Thread: LTFT all over

I recently put on 1.9 RR's and a ssic. At first I could not get the upper gasket from zzp to seal, after 2 gaskets leaking I finally just made my own gasket and no more leak. With the leaking gaskets my fuel trims were 20+ now that I fixed it my FT are all over. At idle they can go up to 14 and at wot they are + or - around 2. I have sprayed tb cleaner all over the engine and can't find any vacuum leaks anywhere. I took it to nyc last Friday and while in stop and go traffic the car would surge when I would just lightly touch the gas and sometimes it would stall. I have not been able to get it to do it again but it was pretty regular that day. Can adding the ssic and rockers change my trims that much or do you think I have another problem???? Thanks for any input.
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I am not using zzp anymore I made my own gasket and that area is not leaking anymore. I sprayed around the whole IC with tb cleaner and there was no change in the way the car idled. You did the whole gasket area with RTV and it works??

i know i have a leak i just have no idea where

carb spray.

did that still can't find it

look in other places.

I say warped core since you got a sh!tty SSIC

Originally Posted by duane9586

did that still can't find it

if you deleted your egr check the plate on the lim.....thats where mine was i just made a silicone gasket and didnt cut the 3 egr holes in it no more vac leak....i kept the block plate on anyway tho....

My IAC count is under 50 also. For the smoke test do I pull smoke through the TB or do it another way?

thanks I have a smoke machine so i will try that.

I put air into the engine and it was leaking out the oil dipstick tube. Right where the o-ring is on the dipstick the plastic was broke so I wrapped it with electrical tape for now untill I can get a new one. My FT is now between 3-6 which is better then 16.4

the car runs great now, no more surging or stalling. Now I just need to play with the pt and try to get the FT back by 0

So, it just ended up being a leak past the oil dipstick?

yup just the oil dipstick. The ssic never had a leak for some reason all of the gaskets that zzp sold me did not have any gasket material where it was leaking. I made my own gasket and it worked great.