Regarding the fuel filter, there are not many miles on it, but a lot of years (10ish?). I'll replace it. Considering how much the car has sat, sometimes with fuel stabilizer, sometimes not, it's probably due.
I retorqued the knock sensor. It might have been a little tight but nothing crazy. Torqued to 14 ftlb.
Thanks for the replies. I'll try putting on the T+ and LS1 MAF so I can retard the timing. And later try gapping them tighter, one change at a time.
I tried to get to the gas station...
It's not hooked up currently but I have a T+. I also have an older TT chip for stock injectors (maybe version 5.5?). Would one of those allow me to retard the timing?
I"ve never been able to figure out a knock issue I have in my stock 86. Recently smogged, car is bone stock including chip currently. Boost currently at 12-13#.
On WOT runs from 0 or a slow roll I get blips on the Casper's knock gauge and KR readings (usually 2 or less) on the SM at WOT...
Thanks again to deejpig for the write up and pictures. They helped a lot. Got my system in the mail today. I've got a relatively corrosion free car so the old system came off easily. New system went on pretty easily. I spent a lot of time fussing about placement of hangers, etc. In the...
Thanks kjizzle. We are not actually too far apart. I live Pleasanton. I didn't really have time to get over to Antioch so I got one from autozone for $61. Went in today and car runs great. EGR works like it's supposed to and error code is gone.
One thing I didn't mention before is that...
I think you may be right. I put the Mityvac on the EGR valve itself and it holds vacuum so I don't think there's a significant leak. I then took the EGR solenoid off and pulled off the little breather on the backside so that I could block the vent with my finger. I then hooked the vacuum pump...
I'll put the Mityvac on the EGR today and see if it holds vacuum. It seems to operate smoothly.
Good to hear that the EGR is not too expensive. I had heard that you should only accept Delco or other OEM and that they were discontinued and therefore very expensive.
The vacuum lines look good...
I need the ERG because I have to pass California smog in a couple of months.
The more I've looked at it, I think the ERG valve seems to be working fine, it's just that the EGR solenoid is leaking vacuum at idle which it's not supposed to I believe. Not sure if that's because the solenoid is...