NW Prospective Owners Roll Call
 

Yo! I have decided to start our first NW thread starting with a roll call.

My names Josh, 25, from Seattle. Currently driving a 87 Mazda rx7 turbo.

I cant wait to start setting up our first meets once we have purchased our FT86s.

Rick, 20, Vancouver

Nate 24. Seattle/ Anacortes

James. 20.
Lynnhood, WA.
I drive a crappy '90 Civic LX (Yes, the sedan.)
I fried the head the first summer I had it because I ignored a cooling problem, rebuilt it, replaced basically the whole ignition and charging systems, the water and fuel pumps, front and rear shocks..
Even with all that, once it's warmed up, it has this dirty, erratic idle, and dies if I don't give it a bit of gas. Can't figure out the problem, but.. once I get this problem fixed, the exterior trim's still messed up and the windows don't work right.
Yeah, that about paints the picture on my car. It's craptastic, but I can't junk it after all the work and money.

Edit: oh, and the coolant's still disappearing. Fun stuff.

i would do a cylinder leakdown test and look for bubbles in the coolant if i were you.

oh im Kyle 19 currently in AZ but moving to Portland in the next few months so i decided i kind of fit in here :iono:

I think my taco is using coolant as well.

I dunno, since the coolant was all dropped out from when I replaced the head, I may have just.. not filled it and bled it right. I'm planning on doing a more thorough job tomorrow. The coolant temp sensor spiked the other night for no apparent reason, so I'm pretty sure I've at least got a bubble.
It does pressurize though, and my oil looks fine. I might have just not filled it fully enough.

I'm more interested in finding the culprit of the instant death upon red light.. It just bugs me that it only happens when the engine's hot. o2 sensor code on the ECU, but the CEL hasn't come on once since then.. I'll have to check that to make sure, but..

Lame. You've got sympathy, my friend.

Frankie's running like a champ.

Turns out I forgot to clean off the piston rings when I replaced the head and the gasket didn't stick there. Eating coolant and misfiring.

If you're having similar problems, a good idea is when you've eaten much of your coolant, pull off the rad cap and put your palm over the hole with the engine running. if it puffs air against your hand, your gasket isn't functioning properly.

I'm James. I drive a 92 MR2 Turbo. I'm 30 and from Portland.

Kyle, you drive an MR2 also? Welcome to Portland when you get here!

Ya i got a 91 NA (for now) i recognize you from the mr2 boards. Im KyleSW20 over there but im not very active. And ya i lived in Oregon city for a while, literally less than a mile from KO racing. Thank you though. i should be there soon. :happy0180:

Cino, 20. I'm from Seattle and drive '06 IS250

Joe, 21, Portland/Eugene.

Cameron, from Everett. Currently have 03 Tiburon 4cyl :iono:. Its ok and fun to drive but doesnt have as much go as I'd like.