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El_Freddo

Member Since 16 Jan 2015
Offline Last Active Yesterday, 07:18 PM
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In Topic: Redback Brumby

Yesterday, 07:19 PM

On my way to work today I was several kms out of town, things were still warming up properly, 100km/h, cruise engaged and things are normal. Then the cruise seemed to be working hard to maintain 100km/h and the engine sounded more rattly than usual, and was quickly struggling.

I couldn’t work out what the issue was other than it was engine related. It was an odd one as it almost seemed like a CV joint issue - the noise had a weird rhythm that got worse with load.

Under heavy load the noise got worse and the vibration even worse again. I was able to limp it home at 65km/h, and swap into the Liberty. I was really late for me at this stage - and concerned the issue with Redback was a terminal engine issue.

I was like a pet owner waiting to hear about their severely injured animal at the vet… only I was the vet and couldn’t wait to get home to diagnose the issue.

And here’s the issue:

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Exhaust valve - explains why when loading up the engine the noise got worse and the vibration so violent it sounded like something was going to break.

Re-adjusted back to spec and all is good now, I’m glad it was an easy fix!

It was good to go for a drive again without any issues - I thought it was going to be a while before I could do that again! I’m not ready for the EJ conversion, there’s still lots to be done on that before it can go in. For now I want to keep this engine doing all the work.

That’s all for now.

Cheers

Bennie

In Topic: Dead injector, nope, Bennie’s SOHC turbo project!

25 March 2024 - 07:17 PM

Thanks for the info on the shift linkages, I’ll go back to modifying the way I was intending in the first place…

The catted up pipe is already gone - it doesn’t fit around the SOHC head, at least from memory it doesn’t fit!

Well I know what I’ll be slipping outside to do this Easter weened - hook it all up to fire up again to test this CEL situation. It was last connected to power about a month ago so that should be a decent battery dance to clear anything that’s on it. I’m not holding my breath though.

Cheers

Bennie

In Topic: Dead injector, nope, Bennie’s SOHC turbo project!

23 March 2024 - 10:35 PM

Cant remember exactly what engine you have Bennie but if its got the GD style 2 piece intake manifold with top feed injectors itll be a piece of piss to read that ECU


^ from here: http://www.subyclub....e-9#entry624452

Gday Barbs, reading the ECU shouldnt be a problem. Clearing codes, especially any historic ones is the issue I reckon. And yes, its the same manifold as the GD with the tumbler valves etc.

My diagnostics plug is required in and everything seems to communicate as it should, I just need to swap the power wires as its connected to permanent power instead of ignition power, one step half forward

How long can an old stored code survive in an ECU thats disconnected from power etc? Ive not touched the project in a while, partly hoping any old stored codes take a hike and never come back

I finally turned the grommet I wanted to retain around to the orientation that will fit the brumby perfectly, and added all the required wiring through at the same time:

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^ I knew the dead clutch pressure plate from Basil the RX Gen3 would come in handy! Worked a treat and made this job a.) cheap and b.) piss easy.

Thats about where it sits for now. Usual stuff in the way - work (going good with a change of scenery) and family. Soon zero daylight and cold nights will kick in too ;(

Also need to work out a resistor trick to cancel out the need for the exhaust temp sensor in the catted up pipe that doesnt fit in this setup. Ive read about a 1/4watt 2.2k ohm resistor does the trick but the author of that tidbit of information wasnt certain about the wattage required anyone got some insight on that Ill be all ears!

On the TD turbo hitting the brake MCs bleed nipple, Ive got a VF8 that will solve this issue and its apparently slightly smaller than the VF12 from what Ive read. I thought the VF10 was between the VF8 and VF12 but apparently the VF10 is the smallest out of those three units. Go figure. Anyway Ive got a VF8 to use so Ive put that issue down as solved.

The other big hurdle to address now is laying out of the wiring loom under the dashboard - namely due to the bundle of wiring I cant shorten due to all the shielded wiring involved. I really need a dummy AC evaporator box to fit to the halfcut to get the most accurate picture of what goes where and what will interfere with what etc. Not a fun bit here.

Also 100mm taken out of the gear levers is good but too much on one shaft. Didnt really think that through. Had a thought that the Liberty gear selectors might be different to the impreza/foz unit so thats on my pick a part list to size up for potential differences. If its shorter Ill grab one as it could save me stuffing around trying to get it right when theres a factory option waiting to be used.

Thats it for now.

Cheers

Bennie

In Topic: Melbourne OG meet

23 March 2024 - 10:15 PM

Any ideas on a time and date to meet up yet?

In Topic: H6 swapped gen3 wagon.

22 March 2024 - 10:19 PM

Fingers crossed that Cat does the job!

What sort of scan tool do you have? I need to scan the ECU in my turbo project to see what codes are there so I can figure out how to sort out the CEL that’s always on when the engine is running. The ECU is a SF series 2 GT.

Cheers

Bennie