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I am the proud new owner of an 88 turbo coupe, 5 speed. I paid 1000 for the car which has 174,000 miles and is suprisingly clean.
I can post pics if ther is a proper section to do so and/or anyone is interested.
Anyhow the story behind the car is the guy sold it to me because he cant figure out what is wrong with the car. I have done a search on the forum here and seems that it is a fairly common problem.
When i start the car up it is fine till the engine begins to warm up. Roughly the same time the engine reaches its normal running tem the car will begin bucking at 3k rpm,If you stay below 3k your fine.
If you allow the car time to warm up for about 5 minutes after it reaches running temp the idle will drop to 500rpm or so and sound as if the car is going to die, after a minute or so the car will come back up to normal idle and you will not have issue.
Car also grinds slightly if above idle when going into 4th. I wasnt sure about this a buddy told me probably sut syncronisers.
In my searh people reccomend the tfi and pip sensor.
My question is although i havent tried pulling the codes i dont get a check engine light, will i even get codes if no light is showing? Or will the sensors give codes if they are bad, i would think thats the whole point of a sensor but i've been wrong before.
Also if i buy a new distributor will the sensors be included?
Lastly is there any topics that would be benificial (other that stickied obviously) to begin reaserching my car and begin getting it back to perfect shape.
edited to add the list of new parts on the car.
exahust Y'd from cat back with thrust mufflers.
water pump.
clutch has about 500 miles on it.
plugs, wires.
turbo rebuild with about 10k
o2sensor,
fuel filter (but tank has not been flushed. had an 85 rx-7 that did the exact same thing untill i flushed the tank and changed the fuel pump and filter.)
Radiator and hoses.
I can post pics if ther is a proper section to do so and/or anyone is interested.
Anyhow the story behind the car is the guy sold it to me because he cant figure out what is wrong with the car. I have done a search on the forum here and seems that it is a fairly common problem.
When i start the car up it is fine till the engine begins to warm up. Roughly the same time the engine reaches its normal running tem the car will begin bucking at 3k rpm,If you stay below 3k your fine.
If you allow the car time to warm up for about 5 minutes after it reaches running temp the idle will drop to 500rpm or so and sound as if the car is going to die, after a minute or so the car will come back up to normal idle and you will not have issue.
Car also grinds slightly if above idle when going into 4th. I wasnt sure about this a buddy told me probably sut syncronisers.
In my searh people reccomend the tfi and pip sensor.
My question is although i havent tried pulling the codes i dont get a check engine light, will i even get codes if no light is showing? Or will the sensors give codes if they are bad, i would think thats the whole point of a sensor but i've been wrong before.
Also if i buy a new distributor will the sensors be included?
Lastly is there any topics that would be benificial (other that stickied obviously) to begin reaserching my car and begin getting it back to perfect shape.
edited to add the list of new parts on the car.
exahust Y'd from cat back with thrust mufflers.
water pump.
clutch has about 500 miles on it.
plugs, wires.
turbo rebuild with about 10k
o2sensor,
fuel filter (but tank has not been flushed. had an 85 rx-7 that did the exact same thing untill i flushed the tank and changed the fuel pump and filter.)
Radiator and hoses.
88 t-bird turbo, 5 speed manual