Mindspin311

Ok so I went to install new secondarys in the FC today. Got everything off, put them in and put the car back together. Went to start the car and it wouldnt fire up. Then coolant started leaking from the exhaust, not good. So at some point we switched a coolant and air line somewhere under the UIM. So we go back it looked like we switched the hose that connects to the tube on the firewall and the one that leads into the housing. So we switch them and put it back together again. Again it wont start. The engine is turning over but wont fire up. Coolant drips from where the downpipe meets the presilencer. I have no clue what is going on now, I need some help guys.

WAYNE88N/A

So you vacuumed coolant into the engine? That's kinda funny (not for you, I'm sure)...

Inject some motor oil into the rotor housings via the plug holes FAST, and crank her over some, or the water might start to rust the rotor and/or housings. Keep trying to get her fired up after the oil has been spread around, maybe starting fluid will help...

I wouldn't think it would be possible to switch those hose connections around, but I guess it is

Mindspin311

Well do you know which hoses I am talking about?

ilike2eatricers

The rear housing to TB is the one you switched. I'm thinking you put the brake booster into the TB.

Tofuball

Or the heater hose to the BAC or AWS or something :P

Ocelot

My beautiful car

Mindspin311

That sounds exactly like what I did. I did the unflooding procedure but it still didnt start up, Im guessing the plugs need to be relaced.

ilike2eatricers

Could just be too much water inside the engine. Water doesnt compress too well. Just take out your plugs and crank it over a couple times first since you need to pull the plugs and check them anyways.

Badmofo3000

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What He ^ said, Keep at it, it will take some time to work up some compression.

CyborgRyu

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lol poor guy.

Mindspin311

Yea Im going and getting a new set of plugs tomorrow, hopefully that will clear it up. Im going to smoke up the whole neighborhood when/if it starts. Gonna be funny.

Mint87RX7

man if i saw coolant dripping out of my exhuast, lol, i would cry. hope you dont have any problems with it

Enthu

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lol

Mindspin311

Well thats what happens when you cross an air line with a coolant line. Instead of the coolant going through the TB, it went into the UIM and into the engine. Its kinda good that it did leak or I would have never known that is what happened.

So Im gonna put new plugs today and hopefully she will fire up. If not, any suggestions on what to do?

Mindspin311

Well the good news is that it runs again, but of course its smoking like a mother. I ended up flooding it again after getting the new plugs in because I forgot to fuel cut it while turning it over. But now it just smokes like crazy, and idea when that will go away. Lost so much coolant my buzzer came on haha.

ilike2eatricers

Might as well do a full coolant flush and also change your oil. You should change your oil anytime your engine floods and takes some effort to start.

Mindspin311

Well the oil was changed on Friday, do you think it should be done again? Also, my idle is is kinda rough right now, should that go away once all the coolant has been worked out? My boost gauge shows its pulling good vacuum, between 15-20 at idle.

Mindspin311

Here is the video of the car when it first started up. A good combo of fuel, coolant and oil.

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dmclark/FC.wmv

ilike2eatricers

Is your oil milky white or any oil in your coolant? I'm thinking what happened is that you kinda preformed the engine steam cleaning incorrectly. Do a search for water trick posts by rotaryresurrection.

Mindspin311

yea that does seem what I inadvertantly did. The car seems fine overall, pulls hard when given throttle. The idle is a bit rough but that might be because of some left over stuff in the vacuum lines maybe.

torean

why isnt there any audio?........cool smoke rings

Mindspin311

hmm, audio should be there, worked for me

Yea I loved the smoke rings, everytime the engine would pulse it would do that.