coolant flowing between iac and isc ?

[fixkick]

The voltmeter has saved me many a time.

1:OMG FAN BELT FELL OFF
2:OMG2, ALTNATOR DIED,drove home fast, made it.
3; battery died.
more than once, and saved me big money on tows.

yes im fit as a fiddle.

the silly oil light goes on at 3psi, too late.

there are aftermarket gauges that have programmable low pressure warnings. IMO 3psi should kill spark. as some cars do... even honda generators do that 120vac gens sets ,emerg.

[john110]

"the silly oil light goes on at 3psi, too late" so right...

Kick, any preference on which hose to plug the oil pressure gauge. the one that goes from trany to radiator or the other one ? probably by the fire wall ?

I`ll begin a search on internet in the coming days to try to find those 4 gauges for my 95 Sidekick and will look where I`m going to install it

[fixkick]

tranny? (you have 3 or 4speed a/t ?)
the oil is engine oil. (the a/t boxes have line test ports,)
all i know s 94tbi, you should make signature?
eg:
94 sidekick ,8v, 2wd/4wd, some doors, and what transmission,3.4/5speed.

the oil test port, is on left of engine block, and is not USA NPT pipe sized. (bad news yes) Nor it is metric, , !!!

if car is 5 speed stick? the a/t rad cooler. ports just stay open and there are no hoses here on any 5speed.

the oil pressure gauge,(engine) is whole topic long.

http://www.fixkick.com/engine/97-motor-p...e-good.jpg

my buy-parts.html , page covers this.
the engine block port is, not Gringo pipe not NPT, not national pipe threaded. sad yes.l
i use the proper adapters, BSPT 1/8"-28tpi (tpi is threads per inch)

i buy adapters, BSPT to NPT 1/8" (to protect my block)
then use a NPT "TEE" fitting to my gauge and to old sender. I run both at same time or buy meter that has built in pressure warning lamp.
http://www.fixkick.com/buy-parts.html#Sender

did that back in 2007.

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the first japan engines copied (cloned) British engines. (Nissan did for sure, aka DATsun)
so had to make British senders
this is why its not metric, THEN, but is now.

[john110]

"tranny? (you have 2 or 4speed a/t ?)" sorry, I guess I`ve got to take another coffe this morning. I was looking pic of my auto 94 Tracker to see how many parts I`ll be able to re-use....

Yes my Sidekick is manual 5 speed......

[john110]

Kick, is the T fitting you`re talking about to keep both the light switch and the new oil pressure gauge ? With mechanical oil pressure gauge, is that copper tube fill with oïl or only with air ? I`ve seen on utbe a clair nylon tube was used and it seems to be only air.

[fixkick]

Tracker 94 1.6l 8v, autom 2d 4wd.(had to re read all posts to find this)
make signature so i dont have to re read all posts every day,please.
is it 3speed or 4, (i correct my 2/3 typo)
4 speed is OD lamp and P/N switch on console,if not, its a 3speed, and has vacuum line.

oil gauges

if wanting stock sender and new gauge to work same time.
that takes a Tee fitting, NPT

just good old home depot pipe brass section, as 3 ends, each are tapped to 1/8 NPT size (usa spec pipe) as is your gauge all NPt

THE OIL engine, does move down the line, and does compress the air up to 50 psi,in line,, so the more there is pressure, the more oil goes down line
don't worry, these gauges work on all fluids, oil , air ,water, etc. (not acid sure)
air is a fluid in physics.

[john110]

Kick, I`ve got a 94 Tracker 2dr autom 3 speed, 1.6l 8v 4wd AND a 95 Sidekick 2 dr manual 5 speeds stick 1.6l 8v 4wd.

The frame on my Tracker is competely rusted, I can`t even think about welding it. My floor was also became like a swiss cheese(a lot of holes). So after many weeks of seraching I found this Sidekick(just few weeks ago). At first I was searching for a frame, but I got this Sidekick with a solid frame and floor for $500! I was thinking of installing the 94 autom trany on the 95 Sidekick but after trying to drive with the manual trany I`ll keep it this way.

So, I`ll take parts from the Tracker to install it on the Sidekick. Both are OBD1 so a good thing. It`s what I did with the cluster. there`s was a tachom in the Tracker so I swapped the cluster.(that`s why I asked some questions about it)

Good thing I`ve read your link cause stripping the thread in the block wouldn`t be a funny thing.

I`ll take some measure to see where I`m going to install those gauges.

[john110]

"I`ve got one 94 TBI on my desk and wondering where is going the hose who start from Under the isc(about 20 inches) ? The reason I was wondering is that hose seems to be tight with other vacuum hoses which deosn`t make sence ?" your answer: rear water manifold small hose and it`s exactly right.

I just realized this morning , working on my Suzuki, why I was wondering and I`m not sure the reason. Before going to water manifold, this hose is connnected to PVC hose. It doesn`t get in contact with air but there`s a piece of round metal . So the hose goes from ISC to that piece of metal and another hose goes to the water manifold. it makes pvc air to pass in through coolant(not touching it)

Is this to temperate air that pass in pvc hose ?

[fixkick]

that is correct some 91s have the PCV heater , most dont
they all hook up in series
fresh hot water(coolant) heat them all ,then the pump sucks it back in for return trip in the loop
many things are water heated on the TBI, and electric heater on some a/t engines.
the TB is water heated
the manifold has water paths, huge. that feeds base of TB.
the isc 1991+ is heated.
the iac is dead ,without heat.
PCV heater on rare engines. (just get it i the loop) i think it is to keep from icing up in alaska or Pikes peak.. blow by has water. and can free up and block PCV vent. rare. some care are sold with different parts in extreme climates.


the TBI engine, is a wet manifold
that means the injector , likes to make a nasty pool of fuel in the manifold(intake) like nasty carbs did.. (cant burn pools is the rule)
MPI corrected that and IN fact EPA banned the TBI for this reason (CALIF FIRST)
The MPI is port injected, no pools, no pets no TV, LOL

to make TBI cleaner and run better , ToNes OF EXtRA HEAT, AND RACING FAST COLD STARTS.(AND FASTER CAT LIGHT OFF) WAS USED.

Those series hoseS, can be daisy chained any why you want, it flows fast that water, so is not important order
all willl run at 180f, unchanging, unstoppable.. use the IR GUN see them all roast hot. as it should be.

GOOD LUCK!

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GAUGES
I PUT SOME ON A DASTH TOP POD
OR BELOW RADIO ON SOME IS THIS PIT,FOR CASSETTES. OMG OLD , can be blanked off or gauges.
seen here
white hose is gauge cable conduit.
http://www.fixkick.com/engine/97-motor-p...ge_62.html

left to right
fuel pressure, oil pressure and volts
i hated the black out gauges on sunny days.... horrid.....

car is easy to work on, much so...

[john110]

Kick, I`ve got no radio by now. and there`s a space below the radio. I don`t want to have those gauges on the Dashboard, I want it more discret. I`ll prob install those gauge in the radio+ lower space and as I don`t use the lighter area, I`ll install a radio at the bottom.

I began to take many pics, so I`ll try to send it to show coming progress........