Nightbird
09-19-2012, 12:51 PM
Alright, so as stated I have a nearly stock KA24e, only thing not stock is the Injen intake I threw on it. The car runs great, except for one of two problems:
1. Weird temperature problem. I can let the car idle at startup all day, and the temperature will not move from around slightly under 1/2. However, after driving for about 15 minutes, the temperature will move upwards, towards the end, then dip slightly down and stay between 3/4 and "full". Now, it doesn't start a miss or bad idling so i'm led to believe its not actually running hot.
This, coupled with the fact it has a brand new radiator and thermostat, as well as both temp sensors replaced. I even tried rerouting it in case the heater core was stopped up, but same issue. I took the radiator cap off and ran it for awhile at idle, and didn't have a problem after that (assuming it was a trapped air pocket). However, today it did the same thing to me. I stopped to eat, was there for ~30 minutes, and the car's initial temp reading was 1/2. Stayed there the entire way home, and I took the same route. So perhaps the gauge is giving an incorrect reading?
2. Transmission is a hard shift into second occasionally. If I can match the RPMs at around 4k, it'll usually shift without a problem. Other times it'll grind going in, and I never downshift to 2nd because it always grinds and worse than up shifting. None of the other gears give me a problem. Is it the synchronizer? It's possible the tranny is borked however; I was supposed to have a new one as the slave cylinder went one day in traffic (a few years ago), and I lost Reverse as well as 3rd I think. I'm thinking they just rebuilt it though unless I got a bad "new" tranny; as stated, it's only second that gives me a problem. What would be cheaper? Replacing the synchro if that is it, or finding a replacement tranny?
Thanks for any help!
1. Weird temperature problem. I can let the car idle at startup all day, and the temperature will not move from around slightly under 1/2. However, after driving for about 15 minutes, the temperature will move upwards, towards the end, then dip slightly down and stay between 3/4 and "full". Now, it doesn't start a miss or bad idling so i'm led to believe its not actually running hot.
This, coupled with the fact it has a brand new radiator and thermostat, as well as both temp sensors replaced. I even tried rerouting it in case the heater core was stopped up, but same issue. I took the radiator cap off and ran it for awhile at idle, and didn't have a problem after that (assuming it was a trapped air pocket). However, today it did the same thing to me. I stopped to eat, was there for ~30 minutes, and the car's initial temp reading was 1/2. Stayed there the entire way home, and I took the same route. So perhaps the gauge is giving an incorrect reading?
2. Transmission is a hard shift into second occasionally. If I can match the RPMs at around 4k, it'll usually shift without a problem. Other times it'll grind going in, and I never downshift to 2nd because it always grinds and worse than up shifting. None of the other gears give me a problem. Is it the synchronizer? It's possible the tranny is borked however; I was supposed to have a new one as the slave cylinder went one day in traffic (a few years ago), and I lost Reverse as well as 3rd I think. I'm thinking they just rebuilt it though unless I got a bad "new" tranny; as stated, it's only second that gives me a problem. What would be cheaper? Replacing the synchro if that is it, or finding a replacement tranny?
Thanks for any help!