Tom's B6 Build Thread

[bhearts]

I don't disagree; I would say that is the last step to take, after porting/cam/header/intake work/AFPR/wideband. My guess is that all the things I just mentioned will satisfy 95% of drivers, so the only kweschun is whether I'm in that 95% or not.

Hp for the dollar, it's probably the worst mod.

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[TominMO]

Today I decided to do some more simplification and wire-tucking under the hood.

Removed the charcoal canister and its mount, and plugged the hose going back to the gas tank.
Removed the wires, fuse holders and relays that had to do with the old turbo setup.
That cleaned up the engine bay.

So, thought I, what can I clean up under the dash?
There was quite the mishmash of wires going everywhere, some having to do with the turbo's fuel and oil pump, the turbo timer, plus other stuff I had done. So I did some organizing and removing. Every time I removed a major group of wires, I started the car just to make sure that stuff wasn't critical. I was doing fine until the very last thing I removed. Now no ignition or fuel pump. It was getting dark, so I called it a day. Looked up Greg's turbo wiring diagram for the car, and called Greg for advice. Tmw I will go back out and try to find what little piece of removal killed it. I think I know. Should be interesting!

On another subject, bolokid came by the see me on his way to Madness, from Washington state. We checked out each other's cars and jawed for about an hour or two, and then he was on his way. Nice little break in the day. This was before I decided to "improve" the car, so he at least got to hear it run!

[TominMO]

Anyone know what this is? I think this is the piece I shouldn'ta oughta taken out.

[eurotiva]

Looks like a tail light converter.

[TominMO]

Looks like a tail light converter.

Yeah, that's what I was coming to think too. I noticed that the wiring is a thicker gauge than stock. OK, so I'm back to square one. The mystery continues tmw.

[Advancedynamix]

Removed the charcoal canister and its mount, and plugged the hose going back to the gas tank.

Tom, that's the vent to the fuel tank. You'll want to leave that unplugged unless you've got another vent.

[TominMO]

Tom, that's the vent to the fuel tank. You'll want to leave that unplugged unless you've got another vent.

Thanks!

[gergorian]

you definitely don't want to plug the tank vent. On a hot day the pressure can rise in the fuel tank and cause bad things to happen.

[ryanprins13]

you definitely don't want to plug the tank vent. On a hot day the pressure can rise in the fuel tank and cause bad things to happen.

I believe its the 90's honda accords that are famous for that. Splitting the fuel tanks right along the seam.


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[sketchman]

Hmm. I didn't know that. Mine's been plugged for a while now. Apart from a whoosh sound when I fill it up, hasn't caused any splosions.

[Flyin4stroke]

Mine whooshes too

[sketchman]

^lol Yeah, but your whoosh is more fun.

[TominMO]

Vent tube is now unplugged. Got the car running again. While cleaning out a lot of now-unused wiring, I had unplugged one of the crucial wires under the dash. It was thicker than normal and was black/blue on one side of the connector, and black/red on the other side. Some major ignition wire I guess.

Another problem tho, purely due to not paying attention. I have a two-car garage with horizontal sliding wooden doors. While backing the car off the ramps, with the driver's door open, I hit the garage door and tweaked its support beam a little (easy to fix), but also tweaked my driver's door! The window won't go all the way up, there is a gap at the upper rear when the door is closed, and while the door will close and lock, it won't close by itself due to interference at the front of the door. Gonna try the telephone-pole de-tweaking method; that should at least help some. Really sux.

[Flyin4stroke]

My dad did this to his truck not long ago backing out of the garage hit the garage door texting probably. He spent $4,000 and it's still not right [emoji22] sorry to hear this.

[ryanprins13]

Hmm. I didn't know that. Mine's been plugged for a while now. Apart from a whoosh sound when I fill it up, hasn't caused any splosions.

It may not be the only vent. I have no idea if there is another though.


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