Problematic DSM

[Tman1gtsi]

I am bored and am making a thread in regards to events when the DSM has broken when I really didn't want it to, I'm trying to get people to tell stories of when things went wrong so I don't feel as bad

1)shift fork on the way to school
2)parking ticket becuase of shift fork
3)throttle body pin comming out on the way to work
4)7 coolant lines broke so far, all at night and when I was on the highway or in extreme cold
5)Fuel pump 30 miles from home
6)Ecu melted at the same time as fuel pump
7)Driver side uv joint(axle etc) when i'm alone in duluth 25 miles from home
8)Upper side moutn piping comming off on the coldest day of winter in 2006, late to exam
9)Fuel filter
10)AND THE NUMBER 1 WORST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED----racing a modded civic and at 138 mph the oil filter unscrewed itself spraying all 4.6 quarts, this also occured 5 more times in the month

[bluntedelvis]

Holy PROBLEMS!!!! Nothing like that, I just keep destroying my intercooler couplers "On the coldest days of the year" And thats only cause Josh at LSE assures me I have a one off Intercooler plumming system one he's never seen before hahahaha, "he knows what im talking about". And lets see here Burning oil cause my valves are now next to useless. But other than that I'm good.

[Tman1gtsi]

damn you're a lucky one, I think I have more---plugs, wires roasted, exhaust downpipe unscrewed and fell off, blew out silencer in my exchaust, ohh dear lord i almost forgot, how about the time my 16g return line or dumptube or whatever it's called snapped so if I boosted at all it leaked oil everywhere so i went through about 2 quarts a day-here ill send you a picture of the oil leak on the road

[Tman1gtsi]

http://normandale.facebook.com/photo...3&id=199105840
hope the link works

[bluntedelvis]

Originally Posted by Tman1gtsi

http://normandale.facebook.com/photo...3&id=199105840
hope the link works

Says he have to log in too some site???

[tpunx99GSX]

LOL, im sure there are longer lists then that.
99GSX - now dead and gone...
Problems i expirenced with that:
Body kit fell off a couple times - Damn wood screws.
After 50 trim, expirenced cooling problems overheating on a regular basis.
Blown Auto Tranny.

95GST - Broke more times then the guys on pinks.
First of many tranny problems - Shift fork destroyed, syncros bad, Throwout bearing fucked, Bolts to the tranny broke, clutch destroyed. (took taking the tranny out 4 times to figure everything out.
Second main problem, Car was going through overheating issues, tried to race a silver gsx, beat him but at the next stop light a huge plume of white smoke followed my car, Head gasket destroyed. GG.
Third main problem, Front break caliper kept falling off due to gremlin inside engine bay loosening the bolt. Locktite fixed that.
Forth main problem, Second gear syncro destroyed along with third gear getting ready to go, reverse idler bad as well, Tranny in NJ getting race built as we speak.

Mind you there are a million other "Smaller problems" that have happened to this car, but its just to depressing to list.

[niterydr]

Blah I've broken more shit on cars that everyone in this thread combined.
Last year on the stealth:

Short list, last season:

Snapped a stock rod on the dyno. (early)
Streched a set of ARP head studs. (late)
Blew a headgasket due to improper grind on camshafts (early)
Fragged 2 oil pumps.(early, late)
Fragged 2 transmissions, first one was syncro's and shifter assembly, 2nd one is the one currently in there. (early, late)
Fused a clutch to the flywheel (middle season)
Melted 3 sets of shifter cables (all throughout)
Melted down a MSD DIS-4 (early)

Not a cheap year, and I didn't even break what I thought would break, the t-case.

We are waiting on the A1 research studs to show up, so we don't destroy the ARP's, and a set of syncros that are suspose to be stronger than stock.
::shrugs::

[turbotalon1g]

so yeah, maybe some of these problems are self-inflicted?
Don't take this as an insult, but a lot of problems i see are from people that keep on trying to work on cars themselves and just are having the best of luck to so speak.
But yeah some of your problems def. seem to be from some DSM gremlins

[tpunx99GSX]

Originally Posted by turbotalon1g

so yeah, maybe some of these problems are self-inflicted?
Don't take this as an insult, but a lot of problems i see are from people that keep on trying to work on cars themselves and just are having the best of luck to so speak.
But yeah some of your problems def. seem to be from some DSM gremlins

If you do enough research you can do anything. Whats the difference between taking it to some shop that doesnt know the history of your car? Its still a human being doing the work. Sure some have had training, but (at least around here in CA) its hard to trust some of these shops.
A lot of them dont have the same goals as i do, they do things just to get them out the door. The only shops i have a good trust in would be LSE, DB, MAP and Elite. Only problem is that they are in MN. The reason i trust them is that i have met the guys from the shops and know the kind of work they do.
My big thing is i like to be at the place while the work is being done. I like doing it myself better then anything so that if it breaks in the future, i have already done the job so i should be able to do it again.
I recently applied at Pep Boys because they have a 10 bay garage, that made my mouth water, if i dont get the job oh well (as it is a second job) but it would be kinda cool to do that.

[TkrPerformance]

try build a evo III like I did and find parts for it. After you pay a shit ton for replacemnt parts you have to wait till it shows up from japan or the uk that take 3+ weeks. I am now on the quest to find a new ecu for it.

[sleepydsm]

Not in order, and different cars:
1)Tranny locked up when driving due to pin breakin off in front diff, caught in ring gear, punched a hole in case dumping all fluid and snapped off the intermediate shaft with one of the big 36mm nuts, exploded clutch disk
2) broke shift fork, stuck in 4th gear, ruined clutch, and nearly died going through all the redlights/stop signs
3) after k sport install, rubber brake line came loose and got severed... almost died when trying to stop at a red light.
4)using a shitty $500 Snap-On CORDLESS impact (w/fully charged battery), I made the mistake of using it to torque my rear wheels... Hours later the rear of the car started to wobble and sway... all rear lugs were about to fall off

[123abc]

Lets see, for the couple months I have owned my 1g, I have only had a couple problems.

BOV venter to atmosphere, fixed it

Wastegate actuator started going, resulting in too much boost, resulting in knock, resulting in blue smoke when I revved it.

clutch going bad, adjusted pedal out so I wouldn't trash the tranny

Went out after school to start it up, luckily I held on the brake. Clutch wasn't disengaging.


So, now I wait for the funds to rebuild it.

[turbotalon1g]

I am not saying don't try stuff.
But a lot of people try to work on their cars and bad things happen.

Oh yeah, i have researched and worked on my own car, at times with limited tools (i used to only have a 2** piece tool set, now its less) i would honestly say that if you can do it yourself it not only saves you money, but the satisfaction is bomb too.

I also agree with you on the whole trust issue and vehicle history thing.
Also realize people that these cars are a little old and a little touchy, so keeping a sharp eye on these things is key.

My DSMs,
seperated a harmonic balancer,
fuel pump gave out,
heater hose cracked,
ebrake quit working,
my power windows don't work (gonna fix soon) and i have no heat (also gonna fix soon).
so

[johnson]

read my thread yet??? and i just got that one...... dont even have enough space for the rest of them....everything from shortage in lights to blowing a hole through the side of the block!!!

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

3 weeks after I got my first DSM the front balance shaft locked up taking out the timing belt with it, starving the engine of oil, siezing a bearing, breaking the rod, and took some chunks out of the block, and bending a few valves. When the engine siezed, it also caused the tranny to grenade it's self. Just picked up my second DSM 3 days ago, and fixed a torn vaccuum line, and still have another boost leak somewhere.

[Tman1gtsi]

ya I don't think iv'e redlined my car since I got it 2 years ago, so yes, dsm gremlins are here

[rst95eclipse]

Fuel pump
Various sensors
Headgasket
Blown T3/T4
Hole in radiator
Clutch
Transmission - 4 years ago, believe it was syncros
Steering rack
Clutch master cylinder
Ebrake cable snapped
Shifting assembly broke off
Driver front spring snapped - puncturing the tire as well
Bent rim - I never hit a curb

And the two that pissed me off the most:

Driverside lock - wouldn't open unless I wiggled the key around for a few minutes
Fuel door - springs rusted and broke, too lazy to get new springs so I used something to prop the lever up while I walked around to pry the door open, sometimes the object would slip out and I'd have to walk around to do it again

[Thor06]

Lets see.... I bought this car from Steve over last spring break with a blown head gasket. Heres what I have had go south so far.
-18 valves (skipped timing belt, then the fuckin machinist didnt replace two when I brought it to him so I had to pull the head again to do those two)
-fried clutch, launched too hard
-oil pump shit the bed (and the previous owner or who ever worked on it before cobble fucked up the connector to the oil pressure sensor so I had no idea until it was too late) which in turn took the rod bearing. So now the crank is undoubtably all fucked up along with the block, and due to how rediculously decked my head was, the piston(s) was slapping on the head so that is probably done too.

Yeah, thats my DSM story. I have a complete good engine waiting for a rebuild now, that will be coming probably middle of May.

[turbotalon1g]

i would like to see that clutch from launching to hard

[Tman1gtsi]

haha my roomates don't understand DSM's and they asked "how come so many people responded when you posted about broken cars" ---I thought it was funny
-and today I lost another coolant hose, and that was a damn mess all over the bay, so many tight areas I can get wrench room in, or finger room for that matter