think I'll have time to dive in and get the manifold off to replace it. without removing the manifold, i SHOULD be able to pull both heater core hoses from below and just connect them together (temporarily bypassing the heater core) to get me by for Saturday. i was able to pull them when I replaced my heater core, I just don't know how much room/slack they have for connecting them together.
if anyone knows what internal size those hoses are off the top of their head, it would help on my lunch time quest for a fitting at the hardware store. 5/8" or 3/4" is my guess.
Dan
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If you have the tiniest hands in the history of the universe you could probably do it with the manifold on lol. I am not that sneaky.
I can try and sneak home for lunch and take some pics
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Snap saves my lunch plans hooray. Also contributes to the type2 epidemic
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Just take the manifold off it's not that bad.
I have a car that can be cannibalized for parts by your car lmk if you need anything.
i have literally 2.5 hours of day light when I get home on Thursday to get this fixed. i've never pulled an m50/s50 manifold, so I know it will be slower than that the first time around.
E30 Heater Core is 3/4" Heater hose
thank you sir!!!!!
If you have the tiniest hands in the history of the universe you could probably do it with the manifold on lol. I am not that sneaky.
I can try and sneak home for lunch and take some pics
like i said, i got the heater hoses on/off when I did the heater core from underneath so i'm crossing my fingers (i have big hands, btw)
Dan
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Manifold is super easy job Dan
A few manifold nuts
Fuel lines
Throttle body
Vac line for FPR
ICV line to bottom of manifold
Bosh style connector on back of mani
That's about all I can think of
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Manifold is super easy job Dan
A few manifold nuts
Fuel lines
Throttle body
Vac line for FPR
ICV line to bottom of manifold
Bosh style connector on back of mani
That's about all I can think of
Notes:
You can also just remove the two nuts that hold the injector rail in place and wedge that out of the way. No fuel anywhere.
You can remove the throttle cable from the throttle body instead of removing the whole thing. I think that's about a horse a piece.It is quite easy though, pending your wiring harness cover setup you may have to remove the cover.
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If you have enough wiggle room in your fuel lines do what Ben said. Mine are too short so I usually get fed up and pull them in a fit of rage
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thanks for the tips! i know its not bad, but we'll see what happens with the bypass plans tonight. got some extra coolant hose, brass fittings and clamps from the store at lunch.
Dan
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I can swing by later if you need assistance. Just let me know.
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if you'd swing by at least to bring the samples, that would be very helpful! I'm going to dive into this right when i get home.
Dan
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If you have enough wiggle room in your fuel lines do what Ben said. Mine are too short so I usually get fed up and pull them in a fit of rage
Oh. Right. I changed to soft lines instead of those annoying metal ones that kept bugging me.
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crisis temporarily averted. with some 3/4 hose and random fittings (whatever they had in stock) i was able to make a bypass section. see you all on saturday.
Dan
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