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Hello everyone,

here I go again! This time I noticed a small leak at the union next to the alternator (the one that goes on the engine block and that is connected to the lower water hose of the rad ...

It has been some time since my last update but I am happy to say that finally the car is alive again !

I threw away the old starter, got a new (second-hand) one that I rebuilt using the instructio ...

Hello everyone,

So I've got a new problem with my starter engine Laughing

I've noticed a strange sound after releasing the key from the "engine start" position.
It was like a grinding no ...

Oggie:
Ahah yes you're right! In fact I should have walked away from the car the day I saw it! But whith the amount of time and money I put in it it is too late now Razz

eagle3:
Interesting link ...

OK I have tried several times the handbrake mechanism and it seems OK for now. I am still a bit suspicious... Does anyone have ever heard of any accident involving this kind of stuf? Do you think that ...

Thanks Gritsop that was exactly what I was looking for.
However one month later I still have not managed to do it!
My problem is always the same : as I compress the spring it tends to bend and the p ...

Been searching about it a little, apparently I will need a special spring compressor that would look like image #3 on this page :
http://www.2carpros.com/questions/acura-integra-1994-acura-integra-re ...

Thanks for your answer.
So I managed to rebuild the front brake calipers easily.
The rear ones, on the other hand Rolling Eyes

...
Does anyone know a trick to get the circlips of these ones back to thei ...

Hi everyone,

so now that the engine of my 16v is running (for now!), I thought that it would be good to check the brake calipers too.

I took them out and some of the cylinders had rust in them. ...

Hi BigAl,

assuming we are looking at a 16v I think the fuse is rated 15 amp (from what I remember when troubleshooting mine).

You may want to have proper confirmation with this :

http://www.a ...

Finally figured out my problem last sunday! Somehow I got mistaken when I redid the wiring that had burnt...

Everything is cool and undercontrol Cool

(for now...) with a good idle speed, hope the en ...

So I finally put everything back in the car, thanks again to Gritsop for tracking down the parts I needed.

However I now have some trouble getting the car starting! I have no spark at all. I checke ...

Changing the spark plugs on the 16V heads is horrible! A friend of mine found an good way to take care of it though.

You need two long tubular spark plug sockets like the one on this picture :
...

Also when I rebuilt the engine I could not find the proper paper gaskets for the front and back engine cases so I used black Loctite. I think it cannot whitstand high temp like a burning flame on it b ...

Yes I am now almost certain that the fire originated from the exhaust gases (and more precisely, the ones from the fourth cylinder). It is very unlikely that it came form an electric spark (it was onl ...

Thank you Ian for the tip. I'll remember that Wink

Hopefully Gritsop managed to track down all the parts I needed for the repairs so far.

The fire extinguisher contained ABC powder - or was ...

Oh and apparently the leak started right at the beginning of the injection line. Banjo copper rings were not involved because I had changed them a few months before Crying or Very sad

OK cleaned the bluish powder today. Couldn't get rid of all of it even after emptying 3 brake cleaner cans ! But I suppose that will be enough, what is left is like stuck on the parts and is not going ...

OK so I'll go for original nylon hoses then, although I still have to figure out where to get the spares...

On another note, I've noticed that part number 2 in the following drawing :

http://epe ...

Thanks for your answers,

As John suggested I will try to do a compression test for this week-end.
Gritsop : I am afraid that original spares for the fuel line that runs on the top of the engine ar ...

Finally here is the pic

http://s3.postimg.org/uiij4je4j/DSC_0246.jpg

Cleaned the powder after that... the paint on the block is still in its original condition and since its max temperature rati ...

Oh and also, I think the fire started due to the fact that I did not put the exhaust back on the engine, which was a pretty silly thing to do Rolling Eyes

so maybe the hot gases were enough to ignite the w ...

Hi everyone,

long story short I finally took some time to put the engine back on my 16v 33.
Started the engine for the first time yesterday, everything went great, good iddle and everything.

To ...

Thanks for your input RFlower,

Today I checked carefully the threaded holes of the flywheel and, big surprise, they actually have a diameter of 8 mm! This is why I had so much trouble fitting the ...

Hello again,

I finally managed to put the bushes back in place ! Chamfering their outer grey plastic case a little (I used a belt sander) makes the process a little easier. Phew !

OK so I am now ...