GPX Air Mass ???

[vinny]

Hello to every one as I have just bought my first FTO, its a 1995 GPX MIVEC with larger down pipes and stainless exhaust etc, It apparently has a chipped ecu, It has had an intake kit fitted, do these cars have an air mass meter?, I cannot see any evidence of one being fitted or any plugs hanging about except for a few on the passenger side bulkhead, the engine management light is not on, so I am hoping that these models did not an air mass meter, any help would be gratefully appreciated.

[escu_calin]

Hello to every one as I have just bought my first FTO, its a 1995 GPX MIVEC with larger down pipes and stainless exhaust etc, It apparently has a chipped ecu, It has had an intake kit fitted, do these cars have an air mass meter?, I cannot see any evidence of one being fitted or any plugs hanging about except for a few on the passenger side bulkhead, the engine management light is not on, so I am hoping that these models did not an air mass meter, any help would be gratefully appreciated.

no M.A.F. on mivecs;

a gpx setup doesn't have a MAF sensor attached to the airbox.

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[Myfeckin FTO]

Welcome along Vinny - would be interested in hearing more about your set-up particularly this "chipped ECU" you speak about - what model piggyback ECU is it?

Get some pics up if you can - we like pics of FTO's on here!

[vinny]

I will get some pics up as soon as I can, I was assured by the previous owner that it had a chipped ecu, not sure how to tell?, It has a fancy stainless system, and non standard downpipes and decat, It did have an 'induction kit' which looked like a siver K+N cone filter, lovely sound but absolutely crap otherwise, so I have removed it and jumped up and down on it!!, great for my anger management . I may purchase a panel filter in the future. I have just bought some atf, forte treatment and a filter to do the box, and some engine oil and filter, just looking at a cambelt kit from camskill as well. It seems to have the obligatory leak on the offside rear rocker, I think i've read that its the cam carrier, so I may even have a go at that. The owner had it sat on his drive with a knackered alternator for months, it was overcharging badly, fitted a new alternator ( by only removing that and the bracket) and everything seems to be ok (I hope) apart from the off side central locking door mechanism, which I think was jammed rather than fried, so I will have to source one of those, Awesome site by the way, loads of info.

[escu_calin]

I will get some pics up as soon as I can, I was assured by the previous owner that it had a chipped ecu, not sure how to tell?, It has a fancy stainless system, and non standard downpipes and decat, It did have an 'induction kit' which looked like a siver K+N cone filter, lovely sound but absolutely crap otherwise, so I have removed it and jumped up and down on it!!, great for my anger management . I may purchase a panel filter in the future. I have just bought some atf, forte treatment and a filter to do the box, and some engine oil and filter, just looking at a cambelt kit from camskill as well. It seems to have the obligatory leak on the offside rear rocker, I think i've read that its the cam carrier, so I may even have a go at that. The owner had it sat on his drive with a knackered alternator for months, it was overcharging badly, fitted a new alternator ( by only removing that and the bracket) and everything seems to be ok (I hope) apart from the off side central locking door mechanism, which I think was jammed rather than fried, so I will have to source one of those, Awesome site by the way, loads of info.

1) there is no obligatory leak.. that's fixable with proper gaskets
2) forte is useless.. as any treatment except engine flush
3) rest is solvable with a little of elbow grease and in case of the T belt with a extremely careful and experienced mechanic!
Don't rush on changing the T belt; just pop the plastic covers and inspect its state(don't base your assumption on what previous owner says to u)
There is in the workshop manual volume 2 a complete procedure of inspecting the belt.. and is very efficient!

[CJ]

1) there is no obligatory leak.. that's fixable with proper gaskets

If the rocker cover gasket is leaking, thats an easy fix - 1 hour tops. If the cam carrier seal is leaking then its a labour intensive job to fix, theres a fair bit of stripping down work required to reseal (liquid gasket used). Unless you're pretty competent with the spanners, I'd leave this job to an experienced mechanic.

CJ