first test drive with the long tubes! and something blows up!
Thread Starter
|
Senior Member
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 295
Likes: 0
From: Jacksonville, Fl.
well....im pretty sure i found the oil leak!!! turns out the oil dipstick did not get replaced correctly, i though my buddy put it back in ( we had to remove it for some fitting issues) he swares he put it back...so im guessing that is where the oil is comming from, and its def. engine oil...blackish/green color...the truck will start and idle, and i can put it into Drive and just roll..and it moves just fine...but once the gas is pressed....nothing but violent shaking and studdering...i looked at the 02's and they looked fine to me...but then again im not to sure what im looking for...they are all in tact and not black or burnt looking..i need to get an engine code scanner and run the code and see what comes up...but the truck isnt driveable right now..any idea where i could get one? or rent one???
Thread Starter
|
Senior Member
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 295
Likes: 0
From: Jacksonville, Fl.
Originally posted by damntwizzlers
The O/D Light blinks when the O2 sensors are bad because they are on the same circuit as these trucks. The truck kind've goes into a safety mode when the fuse blows for the O2 sensors. If you look under your hood its the fuse all the way towards the front of the truck on the drivers side. You can look in the owners manual and it will say tranny fuse. You can replace the fuse and it will make the truck start and run like normal until you give it any gas again and it will blow the fuse once again. I would check the O2's around the head shields, my truck melted the wires from the passenger side rear O2 right to the heat sheild. I hope this helps.
The O/D Light blinks when the O2 sensors are bad because they are on the same circuit as these trucks. The truck kind've goes into a safety mode when the fuse blows for the O2 sensors. If you look under your hood its the fuse all the way towards the front of the truck on the drivers side. You can look in the owners manual and it will say tranny fuse. You can replace the fuse and it will make the truck start and run like normal until you give it any gas again and it will blow the fuse once again. I would check the O2's around the head shields, my truck melted the wires from the passenger side rear O2 right to the heat sheild. I hope this helps.
Thread Starter
|
Senior Member
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 295
Likes: 0
From: Jacksonville, Fl.
i just went out and checked the fuse for the tranny......yup! BLOWN!! so that solves the problem..no i just need to figure out how to keep the sensors from acting up...any tips?
Senior Member
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 1,128
Likes: 0
From: New Mexico
Leo,
When I fitted mine I made sure to cut a nice "BIG" hole in the heatshields around the O2s, that stuff is hard to cut. I would think that when you get on it a bit the engine torques and moved the exhaust and sensor a little. This makes the sensor touch the heatshield and blow.
Great that you found the problem.
When I fitted mine I made sure to cut a nice "BIG" hole in the heatshields around the O2s, that stuff is hard to cut. I would think that when you get on it a bit the engine torques and moved the exhaust and sensor a little. This makes the sensor touch the heatshield and blow.
Great that you found the problem.
Senior Member
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 2,501
Likes: 0
From: Plainfield, Illinois
Leo weren't you traden' your truck in for a Cobra? I thought I read on here, or over on a Cobra forum you sold the KB, and you were taking delivery on a new 04 Cobra or somethen'. Maybe another Leo? 
Shane
Shane
Senior Member
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 313
Likes: 0
not to thread jack...but since you found that prob..i.e. the Hego fuse...anybuddy got pix on how much of the heat shield i ought to remove..as well as the best high temp insulation to wrap any close wires with...i will be installing kooks LT's here shortly and would like to have the least amount of snags as possible....it's a 2000 as well..thanx
Thread Starter
|
Senior Member
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 295
Likes: 0
From: Jacksonville, Fl.
you heard right shane...i think im the only leo on the board....i was taking delivery on an 03' black coupe w/ 1,200 miles on her...make a long story short....the deal just didnt work out the way i hoped, (dealer made some promises and didnt follow through...anyways...yes i sold the KB, and has some cash...that $ was going to be for the cobra....but!! no other good deals were around at the time...so i just broke down and ordered the long tubes i wanted, and a 75 shot of ZEX...im going to run this setup till about X-mas time...then if i still want to...pick up and 04' cobra with a lil bit of miles on it...but for now im just keepin to truck....and what really sucks is my best freind just purchased a brand new 04' White cobra....really upsetting! i gota watch him mod it and take everone on rides 
while i think to myself...that should be me!!!!!! ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! well i figured out the problem on the truck tho....replaced the fuse and she ran great! now back to my N20 install!!!!!!!
while i think to myself...that should be me!!!!!! ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! well i figured out the problem on the truck tho....replaced the fuse and she ran great! now back to my N20 install!!!!!!!