Whatever!!!!!!!!! Gearhead-EFI Edition

[EagleMark]

Seeing your house on mapquest I beleive you could be here in five minutes!

Looking forward to seeing you Fri Sat...

[EagleMark]

Got back to Idaho late Friday, Kathy was to sick for surgery? She going into hospital here tomorrow. Specialist in Portland is very confused why she has not been on Crohns treatment this whole time?

I think I'm going to take her to ER in Spokane WA. The hospital here is either not capable or willing to do what is needed? Pretty sure it's not capable since all the issues she has now is from a surgery last year she did not need, all she needed was Crohns treatment... it's amazing what medical records say when a doctor outside the area reads them... and treatment a patient gets here?

Crohns diesese is an inflamatory bowl diesese, she has had for 20 + years now...

Couple years ago I had back and gut pain no one could figure out, got worse for a year. Finally went to ER and had a CAT scan and still no answer? Left hospital in Idaho and went to ER in Spokane I was that bad and they looked at CAT scan done here in Idaho and it was plain as day I had a kidney stone the size of a tangerine. They fixed me... that is when they found the mass on my kidney I had the surgery for later in S Idaho.

Beleive this or not? No attorney would take that as a Medical Malpractice case because it was to hard to prove? They are all loaded with easy cases... man health care is scary!

[jim_in_dorris]

Well, I finally got the motor buttoned up today on the wifes s10 blazer. First we had a problem with the oil cooler line fittings that we didn't take off the old radiator. 2 trips to Napa to get that right. Next was a timing problem that took 2 restabs of the distributor to get right. Then the oil filter relocation adaptor was leaking oil really bad. Another trip to the parts store. Got the coolant in, fired it up, it runs like a dream. Stick it in gear and and thought I was going to cry. Nothing. This transmission has less than 10,000 on the rebuild. It looks like the front pump is bad, we are getting no fluid to the radiator. According to the diagnostic i looked up, it has all the symptoms of a bad front pump. So now we get to pull the tranny again. I am to broke to pay attention, so I am hoping I can just rebuild the front pump, but it looks like I need a couple of special tools that I don't have. I am really tired of fixing this blazer. It's a 2002 with 173K on the clock, a tranny that was rebuilt less than 10k ago, and a used motor with 68K on it. I can't afford to replace it as work hours got cut for both of us.

[EagleMark]

Did the torque converter come out when motor was out? You know it needs three clicks... or two?

[1project2many]

Jim...

I can't afford to replace it as work hours got cut for both of us.

Transmissions don't just fail while a vehicle's sitting. If it worked when the engine came out then it should work now. Have faith in that. Something else was missed. Filter not installed properly, incorrect level on dipstick, torque converter not installed right, something simple. Maybe you just forgot the flex plate bolts?

Before doing anything else, determine whether converter is in right. Pull the flywheel cover and gain access to converter. If you can't spin the converter with the bolts removed it's not engaged in the front pump correctly. Don't start the engine again!!! Loosen trans / engine bolts, separate two enough to spin converter, and get it engaged properly.

As far as special tools, if you're looking at the tools to pull the pump then no worries. Install a length of chain across the front pump at the two special bolt holes. Hook the handle of a hammer inside the chain so the links rest in the corner between hammer head and handle. Start with the chain slack and use a swinging / pulling motion to "hit" the pump out. I've pulled a ton of transmissions apart and even in the dealership I never used the pump puller (Shhh!).

Oh, and don't feel bad. I killed the Mercedes engine Friday night. I had it set up so I was paying very little for fuel and thought I might be able to get ahead of things, finally. The engine runs hot and I've been keeping speeds down on the interstate but Friday I was running with fast traffic 75+ and just forgot to keep an eye on the temp gauge. Cylinder four now has a direct connection with the crankcase and it's probably not worth fixing. I'm really pissed because it took two years to get the parts together to set this thing up and I only got to use it for a couple of months. I can't even blame bad luck.

[jim_in_dorris]

Thanks for the responses. The SnapOn Solus Ultra shows that the torque converter is spinning. The pan never came off, so I know that it's not the filter. No fluid is being pumped to the radiator. The tranny cooler lines are dry. We had to tow the blazer for about 5 miles with the engine out, and I think that did in the front pump.

1project, what mercedes did you kill the motor in? I can't kill mine. Of course, that old 240D probably wouldn't do 75 anyways. It is sitting right now in need of a new starter I can't afford. I need to figure that out, then sell it while it is still running to pay for fixing the blazer and a new radiator for my PU

[1project2many]

The "converter spinning" is really the input shaft which is driven by the inner workin's of the converter. The converter shell drives the pump and may be disengaged even if the input shaft is turning. I would not expect that towing the vehicle killed the pump. The clutches are disengaged and there should be no direct connection between output shaft and input shaft. Plenty of people tow 4L60E trannies without losing the front pump.

I killed a 300SD. Saying it was hot is a dramatic understatement.

I have seen posts on a diesel forum saying that the OM617 / 300SD starter can be made to work in the four cylinder engine. I have a good used starter which I saved from a parts car which you can have. Send a PM if interested.

[jim_in_dorris]

Talked with my tranny guy this afternoon. He thinks we broke the front pump when we did the engine install. Very possible, it wouldn't be the first time I have done that. He told me to pull it, and bring it to him and he would repair it cheap and also make sure nothing else it wrong. Guess What I am doing this week? He is really a great tranny guy, and tries to fix them so he never sees them again. Even though it was probably a stupid error on my part, he will fix it at a steeply discounted price to help me out.

[EagleMark]

GearHead-EFI prayer...

[1project2many]

Nice one.

[dave w]

Nice one.

X2

dave w

[ony]

is there more o2 in cold air 70 than in hot air 110 degress, ? here there is a lot of sun shine the acuall high way temp is proble 120-130 degress. another off the wall question.

[EagleMark]

If you do a perfect tune at 70 degrees in Open Loop... then run Closed loop BLM will be 128.

60 degree day it will be richer like 124.

80 degree day will be leaner like 132.

If you tune all temps you'll be chasing your tail... the magic of the O2 sensor makes it work in all temps...

[RobertISaar]

assuming you have an IAT/MAT sensor, if you have it dialed in well enough, it will account for day to day variations like that within a pretty small error window. can't account for humidity and to a small degree, sensor error/lag. in closed loop, the O2 will have the final say, of course.

[ony]

I was wondering about it, I don't seam to get that many more knock in the evening the blms do change from the morning. the truck has more by the seat of your pants power in the cooler air the mileage on my data log shows a little more in the cooler temp also. I think I need one of them [self adjusting out side temp controlers] for my in take air. maybe a little ac coil in my intake tube. I have an 91 pickup with a 747 ecm, do they have a iat option?