Luckily I came into some extra funds (20$!) and I was able to get the oil recommened by John (20w-50), could only find a FRAM filter, and a set of NGK plugs.
Anyways, I'm sure all this is mundane for all of you out there. Seeing though that I've never held tool to motor before, so I'm still pretty apprehensive.
Unfortunatly those that I had help me were so excited to get under the car that I couldn't do anything but watch, but I learned from it none-the-less. So now I'm ed-jamacated in the ways of the oil and spark plug changing.
The Results:
OH MY GOD! What a freaking difference. I'm still astounded. There was a set of Bosch platniums in there before my roommate put in the NKG plugs. They looked really weird, and didn't look all too effecient, so I was able to understand why my HF engine didn't like them so much.
Not only that, but it's actually idling better. Dropped almost 650 RPMS, so all the more closer to normal. The oil change helped immensly. I'll be changing the oil again in a couple weeks in an attempt to clean out the motor.
Now this also presented a couple new problems, or exaserbated(sp?) the old.
Driving home, I was approaching a stop sign. I pushed in the clutch, took it out of gear, and the car dies for apperantly no reason. This happened at every stop light on the way home. If I left it in gear, it was fine.
For alittle while atleast. While keeping the gas steady, it seemed to hesitate, as if it gas stopped momentarily. It caused some wheel hop. That scared me even more considering that it has 2 broken motor mounts, and one that's very worn. Fun right?
Not only this, but the only thing that works like it's supposed to in my cluster is my tachometer. Gas Tanks full up, but gauge only shows 3/4 tank. My oil temp never really shows the temperature, but It does move.
Questions:
- I know I'm not supposed to be able to start my car without my clutch depressed. I can, will that hurt anything?[/*]
- Would anyone happen to have a spare speedo cable?[/*]
- My cluster has the acronym "APC" on it, and the cluster itself is white, does this make any difference?[/*]
- What set of spark plug wires would be the best for the set of NGK plugs?[/*]
Thanks for reading my long posts. I try not to bore you with such trivial things, but this is an immense learning experience for me.
I also wanted to thank John's tech Jason for taking such a complete look at my car.
This is an awesome community, and I'm glad to be a part of it!
`Johnathon.
(I feel like I'm on stage and thanking everybody!)
ComposiMo's List:
- Front Mount[/*]
- Timing Belt[/*]
- Water Pump[/*]
- Cam seal/ Crant seal[/*]
- Air intake filter (yes I'm missing a filter O.O)[/*]
- Thermostats + Gaskets[/*]
- Speedo Cable (it disentigrated)[/*]
- Rear Tranny mount bolts into tranny stripped[/*]
- Wiring[/*]
- Check Brakes[/*]
- Front main seals[/*]
- Upper and lower rad hoses[/*]
- Radiator and engine coolant flush.[/*]
