FICD is used on cars with EFI only. But this thread here http://www.zerotohundred.com/newforums/car...cnf40-4g15.html shows that carbs can also use.

I was told that compressor lube is in the gas that is circulated within the system.

This post has been edited by gregy: Aug 1 2010, 01:16 AM

Did you bother to visit the ZTH thread I referenced? I said it was intended to be used on EFIs, but in that thread someone successfully hooked it up to his carbie. Still, what's it to you anyway? You running a carb or EFI?

If you really want to be smart, be smarter la.

First off, catacombs said FICD was used on EFI cars only. Actually he is correct, cos you won't find it installed as a *stock item* on a carbbed car.

Secondly, you asked whether it was confirmed that FICD was used on carbureted cars only.....?????wtf?

Then I said it is normally used on EFI cars, but some ppl managed to *RETROFIT* the thing into a carbie.

So I wanted to know, what's your point in trying to clarify whether or not the FICD can only be used on a carb or EFI? In your case, nobody mentioned the FICD only being used on carbs, only *you* said it. lol

If you bothered to follow the thread from the start, the TOYOTA FICD was the only one being mentioned. You even asked what an FICD was for. So of course I referred to the Toyota implementation.

Are you a kid with low powers of comprehension? Read your own post first before getting on your soapbox next time.



This post has been edited by gregy: Aug 2 2010, 10:01 PM

Hey girl, go read back your post 21. If you're still feeling butthurt, maybe we should meet up for a TT.

Ok pm me when you're free, we go TT ok? Just to yum cha tok kok sing song lol. Don't worry, it's not my way of getting to know girls lol.

Anyway, just like to make a correction on what I said earlier about the air-cond gas and lube. Although it's true that the oil is circulated along with the gas, over time the oil will get depleted.

I found out the hard way the other day when I took my Civic FD for a gas refill as I found the air-cond not so cold anymore. So this shop just filled up the gas for me and didn't charge me anything. He filled it kau-kau, more than the norm. Right after that the car felt heavier than usual, and everytime the compressor kicked in my idle would drop to 500 then recover, but the drop was severe enough for the car to vibrate like having a chill lol.

Feeling a little fcuked, I went to another air-cond guy to help diagnose the problem. After I told him about the earlier visit and how I wasn't charged at all, he suspected that the first guy simply filled in recycled gas for me. Recycled gas comes from other ppl's cars, so there's no telling its quality or whether there's any oil in it.

So what he did was drain out all the gas, then filled up new gas and a new can of compressor oil. Amazing. The car was cold again, and the idle problem was gone. So it seems originally, my air-cond was running out of gas *and* oil, especially under this current hot spell.

So for those of you who have idling problems, instead of just trying to treat the symptoms like by adding FICD, can perhaps try swapping out the air-cond gas and adding a can of oil first.

I also initially thought of adding FICD to "fix" my idling problem, but I feel better now after treating the cause instead.

Clawhammer, if you're reading this, now you know why I have no time and money for modding my rig anymore lol.