any ideas ?

[wotugonado]

Well ive stripped it all out so access to it isnt a problem, 1st lucky break, turns out my neighbours relative is a mechanic and he kindly gave me some high temp silicon gasket,  ive applied it and will have to wait 24 hrs for it to cure. Its o2 sensor safe and is fully flexible, little wortied about it being blown out so i put a metal zip tie in it while it was still wet so it will cure in the join and around the tie, hopefully it will hold it in. Fingers crossed again that this will work.

[nathanMR2]

Sounds like a good plan. How bad was it blowing?

[s12vea]

Fingers crossed mate

[Ardent]

Apologies in advance in case I am way off. (I believe  we are talking TTE?)

If we are talking TTE
the following in the refrence section may be helpful in the long term if not before the re-test.
http://www.mr2roc.org/Repository/misc/referencelibrary/tteturbo.pdf

Page 11 shows the gaskets and page 20 - 21 gives the part numbers. Might be able to extract something from MR T armed with their own info.

Might be worth a look.

Sorry if wasted your time.

J

[wotugonado]

Thanks ardent for the link,  but theyre just the gaskets for the main cat pipe ends. Theres nothing for the the pre cat pg 10. Appreciate your help though  s:) s:)  

Nath ive got a really blurry pic of it, the white bit in the middle was liquid solution which instantly foamed up. So pretty bad. Cant imagine im the only person whose tte did this with no gasket, just mine is very extreme.

Thanks Steve btw congrats on the 1year award  s:lol: :lol: s:lol:

[wotugonado]

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Foaming away Almost instantly  s:roll: :roll: s:roll:

[Ardent]

Is it missing from the exploded diagram?
goes parts 10-1 to 10-8. Does not show 10-7 on page 10.
On page 21 does list a 10-7 Gasket exhaust pipe. 17451-22060
Possibly maybe

[wotugonado]

I thought it was at first to, but after a search it seems its the gasket to connect the main cat to back box

[wotugonado]

Ha well a big fat screw you to the designer of that gasket less joint  s:evil: :evil: s:evil:  Its sealed   s:bounce: :bounce: s:bounce:  
2 years of faffing around and trips to so called mechanics later and its fixed.
For how long, time will tell. Long enough to get through the test I hope  s:D s:D
As its a massive pita to access, on top of the sealant I packed round the join with heat wrap and steel ties. Cant be having to go through all that again any time soon   s:roll: :roll: s:roll:

[wotugonado]

Any one who owns a tte turbo these are your best friends if you need to get the precat off. Modified (cut the ring end off )13mm spanner and small ratchet.


Impossible to access without the shortened spanner.

[lamcote]

Have you seen this new topic :

 l viewtopic.php?f=11&t=54346 l

This seems to report O2 sensors doing exactly what yours are doing ie one constantly running at 0.7 to 0.8v. Looks like this may be normal?

[wotugonado]

Hi lamcote heres a link for correct 02 operation

 m http://www.aa1car.com/library/o2sensor.htm m

may aswell put in here as reference if anyone needs it.
no mine was definitely dodgy, I swapped it out for the new one and the readings are much better. Just for a further comparison i put the dodgy one in the other sensor hole and the readings for that bank went rich again. As in link sensor should fluctuate as in the 1st wave pattern to be operating correctly.

[wotugonado]

Result   s:bounce: :bounce: s:bounce:  
Mot passed, hard fought victory but got there in the end.
Now I can actually get out and drive it.
Thanks all for the help along the way  s:bowdown: :bowdown: s:bowdown:

[Anonymous]

Great! So the cause was a faulty sensor AND a leak?

Does the car feel any better or can't you feel it?

Just in time for the nice weather too  s:) s:)

[nathanMR2]

Glad youve got it sorted mate  s:) s:)

[StuC]

Nice one Dan, well done for preserving.
Just need to to get the coilies on and you can really enjoy it!  :-) :-) :-)

[wotugonado]

Thanks all.
yeah I think the leak(s)were causing it to run rich which in turn ruined the sensor as it was really dirty.long term fuel trims are all back at +2 from around -10 so massive improvement.
Can really notice the difference especially when boosting, weird because I think its seems a fraction slower but has more torque, probably due to the more restrictive cat being on.
yeah next spanner session is the coilovers, i know what im doing with them   s:) s:)  need a few weekends off to enjoy the car first  s:D s:D

[Anonymous]

Well done, it was worth sticking at it.

[wotugonado]

Well done, it was worth sticking at it.

All I can say is its a good job I really like the car, as any other motor might of been sold on  s:wink: :wink: s:wink:

[s12vea]

Thank god!

 s:) s:)

[1979scotte]

Praise be!!!

[wotugonado]

Nope not god it was me lol and my very understanding missus who gave up her easter holiday weekend to keep me in cups of tea   s:D s:D