dipstick pops, oil everywhere, loud ticking
07-20-2006, 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by cthree,Jul 19 2006, 07:36 PM
I don't have my compression tester with me. I'm doing the things I can do with the simplest of tools I have on hand before going out and buying stuff I already have somewhere else. I've treated the engine as pretty much a black box and done nothing but regular maintenance on it per specs. I'm not mechanical enough to take something like an engine apart and actually get it back together again without a hand full of spare parts left over.
I'm almost certain the problem is not an easy fix and that at a minimum I need to rebuild the short block. I'm right at the point where it was due (77K miles with at least 10K of those on track). It's at about this point that everyone else I know had their first engine problems but I was hoping to be special and make it another year. My hope now is that the problem is confined to the short block and that the head is in good shape without damage. It owes me nothing.
I'm almost certain the problem is not an easy fix and that at a minimum I need to rebuild the short block. I'm right at the point where it was due (77K miles with at least 10K of those on track). It's at about this point that everyone else I know had their first engine problems but I was hoping to be special and make it another year. My hope now is that the problem is confined to the short block and that the head is in good shape without damage. It owes me nothing.
07-20-2006, 05:43 PM
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First off sorry to hear about your trouble Eric.
The PCV valve attaches to the intake manifold just before the intake runner of cylinder #3. With the air flow into the manifold most of any oil injected into the manifold thru the PCV will end up in cylinder #3. The rest of it will end up in cylinder #4. Tho i suppose some might end up in cyl 2.
That likely explains the condition of your plugs as pictured.
Try disconnecting the PCV and plug hole into the manifold to prevent air leaking into it.
The engine may run smoother now without all the oil etc being pushed into it via the PCV.
The PCV valve attaches to the intake manifold just before the intake runner of cylinder #3. With the air flow into the manifold most of any oil injected into the manifold thru the PCV will end up in cylinder #3. The rest of it will end up in cylinder #4. Tho i suppose some might end up in cyl 2.
That likely explains the condition of your plugs as pictured.
Try disconnecting the PCV and plug hole into the manifold to prevent air leaking into it.
The engine may run smoother now without all the oil etc being pushed into it via the PCV.
07-21-2006, 02:51 AM
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Sorry to hear about the engine problems
May I ask what oil you used?
Just asking, NOT implying anything
Does this mishap also means the membership fees go up?
J/K!
May I ask what oil you used?
Just asking, NOT implying anything
Does this mishap also means the membership fees go up?
J/K!
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