It Works!!!!

[dieselboy740]

we used an alumn rad from a acura? off ebay and stainless braided lines from a local company.

 

[scotts90ranger]

for some odd reason it stopped spewing oil out... I accidently forgot to put the oil cap on for a few days, put it back on and it stopped... I don't get it, seemed to coinside with an episode it had on a drive to the coast where it stopped running while driving (left it in gear and coasted), about a quarter mile later it ran again, but every time I let off the gas I got a CEL, which stopped the next morning, I'm wondering if I blew out the catalyst or something... I might pull the codes tomorrow.

 

[scotts90ranger]

still no oil spewing like it had...

I put my boost gage on finally, and apparently I'm running 12psi warm and 13-14 cold

couple questions though. one is the check engine light, I don't believe I repinned that, but it's always on VERY dimly, and increases in intensity with rpm, but flashes like it's supposed to when I key up, and does seem to work when something goes funky (still haven't pulled the codes from a couple weeks ago).

my second question is on startup, on a cold startup it starts right up, but is pretty rich, to the point where I have to clear it out before it runs smooth, on a hot restart most of the time it takes a couple tries (some times half a dozen tries or so), and when it finally starts up a big ol smoke plume comes out the exhaust and is flooded, after it clears it's lungs it idles high for a few minutes until the IAC relearns... it's been getting better lately, but is still annoying, and sooner or later my starter is going to crap out...