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by PurpleDinosaur
January 5th, 2008, 9:24 am
Forum: Buyer/Seller Feedback Forum
Topic: Feedback: Mooneggs
Replies: 115
Views: 36331

Re: Feedback: Mooneggs

Mark is obsessed with feedback... it's like crack to him. He simply must have it. If you really care for him, don;t buy anything from him... if we all pull together we can help him kick the habit! Ok - seriously - anyone who's spent more than 5 minutes on this board know that Mr. Mooneggs is a stand...
by PurpleDinosaur
December 18th, 2007, 12:54 pm
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: replacing waterpump
Replies: 13
Views: 759

WHile you're at it... consider the whole Timing belt kit... bushing and tensioner assembly etc... I believe you're looking at about $80 for a belt and around $150 for the entire kit... I wouldn't want to replae the pump and belt only to have the tensioner go bad and have to redo it... but then again...
by PurpleDinosaur
December 18th, 2007, 12:47 pm
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: No power, and hard to start
Replies: 7
Views: 460

Check your rubber intake hose to the throttle body. Very small cracks will cause this issue, because air will by-pass the VAF. The ecu will think that the engine is getting no air, and try to compensate in some kinda way that somehow causes stalling. Sometimes it's hard to see the cracks. This is u...
by PurpleDinosaur
December 18th, 2007, 12:04 pm
Forum: MX-3 Related Items For Sale/Trade
Topic: FS-SOLD
Replies: 10
Views: 696

Steve-O... Sorry man - thats not likely to happen... I' won't be parting it out and I have interest in the car for more $ than I have it listed for here... further, I found a shop that will do the belt for a lot less than $600 so I may end up keeping it a while longer... But donating with a missing ...
by PurpleDinosaur
December 12th, 2007, 11:59 pm
Forum: MX-3 Related Items For Sale/Trade
Topic: FS-SOLD
Replies: 10
Views: 696

mitmaks wrote:Ive got the money but too far away. Id just keep it, its kl-ze time for it
Get the behind me SATAN!


Dude - I'm bailing over a timing belt and you suggest I take on a ZE swap??? Put down the pipe... LOL.
by PurpleDinosaur
December 12th, 2007, 8:57 am
Forum: MX-3 Related Items For Sale/Trade
Topic: FS-SOLD
Replies: 10
Views: 696

Too bad you are giving up so soon. Anyways Is it manual or auto? Yeah.. I agree. I've always had fun driving Barney but lately he's become very high maintenance and this relationship just isn't working for me anymore so its time to move on... its not him... its me. :lol: 5 speed - no synchro issues...
by PurpleDinosaur
December 11th, 2007, 2:57 pm
Forum: MX-3 Related Items For Sale/Trade
Topic: FS-SOLD
Replies: 10
Views: 696

FS-SOLD

So long and thanks for all the fish.

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Sold Locally to a verty cool guy - will be his kids car and I'll get to see it rolling in the hood.

Cheers all... on to other addicitons.
by PurpleDinosaur
December 10th, 2007, 11:11 am
Forum: MX-3 Related Want to Buy Forum
Topic: [WTB] K8 Timing Belt Cover (Front or Both)
Replies: 3
Views: 263

[WTB] K8 Timing Belt Cover (Front or Both)

I NEED the front Timing belt cover... but if you only wanna sell as a set thats fine... Hopefully someone's got onoe laying around and can help me out... already tried the local yards without luck. PM or post reply... Thanks! ps - if anyones got a line on a cheap retail alternative, by all means, po...
by PurpleDinosaur
December 10th, 2007, 10:51 am
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: Dead.... but WHY? EDIT: HELP NEEDED
Replies: 13
Views: 1056

TAlked to a shop...

Guy wants $80 for disgnosis which seems reasonable.

Sez $400 labor + parts to replace timing belt if thats what it needs...


Is this a reasonable amount for this repair?

thanks.
by PurpleDinosaur
December 10th, 2007, 9:08 am
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: Dead.... but WHY? EDIT: HELP NEEDED
Replies: 13
Views: 1056

Haven't put it back together to try to crank it again since verifying fuel.
by PurpleDinosaur
December 9th, 2007, 5:41 am
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: Dead.... but WHY? EDIT: HELP NEEDED
Replies: 13
Views: 1056

I've got fuel - pulled line to the injector rails and turned key on (I would say cranked engine but with the VAF disconnnected the car did not crank - as if no juice to the started , but cranked fine before I took the airbox / VAF off - normal?) No water in fuel. I nver had the order order wrong - t...
by PurpleDinosaur
December 8th, 2007, 2:14 pm
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: Dead.... but WHY? EDIT: HELP NEEDED
Replies: 13
Views: 1056

Firing order issue has been resolved - see Tunes Thread in this forum...

So far, changed plugs, wires, cap and rotor... added fresh fuel w/ dry gas... cleared codes and tried to start. No go. No new codes after attempting to start.

NOw checking Fuel pressure / Filter.
by PurpleDinosaur
December 8th, 2007, 1:52 pm
Forum: V6 FAQ
Topic: GS V6 Firing Order
Replies: 3
Views: 5744

Tunes - thansk fro looking into this forme... The order you show in your pix 453 612 Matches the order shown on G29 of the '92 manual. To further confuse the matter, my Chiltons Manual shows the order as 546 123 Which must be wrong. FWIW, my 93 pattern is the same as what you listed. Glad I checked ...
by PurpleDinosaur
December 6th, 2007, 8:46 pm
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: Dead.... but WHY? EDIT: HELP NEEDED
Replies: 13
Views: 1056

confusion reigns... Manual show firing order 123456 per 92_B2_003 Cyl arrangement per 92_B2_003 135 246 Disty rotates conterclockwise But manual shows disty post arrangement as 453 612 Wouldn't this yield firing order 123546?? To further F me up, my chiltons manual shows same Cyl order and firing or...
by PurpleDinosaur
December 6th, 2007, 4:43 pm
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: MX3 1.8 V6 Kangarooing Problem
Replies: 15
Views: 1082

My problem was the intake boot... makes sense. MAF sensor tells ecu less air is coming in (because its coming thru the cracks in the boot), ecu backs off the fuel to adjust but theres plenty of Air (from the cracks) therefore the car runs super lean and bucks... at WOT the issue goes away cause the...

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