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    12v mod with walbro, now fuel cut and bad idle

    a meat hd is not going to hold up is it?..hahaha i better check on that:aigo:
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    12v mod with walbro, now fuel cut and bad idle

    I do not have an aftermarket fpr, but its on the list. as far as tuning i was going to wait to get an Apexi SAFC or MAF_T. but i realy should get the wide-band. the 12v rewire was from a write up i saw, they say the wires running through the car are not good. i will rewire the system and turn...
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    over heated. lots of water?????

    [on. Secondly, I've been told you can spray some silicone inside the hose to ease the fitment or help you slide the hose over the neck of hard to reach hose bibs. Would the silicone spray cause the hose to rot from the inside from a chemical reaction? good idea, i use wd40 on mine. those...
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    12v mod with walbro, now fuel cut and bad idle

    so i have a 57trim ct-26 ,rc550,walbro 255, lexas v8 afm, perrin boost controller, turbo back titan down pipe, blitz nur spec exaust, titan meat hg, arp studs, all mandrell bent hard pipes, xs blow off vavle.boost was set at 12 and ran strong with no issues. i want to set boost at 15 psi, so i...
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    glad to be here!!! new guy

    thank you. lots of work to still do! lol
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    over heated. lots of water?????

    ok so it was the 90 dagree hose behind the water pump. so did the flush and tested for pressure and it was great. put in Go5 and distilled water. i am going to chand the rest of the hoses. oh and that hose had a bad blow out or rats chewed on it. there were slice marks and it was swallen to the...
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    over heated. lots of water?????

    perfect! thank you so much on the quick response.
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    over heated. lots of water?????

    ok i have a couple questions on that. what is the pressure test, and how do i do it? how do i do the coolant dye? i have never heard of doing that. my engine has 5k miles on it, but i could not replace them all. but i have never had a problem with over heating until the day it happend. thank you...
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    over heated. lots of water?????

    it has a titan metal hg, arp, torque to 75. plus i ckecked the oil and it perfect.
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    over heated. lots of water?????

    i will replace all hoses tomorow morning, thanks so much for the info. I heard to use distilled water and coolant, is that true?
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    over heated. lots of water?????

    over heated! and now there's water coming out from behind were the water pump is held to. its not pouring out its more like its raining from the under side of the water pump. but further back, closer to the engine. does anyone have an idea what is wrong. i have it sitting at my tattoo shop and...
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    88 turbo!!

    welcome to sm, you will learn alot about your car here!
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    water pump gasket went bad!

    i will try some, thank you.
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    water pump gasket went bad!

    i saw it was getting hot and pulled over and killed the engine and popped the hood. there was steam coming from the underside of the water pump. so i let it cool down and put water into the radiator and thats when i heard water coming from under the pump. but it wasnt coming from the little hole...
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    water pump gasket went bad!

    so is the gasket for the waterpump suposed to be made out of paper? i thaught my water pump went out, but upon futher investigation the seal and bearings look and feel fine, no shaft play at all. but this paper gasket look like shit. the motor only has 5k on it. oh and one other thing, whats the...
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    glad to be here!!! new guy

    i will post some pics as soon as i can. im not very good with computers, so it takes me a while sorry.
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    glad to be here!!! new guy

    i used a jdm because my supra is my daily driver and i could not afford to have it down. so i slowly worked on the jdm, makeing sure everything was down right. then we took two days to change everything out. now im working on the stock 7mgte, and that will be my back up.
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    glad to be here!!! new guy

    ya i use that term alot when anything is the first time, im a tattoo artist. lol oh and thanks alot.