One damned thing after another..., Ping of Death |
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One damned thing after another..., Ping of Death |
lapuwali |
Jan 16 2005, 05:24 PM
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Not another one! Group: Benefactors Posts: 4,526 Joined: 1-March 04 From: San Mateo, CA Member No.: 1,743 |
Finally get around to fixing a pulled exhaust stud, get everything buttoned up, quick test drive. Back into the garage, check all of the exhaust nuts. Long test drive.
Runs OK for about half distance, then it sounds and feels like it's losing a cylinder. Thudding exhaust note and no power. Up a steep (unavoidable) hill, it starts what sounds like really loud ping under load. Goes away when I get off it, and stays away if I keep the speed down up the hill. CHT on No. 3 isn't higher than usual (about 340 up that hill, about 300 on the flat). Nearer the house, it idles OK, but doesn't pull away from a stop w/o a fair amount of clutch slip. No odd noises. Sigh. Haven't the time to pull everything apart to take a good look this weekend. This engine has been trouble from the word go. I've had maybe 50 trouble-free miles in the last 6 months. I'm beginning to think a Soob conversion isn't an option, but a requirement. No way I'm going to spend serious money on this engine... |
DJsRepS |
Jan 17 2005, 05:10 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 431 Joined: 4-November 04 From: Sarasota Florida Member No.: 3,060 |
Take the advance plate out for a lube job. Check the vac adv unit, and the trigger points while its out. Then FI harness and grounds. My FI had 3 terminals with green colored copper wire. You could hardly see it untill you loosened up the insulation clamp of the terminal to tug on the wire conection. One of mine fell off at this point. Check vac leaks hoses and MPS and Vac adv and ohm uut the TPS for the idle pos. Loose the points to Petronics. If you were having some noise issue it would not hurt to adj and check the valves and compression.
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