Rambo's EK9


Been back to see Henry a couple of weeks ago to see how the car was running 2 years after the re-map. Power was down to 195bhp, says nothing serious but my car is running very very unhappy on idle so he says I will defo need a new Fuel Pump as its obviously getting a bit tired having done 135k miles now! lol

Gona buy a Walbro 255 fuel pump. Henry says I could do with a Lambda and Map sensor as "they are getting a bit long in the tooth" ! lol I was killling myself laughing when he said that!

My car is due its Timing Belt soon so my mate Mike Duff at Bradbury Motors is going to fully service my car, fit new timing belt, new tensioner and bolts, new water pump, walbro fuel pump, lambda and map sensors, hondata intake manifold gasket, throttle body and intake mani and injectors professinally cleaned and refitted, new Mfactory synchros, mfactory longer 1st gear and shorter 3rd, 4th and 5th gears, new 1st/2nd gear hub ring kit, mfactory uprated drive shafts and mfactory extended ball joints and then take it back to Henry and get the map tweaked and she should be all sweet again! :)

cant wait!!
 
Shouldn't need to change map sensor unless its reading odd? I've yet to see a original Honda one go bad! Lambda sensor, yeah there common enough to go bad. OEM pump's are rare to give trouble but what I have seen is the filter bag on pump gets very dirty over the years and thus restricting flow as the pump can't suck up the fuel like it should through the dirty filter. Walbro pump is relatively cheap so no harm to change and it will come with new pump filter just make sure you get a genuine Walbro and not some copy pump!

Gearing mods will transform how it drives:nice:
 
Vtec6000 said:
Shouldn't need to change map sensor unless its reading odd? I've yet to see a original Honda one go bad! Lambda sensor, yeah there common enough to go bad. OEM pump's are rare to give trouble but what I have seen is the filter bag on pump gets very dirty over the years and thus restricting flow as the pump can't suck up the fuel like it should through the dirty filter. Walbro pump is relatively cheap so no harm to change and it will come with new pump filter just make sure you get a genuine Walbro and not some copy pump!

Gearing mods will transform how it drives:nice:
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Thanks for the quick reply and info mate :)

Henry never actually gave a reason why I would need to replace the Map Sensor. Lambda however was not doing as it should he said. The reason for the Fuel Pump change is on idle the revs are jumpy, weak and inconsistent. Have tried all the usual fixes like clean IACV and I have only just replaced the PCV valve and main relay and serviced the car and idle problem is still the same so must be fuel pump as you say it must be very dirty now.

Yea the gearing has been on my list to do for a while as 1st, 2nd and reverse syncros are very crunchy now and 2nd gear tends to jump into neutral on its own hence why I will just get everything done at once! should be fun afterwards!

:thanks:
 
ramboteamjon said:
Thanks for the quick reply and info mate :)

Henry never actually gave a reason why I would need to replace the Map Sensor. Lambda however was not doing as it should he said. The reason for the Fuel Pump change is on idle the revs are jumpy, weak and inconsistent. Have tried all the usual fixes like clean IACV and I have only just replaced the PCV valve and main relay and serviced the car and idle problem is still the same so must be fuel pump as you say it must be very dirty now.

Yea the gearing has been on my list to do for a while as 1st, 2nd and reverse syncros are very crunchy now and 2nd gear tends to jump into neutral on its own hence why I will just get everything done at once! should be fun afterwards!

:thanks:
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Well if your lambda sensor is acting up it can cause idle issues. Plug out lambda sensor and see how it idles
 
ramboteamjon said:
cheers mate. what car do you drive as I do see a few civics about?
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Had a black ek4 with red gt3s but now have a milano red accord sport. Seen you on the bypass as I work up in leith and travel from Haddington. Seems to be a lot of civics about East lothian, not many ek9s tho :nice:
 
Robbanwrx said:
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cheers mate:nice:

marv_ek4 said:
Had a black ek4 with red gt3s but now have a milano red accord sport. Seen you on the bypass as I work up in leith and travel from Haddington. Seems to be a lot of civics about East lothian, not many ek9s tho :nice:
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yea defo seen you about many times. the car aint out much these days as I am in the van alot now but better that way as it keeps the mileage down! yea tons of civics around east lothian, some absolute horrors and some lovely ones too! lol

yea not too many 9s and I will be glad if it stays that way! :)
 
Vtec6000 said:
Well if your lambda sensor is acting up it can cause idle issues. Plug out lambda sensor and see how it idles
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plugged out the lambda sensor and its defo not right!

in the process of sourcing a new manifold as mines snapped last week so will fit the new lambda, mani, fuel pump, timing belt and tensioner kit and map sensor at the same time.

trying to source a new map sensor and came across a hondata and omni power as other options other than a new OEM one as honda want like £200 odd pound for a new one.

Are omni power and hondata ones ok? what bar should i go for? 2.5?
 
ramboteamjon said:
plugged out the lambda sensor and its defo not right!

in the process of sourcing a new manifold as mines snapped last week so will fit the new lambda, mani, fuel pump, timing belt and tensioner kit and map sensor at the same time.

trying to source a new map sensor and came across a hondata and omni power as other options other than a new OEM one as honda want like £200 odd pound for a new one.

Are omni power and hondata ones ok? what bar should i go for? 2.5?
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Unless your going turbo there is no need to change from stock map sensor. As I said before i'm yet to see a OEM map sensor fail. I should have a few floating around garage if you want a used replacement OEM honda one.
 
Vtec6000 said:
Unless your going turbo there is no need to change from stock map sensor. As I said before i'm yet to see a OEM map sensor fail. I should have a few floating around garage if you want a used replacement OEM honda one.
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no worries mate thanks for info. I would rather get a new map sensor thanks for the offer. If i was to buy an omni power or hondata map sensor would it cause a problem with the car? I am just not wanting to pay the crazy money for a new one from honda!
 
if you need it asap, I'm up the road on Wednesday and can bring one up ?
 
hhhmm. Id take gav-EK9's advice personly. Defently the first steps id take. Im no expert but that exhaust looks abit dicey.
Good luck getting it sorted bud.
 
i do miss Henry's chat! every conversation with him is like a school lesson :lol:
 
Rubble said:
hhhmm. Id take gav-EK9's advice personly. Defently the first steps id take. Im no expert but that exhaust looks abit dicey.
Good luck getting it sorted bud.
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thanks for the advice but if you look back the exhaust got sorted like 2 years ago. cheers

stevenEK9 said:
i do miss Henry's chat! every conversation with him is like a school lesson :lol:
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hahaha your totally right! cant wait to go see him again!:woot:
 
Just wait till you get a B18 in there...:p

Just read the entire thread, nice job getting it all tuned up.
 
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