Status 13 May 2000

AT LAST!! UP AND RUNNING!

It was a VERY stubborn oil leak I had. I managed to get to the turbo oil line by removing the battery, turbo shield, brake line shield beneath the battery, loosing the AC pipes (AC is not filled yet) and water pipe fitting. I purchased a special wrench for tightening the oil line, the kind of wrench you use to tighten brake lines. I removed the new oil line and compared it to the old one and the old one had a wider flange so I used it instead (after cleaning it and moving the heat shield from the new one). I really had to tighten it very hard. There is still a very small amount of oil showing up (it's coming through the threads) but I hope it will burn off and seal it self.

The other problem was unstable idle when warm. I screwed up sensor setup in the AFC menu.Now it's running really smooth.

BUT, as old problems are solved, new ones appear. I'm getting a lot of hesitation between 3000-5500 RPM. This could be MAF related. Maybe some air turbulence around the sensor? I'll make a recording of RPM and MAF-signal on the AFC to see what's going on. I'll start debugging this tomorrow.

Anyway I'm very happy to be able to drive the Z again after more then 6 months! It really feels gooooood. :)