D-Jet WAAAAY To Rich, or JOES 2012 HERSHEY EMERGENCY THREAD Options

[jsayre914]

My 2056 w/ D-jet has almost 200 miles on it, i have been tweaking little things here and there. Today I was trying to adjust the TPS. I turned the ignition on and slowly opened the throtle till i heard 20 clicks and then i tightened it down. Got on the freeway and seemed to run a bit better (less bucking) but then i drive 30 min and starts jerking like crazy

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I am loosing at least 1 cylinder under steady cruise and pick it back up on accleration. I get to the end of the freeway and i cant even idle, feels like running on 3 but still has full power. I also hear a knocking sound.

shut it down. put the tps back where it was, pulled the plugs. BLACKer than black. Wipe them off and start it back up. Engine is idling rough and i smell gasoline strong from the exhaust.

I pulled the wire off the head temp sensor and grounded the lead to the negative side of the battery, and I think it helped. I also adjusted the idle screw and the knob on the ecu till it seemed like it smelled less like gasoline.

Here I am, firing on all 3 with full power, engine pulls strong but a lot of misfiring due to rich fuel i believe


what the hell is going on here???




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[Jake Raby]

So.. Here we go.
Before I jump into this I want to say thank you for helping me illustrate 3 things:
1- Why we ONLY sell these camshafts with all the matching components, because stock components are for stock applications ONLY.
2- Exactly how "haste makes waste" when trying to rush and make it to an event.
3-That even though we try to remove all the variables by "leading the horse to water" we cannot overcome the ability of someone screwing up and reusing OEM components with our valve train kits.

With that said, I can guarantee that this stock pushrod was not seated in the "cup" of the lifter, ultimately catalyzing the failure of the pushrod and possibly creating collateral damage downstream too. Now, why the hell the installer did not notice that the valve adjustment on that one pushrod was out to lunch compared to the others, I do not know... Other than the fact that the installer was out to lunch and not aware that one of these things was not like the other, obviously unaware of his surroundings..

So, the short story is the installer had the full set of our pushrods and screwed up cutting the first one in the set. Since he was on a timeline trying to make it to a freaking event he did not order just one pushrod, instead he installed one stock one... Then he screwed up the installation of it and didn't get it seated properly, which then lead to the failure of the stock pushrod.

Now, what you probably haven't considered is the load that was placed on the remainder of the valve train down stream. I'd expect the crown of the lifter to be FUBAR or the nose of the cam, or both after this occurrence, especially after the ;lifter danced around when the pushrod broke. Any damage on the cam lobe or lifter crown will accelerate wear and will fail in short order- Been there, done that and you better not assume that its "ok". I'd be willing to bet that you have injured something upstream or downstream in the valve train, because I have seen this occur in the past an even valves can become bent from it. If that pushrod was on the cylinder you were sampling CHT on it could be the reason why the engine was running "so cool", because that cylinder wasn't firing effectively and not building any CHT.

In closing:
We supplied the proper matched components but they were not installed. Someone obviously thought that we "make up" the facts associated with these engines, or they think they are smarter or better than the guys that developed it all (us). The entire reason why we do not and will not sell cams and lifters without the sale of a complete kit is because of THIS EXACT SAME CRAP HAPPENING in the past.

I thought that forcing the consumer to buy the proper components would force them to at least install them and keep this crap from happening. Guess not, so I AM DONE caring and done offering. I hope everyone who ever wanted our 9550 or any other camshaft has already bought it, because after this bullshit I am done selling them.

You can't rush success, but you can damn sure rush failure~

Guess what happens next year?? Hershey... and the year after that and the year after that. Kill yourself to make these events, but don't kill the reputation of my product line and your engine in the process. Rushing before events is the major cause of BS engine and car issues, if the damn car isn't ready the week before the event, don't attend the damn event. Its called a sense of urgency and common freakin sense.

This post has been edited by Jake Raby: Apr 25 2012, 05:34 PM