Need Serious Help - Car driving me crazy

sephir_07 · 04-13-2009, 08:02 PM

i just got a 89 turbo supra and the other day it rained cats and dogs. 5 mins into my trip the cars check engine light came on and it started cutting out. not a miss just a strait up die and restart after about 500 rpm loss. it also lulls into the 5 or 600 rpm range when stoped. then just as suddenly as the problem came on it goes away and runs great for 3 or 5 more mins.
ive taken all the intake stuff off and cleaned it with carb cleaner. no water anywhere. i do however have a exaust leak just behind the turbo elbo i can also hear a distinct blow off nois when i shift that was not there befor.
the car is compleatly stock

any ideas anyone???

also pulled all the plugs they are all like new.. not even a little carbon on them. no oil no water.... no water in my coolent or coolent in my oil either...
man this is pssing me off

cgreiner · 04-13-2009, 08:23 PM

Interesting. I still have not fixed this problem with my car either. Sorry.

I knew I had a faulty CPS resulting in an oil leak so I changed that. I figured maybe the issue was that I was low on oil and it just coincidently occurred when it rained - often. Not so....

My car would also drop idle just like yours and then violently recover as you know from the earlier post. It would also not seem to occur when I kept RPMS above 3200 or so. Does yours behave similarly?

What is most interesting though is that you have a hole in your downpipe as do I. Now, if I get into the turbo hard, or have a 20 min + drive, my knock sensor and idle control (ICS) have been giving me errors. The car runs great, as long as there is no rain, but I do get a 51 and 52 error code if I drive rough or long. I am guessing that I am producing a high level of admissions under my hood through my downpipe and it is messing with the system? This would sensibly occurs with either high RPMS or over time in traffic. Any merit to this or am I insane?

Maybe that behavior is just a sign that your ICS is going out?

Please let me know if you figure it out as I will be working on it as well over the next few weeks.

sephir_07 · 04-14-2009, 03:55 AM

today i tore down the top end again and found hairline fractures in the spark plugs.
so im getting more friday. ill let you know how it goes man
maby ill remove the hood and drive around like that when i get new plugs. this would let us know if its the leak messing with our sensors.
let me know what you come up with.

and yes as soon as i get to 2000 rpm trouble sets in... then beyond 3000 its great!
maby we have faulty coil packs?

cgreiner · 04-14-2009, 12:53 PM

I was suspecting spark plug issues as well. Maybe a valve cover gasket leak drowning them in oil. I have hte plugs, just have not checked the old ones or made the switch as of yet.

I should also be replacing my down pipe in the near future so that should help answer the emissions questions too.

sephir_07 · 04-15-2009, 05:00 AM

hte plugs whats that?

im putting bosh platnim in my car

cgreiner · 04-15-2009, 12:57 PM

typo "the" not "hte"

sephir_07 · 04-15-2009, 07:44 PM

ok man i changed all plugs and took a tooth brush and carb cleaner to all my intake and boost pipes. car runs like a champ now yay!
now go forth and change em plugs lol

04-13-2009, 08:02 PM	#1
sephir_07 Stock Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: arkansas Posts: 9	Rain Trouble i just got a 89 turbo supra and the other day it rained cats and dogs. 5 mins into my trip the cars check engine light came on and it started cutting out. not a miss just a strait up die and restart after about 500 rpm loss. it also lulls into the 5 or 600 rpm range when stoped. then just as suddenly as the problem came on it goes away and runs great for 3 or 5 more mins. ive taken all the intake stuff off and cleaned it with carb cleaner. no water anywhere. i do however have a exaust leak just behind the turbo elbo i can also hear a distinct blow off nois when i shift that was not there befor. the car is compleatly stock any ideas anyone??? also pulled all the plugs they are all like new.. not even a little carbon on them. no oil no water.... no water in my coolent or coolent in my oil either... man this is pssing me off

04-14-2009, 03:55 AM	#3
sephir_07 Stock Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: arkansas Posts: 9	today today i tore down the top end again and found hairline fractures in the spark plugs. so im getting more friday. ill let you know how it goes man maby ill remove the hood and drive around like that when i get new plugs. this would let us know if its the leak messing with our sensors. let me know what you come up with. and yes as soon as i get to 2000 rpm trouble sets in... then beyond 3000 its great! maby we have faulty coil packs?

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04-13-2009, 08:23 PM	#2
cgreiner 3" Exhaust Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: North Carolina Posts: 63	Interesting. I still have not fixed this problem with my car either. Sorry. I knew I had a faulty CPS resulting in an oil leak so I changed that. I figured maybe the issue was that I was low on oil and it just coincidently occurred when it rained - often. Not so.... My car would also drop idle just like yours and then violently recover as you know from the earlier post. It would also not seem to occur when I kept RPMS above 3200 or so. Does yours behave similarly? What is most interesting though is that you have a hole in your downpipe as do I. Now, if I get into the turbo hard, or have a 20 min + drive, my knock sensor and idle control (ICS) have been giving me errors. The car runs great, as long as there is no rain, but I do get a 51 and 52 error code if I drive rough or long. I am guessing that I am producing a high level of admissions under my hood through my downpipe and it is messing with the system? This would sensibly occurs with either high RPMS or over time in traffic. Any merit to this or am I insane? Maybe that behavior is just a sign that your ICS is going out? Please let me know if you figure it out as I will be working on it as well over the next few weeks.

04-14-2009, 12:53 PM	#4
cgreiner 3" Exhaust Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: North Carolina Posts: 63	I was suspecting spark plug issues as well. Maybe a valve cover gasket leak drowning them in oil. I have hte plugs, just have not checked the old ones or made the switch as of yet. I should also be replacing my down pipe in the near future so that should help answer the emissions questions too.

04-15-2009, 05:00 AM	#5
sephir_07 Stock Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: arkansas Posts: 9	hte plugs whats that? im putting bosh platnim in my car

04-15-2009, 12:57 PM	#6
cgreiner 3" Exhaust Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: North Carolina Posts: 63	typo "the" not "hte"

04-15-2009, 07:44 PM	#7
sephir_07 Stock Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: arkansas Posts: 9	ok man i changed all plugs and took a tooth brush and carb cleaner to all my intake and boost pipes. car runs like a champ now yay! now go forth and change em plugs lol