Help bring my XJR R1 back to life? Pics
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Help bring my XJR R1 back to life? Pics
I bought this 03 R1 on Saturday. Seller stated the car as being a non runner. Well, I attempted to start it Sunday morning. It cranked over fine and ran for about 3 seconds and stalled out.
What I have noticed: Pics of this further down.
Mice were in the engine bay, chewed wires.
There is no coolant in the fill tank.
Very oily spark plugs. It's obvious the valve covers are leaking, but I'm not sure if that is why the spark plugs have oil on them.
Pulled the breather tube, on right side valve cover. And it looks milky. Could that be due to condensation or bad head gaskets? I have no clue.
Anyways, onto some positive stuff. Car is way cleaner than the CL ad made me think. Has 1 year old Michelins on it, and Milans with Brembos. Which I know is factory.
As far as fixing the wiring, my dad has an 01 xjr with the top end out, making it easy to get to the wiring. I guess soldering it into mine would be best?
What I have noticed: Pics of this further down.
Mice were in the engine bay, chewed wires.
There is no coolant in the fill tank.
Very oily spark plugs. It's obvious the valve covers are leaking, but I'm not sure if that is why the spark plugs have oil on them.
Pulled the breather tube, on right side valve cover. And it looks milky. Could that be due to condensation or bad head gaskets? I have no clue.
Anyways, onto some positive stuff. Car is way cleaner than the CL ad made me think. Has 1 year old Michelins on it, and Milans with Brembos. Which I know is factory.
As far as fixing the wiring, my dad has an 01 xjr with the top end out, making it easy to get to the wiring. I guess soldering it into mine would be best?
Last edited by Z07Brandon; 12-18-2018 at 01:53 PM.
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Nice catch Brandon, looking like a nice machine.
Sure you will get that up and running with some patience (and $$), surprised it ran at all with all those wires eaten away ...
Ant that oil on the plugs, it could be as simple as heavy leaking spark plug seals in the cover.
They slowly submerge the sparkplugs, and the oil will drip down while you remove them.
Sure you will get that up and running with some patience (and $$), surprised it ran at all with all those wires eaten away ...
Ant that oil on the plugs, it could be as simple as heavy leaking spark plug seals in the cover.
They slowly submerge the sparkplugs, and the oil will drip down while you remove them.
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Great looking R1, especially for $850! Best of luck with the wiring/plug repairs. Hopefully that's all she'll need to be back on the road.
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The parts xjr car is either an 01 or 02. Can't remember exactly. But the wiring pigtails my dad took off of it, do have the gold pins. Making me think 02.
Anyways, the pedal position sensor wires aren't the same colors. Do you guys think that will cause a bad reading? I took pics, but hard to tell what I am talking about by looking at the picture. The wires up top on my car are: orange, orange. The top two on the pigtail from the parts car are: orange, red.
Also, I'm not sure what sensor this is, but as you can see, the colors do not match either.
Anyways, the pedal position sensor wires aren't the same colors. Do you guys think that will cause a bad reading? I took pics, but hard to tell what I am talking about by looking at the picture. The wires up top on my car are: orange, orange. The top two on the pigtail from the parts car are: orange, red.
Also, I'm not sure what sensor this is, but as you can see, the colors do not match either.
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The parts xjr car is either an 01 or 02. Can't remember exactly. But the wiring pigtails my dad took off of it, do have the gold pins. Making me think 02.
Anyways, the pedal position sensor wires aren't the same colors. Do you guys think that will cause a bad reading? I took pics, but hard to tell what I am talking about by looking at the picture. The wires up top on my car are: orange, orange. The top two on the pigtail from the parts car are: orange, red.
Also, I'm not sure what sensor this is, but as you can see, the colors do not match either.
Anyways, the pedal position sensor wires aren't the same colors. Do you guys think that will cause a bad reading? I took pics, but hard to tell what I am talking about by looking at the picture. The wires up top on my car are: orange, orange. The top two on the pigtail from the parts car are: orange, red.
Also, I'm not sure what sensor this is, but as you can see, the colors do not match either.
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Lol! Did a lot of thinking yesterday, and research. I don't think electricity cares what color the wires are. I highly doubt the the functions for each wire changed for 01-03 on xjr's.
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