Txakura

Yep, you nailed it. I was able to look under the hood of another car and my solenoids are missing. Which makes me wonder how the vacuum is connected right now. (?) Or why the ecu isn't throwing a fit because they are gone (?)

%$#@$#$#%^&*(* it didn't do anything to pinch it off, the idle screw is still run all the way in too... 1750 warm, all the time guess I'll check the TPS and see what it's doing, the FSM has good info on that, maybe call Subaru dealer shop and see if they have any free words of advice... (one of the mechanics has an ea82t coupe) there is still that stop screw and lock nut for the throttle bellcrank, but adjusting that seems like treating the symptom and not the cause (assuming the PO hasn't tampered with that) Oy Vey.

yepper, we're going to squish it today after it gets good and warmed on the way to work - got my fingers crossed

accel cable is not holding it open, checked that idle screw does nothing all the way in, nor backed off many turns if it were carbbed I'd say it was getting it's air somewhere else I went through a whole can of carb spray and found nothing at the throttle body, or the intake manifold (all the plugs are uniform too) or any hose connection, pcv or vacuum looking at the diagram in the FSM (from the above post), the screw all the way in should have restricted the air flow - but it isn't even in the game, something else is going on so... AAV sticking open? guess I could disconnect it and cap everything when the engine is hot and see what it does no bites on the connectors?

Thank you, I will read some more. I was surprised it wasn't a simple vacuum leak or the CTS. It acts like it is staying on the fast idle circuit. Otherwise it runs very well.

nope, thats the cool part... that would almost make sense one's a 'T', the other is two horizontal blades and ends near the AAV the other (T) was near the air inlet at the turbo, intertwined with the other stuff, cts lead etc - heading to nowhere there are several problems here 1) me, I have never had one of these and I have no manual 2) the PO did... things... that aren't terribly clear 3) this is not the original engine, but a JDM (allegedly) does that mean it has that engine harness? or he swapped the one he had? no idea man I have searched an read until my eyes have bled, it wants to run fast and ALSO has these mystery wires - they may have nothing to do with it about to just turn the damn idle down and call it good, except none of the idle screw locations I have read seem to be there is it the idle stop behind the dash pot on the passenger side facing the car, with the lock nut? could this be from the PO's home made 'cold air induction'? so many questions, about to just take the damn thing to Subaru and give it to the last ea82T mechanic in Idaho (George)

88 RX ea82T got an idle that won't co-operate, too high, almost like the car doesn't think it's ever warmed up... stone cold goes to fast idle, at about 2200, maybe 2500, drops to 1750 when hot no vacuum leaks found, cts values are good, cts connection is good (fixed) car runs smoothly, no cel, no codes, timing seems right, aav ohms and voltage are good, just really wants to run, at 1750 warm ???? then while I'm poking around I find these two connectors, both hot with the key on, the larger one at 8+ volts, the smaller one near the AAV at 3+ volts what are they?

That should not have been moved, I'm not looking to buy the pigtail, I'm wondering how I can fix a broken CTS connector on an ea82T. Should I solder to the CTS pin directly and cut in new wire to the harness? cut one form another car? are the SPFI and MPFI cts the same?

Layoffs suck. That tough Brat will get you through to better times, glad you found this board.

(twitch and I were wondering what it came from)

I dunno, loss of consciousness is nothing to mess with... I hope you feel better, that really is a crazy thing.

Wow man, that is HARSH beyond words. Made my head ache just thinking about it.

where's the 22,365 rock chips on the hood?

I like it! How about all three to the left for people that don't dim their hi-beams? I'm 90% happy with the scoop and the plugged holes, it's not perfect, but I was able to do it with stuff on hand and it looks a ton better than a smoking rust hole in the hood. I still need to sand and paint my seam, but it'll do for now.

go to Numbchux page and download them, I may have only kept what I needed, he might have the rest, even if it isn't on line

oooo pretty

I inherited a big dumb square hole cut in the hood of the RX... the hole was bad enough, but it was also crooked with mondo screw holes in the open... Some time waaaay back I traded Subaruguru for a schkoop and figured I'd eventually get around to doing something with it. Well, here goes nothin'. I had to narrow it 4 1/4" to fit the cowl. I cut 2 1/8" on either side of center on the inner liner. I kept the 'T' that was cut out to use as a doubler as it already had the countour. Scuffed, clamped and epoxied with aircraft epoxy (ATACS). I have it centered to hide the majority of the exisitng hole... the big dumb screw holes? I'll put a nice button head screws in them, the theory is that a hole with a screw in it looks less weird than open holes... if anybody asks they'll become "vortex generators" to disturb the "laminar hood flow". (Top that sarcasm ) Tomorrow I'll narrow the cover plate and TRY to not do something anti-pretty, but it can't be much more ugly than a rough cut rusty hole on a white hood.

hmmmmm... much to consider, perhaps get the IC going before I get cocky

good deal, I hope they are complete HA, Numbchux is hosting them here ; http://www.numbchuxconversions.com/downloads.htm

someone had these on line... sent me the link... can't find it I have them locally on my box, I attempted to email them to your hotmail addy in your profile but they are big and the server may kick them back *** 9 megs, no error message (yet) check your hotmail and see if they are there

the shifter runs a rail into the gearbox, the slop you felt may have been the 'normal' worn out rubber bushings and linkages on the shift mechanism itself do a search here on shift bushings and you'll see a bunch of ways to fix that cheap, that is also a nice bargaining chip to have, if you are able to tell if it's the shifter itself, or the gearbox that is having the issue, what? you may end up revisitng the car and making a counter offer do a google and go to the wikipedia pages on EA and EJ Subaru engines, it'll lay it out pretty well to see all the iterations and models and help get you up to speed this is the older forum, so the term EA, EA81 and EA82 get thrown around a lot, the EA is the engine series and the 81/82 is used interchangeably for engine AND car body style there are a few camps here, and some strong opinions but generally what is best for you depends on your expected use, the EA81 is considered by many to be a much better engine than the EA82. The EA82 came 'carbbed', with single point fuel injection,(SPFI), multi point (MPFI) and there was a turbo version the EA82T, (best avoided, although I have one and it makes me giggle like a school girl) the 'T' designation is unofficial - btw but commonly used and accepted the EJ swap referred to is brilliant, there are people here who make the wire bundles, adapter plates etc and there is a complete write up from Numbchux on how to do it step by step, Scott in Bellingham has 'SJR' and makes kits, Bill Omlin has kits too essentially, for a few hundred dollars, you can add 50 reliable horsepower and 50 ft lbs of torque to an older car and have the satisfaction of building your own custom wagon with 2", 4" or 6" lift you are in very good hands here, the expertise is unreal, the board very active, I am learning almost every day when I read here and still have a ton to learn, this board is also polite , unlike NAXJA and I suspect the same with the TJ boards and yes, I'm selling my XJ, it is an overpriced, poorly engineered poop stick that breaks too easily and gets really crappy mileage* *individual results may vary so, set up your user profile and get your private messaging enabled, you got a new home

^^^ holy crap

During some serious reading and searching I saw the idea of the MAF mounted after an IC, this made some sense to me, but I didn't see anyone that had done it. It wasn't the direct target of my searching, but a side note. Has anyone done it? Is there any advantage or disadvantage to it? (stock ea82T, no mods planned beyond IC)

What are you going to do with the car, what will it's purpose be? Daily driver (DD), off road? baja? rally? what do you expect it to do?