New Coupe

Well I finally bought the coupe today. $800 cash money. I'll have the title by Friday and all I'll have to do is take it to the MVA and get a new one printed up with my name on it. My test pipe, intake, and catback will be installed this week as well, and it'll be delivered to my house before Friday too.

I've never bought a car before(my first 3G was a gift)and it's actually quite invigorating. I'm so freaking happy I don't know what to do! I know what I'll do...I'll get some pics so you guys can see this car.

CONGRATULATIONS. That is a good price so you can spend some money in maintenance for a daily beater.

lol, i find it a hassle when i buy a new car...or trade for one, im 21 and have owned 12 cars since i was old enough to drive, (not all of them were titled...correctly...) i find calling the insurance Agency, geting inspections, dealing with the bitchy old women at the DMV and paying god awful amounts for taxes,plate fees, inspection fees, at the moment i own 2 plated and legal cars and in december i have to worry about getting the hatch emissions tested, that means reinstalling the cat, fixing a torn flex pipe, this sh!t gets me all stressed but i have to admit the first time i bought a car and got it legal i was on a natural high for a week, and everytime i by a new car i wake up in the middle of the night, make sure its there and take a drive in it, even if its a pile

Word. I have that natural high myself right now. This is the first car I've ever bought too. It's not really a beater, as I plan to DUMP alot of money into it for performance, but the engine that's currently in there sucks so I have to swap it with engine from my old car.

Well today I put my test pipe and catback on and it sounds MEAN. Tomorrow I get the title and hopefully it'll be delivered at my house, otherwise it will be here on Wednesday. Time to gather the detailing materials. :D

Well I got the coupe, it's at my house and I have the title. I live on private property, so even though I have no tags I can drive the car around back here. I am fucking pissed! I thought the clutch was good, it starts slipping BAD after 5K with the pedal to the floor. Now not only do I have to swap my engine, I have to buy a new clutch. :burn: Might as well throw a lightweight flywheel while I'm at it...

Well at least I got the nippondenso compressor and my A/C still works! :D

Well this engine is more fucked than I thought. Having no cat really shows me just how rich it does run. After it warms up it has small wisps of whiteish smoke from the exhaust. I smelled them...straight gas. It's not burning fuel properly...I should probably change the plugs and wires...

Another thing, the head gasket is on the VERY EARLY beginings of going out. However my current problem is the fact that it has an inappropriate amount of blowby from the valvecover and the PCV. I cleaned out the PCV valve with heavy duty cleaner at school, and that helped my idle but it still doesn't idle right. Also the inside of the intake manifold is pretty covered with oil. I put my short ram intake on 2 days ago and already the cone is starting to get oil dripping from it. This car only has 144K miles on it! I'm fucking pissed! I need help guys!


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Bump.

I could really use some help with this... :sadwave:

oh man, this shit sucks for you. here you are getting hyped up because you got what you wanted but all these problems come with it.
are you sure the headgasket is on it's way out??
144k (don't know what it is in mile's but it sounds less)
is kinda too early for a honda to go through those things, on a ford/chrysler it's normal

Sometimes it has tiny wisps of white smoke from the exhaust and they're sweet smelling...and when it's nice and warm you can see very tiny bubbles coming up in the radiator. It still has probably another 6 months left on it before it goes, maybe more, but considering I don't drive like a grandma probably not. I just wanna see if I can get to the bottom of this blowby problem because from what I know the A20 piston rings are really good...and shouldn't be on there way out. If at the very most I just have to change some seals and replace the headgasket I'd be happy because I'd rather do that than have to pull the motor and drop the one from my sedan in.

how's the oil?....
i know this may sound stupid but how can you tell about the blow by??
umm nevermind, it could be the pcv valve . . . .

The oil is very clean and is at the top hole on the dipstick...it must have been changed fairly recently before I bought the car. I don't think it's the PCV valve though because it has blowby there too...I just don't get it... :dunno:

what about the black box, under the intake manafold??
that could be one of the reasons . . . .

I've heard about the black box but I know absolutely nothing about it or it's function. Enlighten me please...

damn, well, this is going to be a learning experience i guess. where did you get it from?

well it was said to prevent oil from getting into intake, so the valve will only suck up the vapors....
plus thier is another one where it could be valve cover, it has a baffle with holes at the top, which prevents the manafold from sucking in the oil, that could be clogged too . . . .

Is this 'black box' on carb, EFI, or both? I definetly need to construct a oil catch can...

I bought this car from a guidance counselor at a high school a couple towns over...

Cosmetically it was very well maintained, but mechanically... :burn:

just follow where the pcv valve is and it's right under there.
and like they say never judge a book by its cover.....

I just went out there in the pitch black with a flashlight and pulled the PCV valve off again. Damn it's cold out there! The valve is clogged again! :mad:

I heard that it's possible for it to be a crank seal. Is this true? I need to do a compression test... :help:

lets' pretend that this is my engine: :pc:

Now I feel a little better...

lol, oh man take it easy.
i'm not for sure on the crank seals.
yea it's best to do a compression test.....
it's clogged again...hmmm is the oil on the vacuum side or the pcv side?
i say take off that valve cover and take a look at it . . . .

I'll take off that valve cover tomorrow and have a look in there.

Thanks for your help man, I'll keep you posted.

no problem i hope it's very simple . . .

Me too...I really, really hope it's not the rings.

It would be unbelievable...at only 144K miles...

Found this awesome DIY oil catch can on cb7tuner.com.

I knew this would come in handy. :D

DIY oil catch can

that one seems like a good idea......