Location: Mornington Peninsula
Registered: September 2002
Re: Ra23 Bangs and Hisses...Any Help?
Thu, 26 September 2002 22:40
They are the sounds of a top quality Celica. Mine does it also. I don't know why either. I've had it for over a year now. Is the choke on it operational? I had big problems with mine until we realised that the auto choke was disabled because the heat pipe on the carby didn't sit on the exhaust manifold. So at the moment I've hooked up a manual choke to it so when it's cold it doesn't back fire as much and it doesn't jolt around when I go to drive it. I usually warm it up for a few minutes before I drive off otherwise it just constantly back fires.
Mine also takes a while to actually stop after I've turned it off. I don't know why it is, I guess it's the timing on that one. And sometimes it makes a big kinda sucking noise. No one has any idea why it does it, but I think it could be a carby thing.
It might be a good idea to put it into mechanics to do a compression test on the engine because on mine Cylinder one was on 14, cylinder 2 was 200, cylinder 3 and 4 were on about 50. So basically my engine was only half running. After they adjusted the tappets it ran a lot smoother. Still not brilliant though.
Another thought is the timing chain on 18R's do stretch and rattle around on the inside of the timing case. I've had to replace mine and that also made a considerable difference.
Good luck, let me know if you can solve any of the mysters.
Thu, 26 September 2002 22:40
