Project C - Also not 56k friendly!

You can say that again....I was feeling all alone....bring on the red ones 😂

Just a Q... have you tried changing your fuel rail, I heard of cases where the fuel rail started to "perish" causing a leak, no matter if you've got new o rings or not.

I don't have a spare one. But what I did notice was that the leak moved around with the injectors. It wasn't the same port on the fuel rail that kept leaking. Still, I'm sure it's partly to blame.

toby, remember the fuel pressure is at around 2.5 bar right.

so you should check for any little scratches of any kind on the holes on the fuel rail. the o-rings at the top of the injectors are there to create a seal, but if the steel is damaged even with a light scratch, the fuel will find a way through.

another thing is to be careful not to damage those o-rings when you're inserting the injectors into the rail. they so easily can get squashed and then stretched or broken. try to use a little bit of red rubber grease when installing the injectors to allow those seals to slip in there easily!

So the fuel started to leak again 🙁

Luckily, ChemCool supplied me with another fuel rail (thanks dude!). To be sure, I put my original injectors back on with good o-rings and nothing else. Two were leaking (the two with discoloured connectors). I could see it bubbling from the body of the injector between the plastic and metal. Those 2 injectors are shot. So I replaced those two with another 2, and now it's working! No leaks, and no funny thread tape or anything.

So it was indeed a combination of fuel rail and bad injectors! Can you believe my luck?

This car has reached the end of it's lifespan though. Everything is falling apart. A clip disintegrated just 'cos I bumped into it gently. Last night I was driving home and something breaks in the engine bay. Limped home only to find that the bolt holding the alternator broke off! It's going to be a real struggle to keep the car together from this point forward 🙁

hey man...

thats the wrong attitude man...

a broken alternator bolt perhaps points to another problem, like belts that might be too tight, or the nut on the bolt that was too tight.

you guys have been following the build guide right? about torque settings and belt tightness, etc.

the fuel problem was just unlucky, and you should view it like that. to have both a fuel rail and broken injectors just makes it that much more difficult to diagnose and solve, because people usually only change one thing at a time. and changing injectors and fuel rails is not a lekka job!

did you manage to source another alternator bolt?

Easy fix. No problem.
Hope you get a bolt in that bolt conatainer
Chem 8)

Yep I managed to get a bolt from Freddie's Collection-O-Bolts 🙂 Actually I was wrong, the bolt hadn't broken off. Rather, it worked it's way loose due to vibrations in the engine when I revved it to about 6000rpm. Luckily it wasn't the long bottom bolt, but rather the short top one.

It seems, once again, that this was human error. I'd had to loosen the alternator to fit one of the covers. During this process, I forgot to re-tighten all the alternator bolts. So the belt was tensioned, but I didn't tighten the top and bottom bolts.

Still, the fact that my console cover screw mountings broke, and the clips are all breaking, points to the fact that this car was only made to last about this long. So while I believe my newly rebuilt engine will last a while yet, the chassis is gonna need a lot of work to keep it together...

Yip. Granted.
Chem 8)

not granted.

i dont agree that cars weren't built with a specific lifespan, afterwhich stuff just starts breaking.

no ways - rather, just be careful. snapping bolts and breaking clips can be avoided, right?

not granted.

What about the rattling we all moaning about. And some okes doors closing sounds like pure jam cans?

Some inside interior not holding any more.

My dashlights not working any more = suspecting the stick switch
etc.etc.

But any way, I still love/hate my sx

Chem 8)

So, yesterday I put back all the brackets/stays/etc. in the engine. Everything is on now except the bottom engine cover. I also replaced my "Chip Logic modified" ECU with the stock one I bought from Ero Sennin. Guess what? Almost no difference! So, in short, Chip Logic charged me R8000 for a set of second-hand 370cc injectors, and nothing else. Of which 2 are already leaking. And they took 9 months to do that.

Anyway, took my car for a drive, and boy does she drive well! The short shifter is much quieter now. The engine is smooth and spinning freely. The gearbox is loosening up nicely. The tubby is boosting beautifully. I'm loving it!

Hope it lasts 🙂

Gooooooooooood stuff Tobles!

yeah that is awesome news man...

so everythings lekka now, well i'm sure everyone's rooting for this one to last!

but the part about chip logic is seriously dodgy. is there no comeback with that whole saga???

what about something like hellopeter, or some other form of consumer complaints avenue???

perhaps small claims court???

i know you probably wont want to hear this but i got a full set of second hand stock injectors for 800 bucks about two years ago and they're still working fine. so being shafted so much for those ones... i mean EISH!!! cant you get some kind of reimbursement???

Naah I don't want to go down that road. I'm done with mechanics. I do whatever work I can myself now.

Great to hear everythings sorted Toby, as Freddy said a long time back, we need to learn to do everything ourselves and you are well on your way, that is great!!!

I got shafted aswell with injectors, paid for brand new ones from big boss auto.
The injectors were wrong for the engine, The mech swopped those for others, which were leaking injectors again.
Took the car back, the injectors got swopped for working used injectors and I still got charged for the "new" injectors, or I wouldn't get my car back.

Farking back yard pices of .......

Ero_sennin wrote:

I got shafted aswell with injectors, paid for brand new ones from big boss auto.
They didnt work on the car, got swopped for leaking injectors again.
Took back, they got swopped for working old injectors and I still got charged for the "new old" injectors, or I wouldn't get my car back.

Farking back yard pices of .......

this is all very confusing...

new, old, used, working, leaking, "new old" - its like ordering a "medium rare" steak at a restaurant - you confuse the chef and he stuffs it all up!!!

also - you went to big boss auto!!! 😮 ??? if you gonna go there, rather buy the lekka parts and leave!!!

😂 😂 😂 😂
Ok I have fixed my confusing steak order. It should make sense now.

It was the mech that went there to go buy the crap. Obviously he didnt know what the hell he was doing.

So Toby is your car sorted now??