Low oil pressure
08-04-2015, 08:13 PM
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anyway to check all these things? or best way is to just open the pan and timing chain cover and inspect evertthing?
08-04-2015, 10:55 PM
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08-05-2015, 12:58 AM
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right after new tct installed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOpvV2_Fprw
week later tct went bad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK4mpXeSSQI
oil test and rod knock test tmrw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOpvV2_Fprw
week later tct went bad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK4mpXeSSQI
oil test and rod knock test tmrw
08-05-2015, 04:20 AM
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My first course of action would be pull the four rod caps as these are usually the first to spin. If the connecting rod has not made contact with the crankshaft yet (the spun bearing will protect the crank for a while if you are gentle with the car) you stand a decent chance of a while-you-wait repair.
Post locally for this, maybe someone will chime in. You don't need an S2000 specific guy, just someone familiar with in-car crank polishing by hand.
Post locally for this, maybe someone will chime in. You don't need an S2000 specific guy, just someone familiar with in-car crank polishing by hand.
08-05-2015, 09:45 AM
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My first course of action would be pull the four rod caps as these are usually the first to spin. If the connecting rod has not made contact with the crankshaft yet (the spun bearing will protect the crank for a while if you are gentle with the car) you stand a decent chance of a while-you-wait repair.
Post locally for this, maybe someone will chime in. You don't need an S2000 specific guy, just someone familiar with in-car crank polishing by hand.
Post locally for this, maybe someone will chime in. You don't need an S2000 specific guy, just someone familiar with in-car crank polishing by hand.
08-05-2015, 04:45 PM
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It doesn't sound like it, are you still seeing the oil light at idle? If the bearings spin you won't have oil getting into the bearing clearance and you'll hear it knock. First fix that, oil light at any other time but a split second after start up is bad, very bad. Listen to Billman if anyone's advice is worth taking it's his. If you're no longer getting an oil light, then you can worry about the tct. It's not the TCT itself it's the engine, you have to either fix the engine(tricky) or mod the TCT, or buy an already modded one.
If it comes on while you're full of oil it's one of two things. Either your bearings are going to die soon, or your oil pump is worn. I would get that checked out before you drive the car much more. Oil starvation can destroy the engine in a matter of seconds.
If it comes on while you're full of oil it's one of two things. Either your bearings are going to die soon, or your oil pump is worn. I would get that checked out before you drive the car much more. Oil starvation can destroy the engine in a matter of seconds.
08-05-2015, 06:29 PM
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It doesn't sound like it, are you still seeing the oil light at idle? If the bearings spin you won't have oil getting into the bearing clearance and you'll hear it knock. First fix that, oil light at any other time but a split second after start up is bad, very bad. Listen to Billman if anyone's advice is worth taking it's his. If you're no longer getting an oil light, then you can worry about the tct. It's not the TCT itself it's the engine, you have to either fix the engine(tricky) or mod the TCT, or buy an already modded one.
If it comes on while you're full of oil it's one of two things. Either your bearings are going to die soon, or your oil pump is worn. I would get that checked out before you drive the car much more. Oil starvation can destroy the engine in a matter of seconds.
If it comes on while you're full of oil it's one of two things. Either your bearings are going to die soon, or your oil pump is worn. I would get that checked out before you drive the car much more. Oil starvation can destroy the engine in a matter of seconds.
I WILL FORSURE TAKE BILLMAN'S ADVICE. I have learned from researching on this topic so much, Billman is the expert.
I am currently not driving the car at all since i heard the TCT noise come back. I did a rod knock test but pulling the ignition coils out one by one. It past that test.
I did an oil pressure test as well with a mac tool gauge, so should be pretty darn accurate.
NO OIL LIGHT NEVER CAME ON. MY OIL LIGHT ONLY CAME ON A FEW TIMES COMING TO A STOP. THAT IS THE ONLY TIME. SO I CAME TO A STOP AND WHILE COMING TO STOP MY CAR DROPPED BELOW NORMAL IDLE TO ABOUT 400-500 RPM AND THATS THE ONLY TIME THE OIL LIGHT WOULD FLASH AND TURN OFF COMPLETELY. AFTER COMING TO THE STOP IT WOULD NEVER COME ABCK AFTER IDLE RISES BACK. SO MY THOUGHT WAS MAYBE A VACUUM LEAK ALMOST LETTING CAR DIE.BUT HERE ARE THE PRESSURE TEST RESULTS...
Oil pressure test results.
Not good.
Warm Idle: ~5psi
warm 3000rpm: 34psi
Taken with a mac tool oil pressure tester form sending unit
Gabe Ang