Okay, I've been searching for like 3 hours.
I think I found out why things are running like crap. The car won't idle worth a damn, but drives okay once you get going. I noticed that when the idle gets really rough the Check Engine light flashes. The vacuum lines are a MESS on this damn car since the engine went in, and I'm having some problems w/ the diagrams that jrichker has been putting up. First off, this engine USED to run A/C. The pump is still there, but its only for posterity and belt position until I get a delete kit. There are some remnants of the A/C system back in the corner by the heater hoses going into the firewall. A few relays with vacuum lines running to them. I'm not sure what the hell they are for, but they are not hooked up.
It just occurred to me that I don't have a vacuum reservoir in the passenger side fender well...if thats missing, then I bet the EGR vacuum regulator is missing as well since they were both up in the same place underneath the passenger fender.
That being said, I have a massive vacuum problem. I have a line running form the distribution block to the EGR valve (yeah, directly) and I have no climate controls because the line that goes to the selector is MIA. Would that missing EGR Vac Regulator cause the idle to suck?
Can somebody snap some pictures of what all this stuff is supposed to look like so I know what I'm messing with? As you all know, the Hayne's manual is f'n useless w/ intricate stuff like this. I think all that stuff thats mounted to the backside of the strut tower can come out because its all A/C stuff...I think so anyway. Thats what I want to make sure. If I need to go to a junk yard and grab a reservoir and a EGR regulator, I'll add those to the list.
does it ever end? heh...thx dudes.
I think I found out why things are running like crap. The car won't idle worth a damn, but drives okay once you get going. I noticed that when the idle gets really rough the Check Engine light flashes. The vacuum lines are a MESS on this damn car since the engine went in, and I'm having some problems w/ the diagrams that jrichker has been putting up. First off, this engine USED to run A/C. The pump is still there, but its only for posterity and belt position until I get a delete kit. There are some remnants of the A/C system back in the corner by the heater hoses going into the firewall. A few relays with vacuum lines running to them. I'm not sure what the hell they are for, but they are not hooked up.
It just occurred to me that I don't have a vacuum reservoir in the passenger side fender well...if thats missing, then I bet the EGR vacuum regulator is missing as well since they were both up in the same place underneath the passenger fender.
That being said, I have a massive vacuum problem. I have a line running form the distribution block to the EGR valve (yeah, directly) and I have no climate controls because the line that goes to the selector is MIA. Would that missing EGR Vac Regulator cause the idle to suck?
Can somebody snap some pictures of what all this stuff is supposed to look like so I know what I'm messing with? As you all know, the Hayne's manual is f'n useless w/ intricate stuff like this. I think all that stuff thats mounted to the backside of the strut tower can come out because its all A/C stuff...I think so anyway. Thats what I want to make sure. If I need to go to a junk yard and grab a reservoir and a EGR regulator, I'll add those to the list.
does it ever end? heh...thx dudes.