My car is a shop WOW
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I just found a leaking EGR valve that was causing all kinds of idle/stalling/driveability issues. the car was boosting fine on the road, I was hitting 24psi by 3800 RPM in 3rd gear, but it wouldn't hold any pressure at all when I leak tested it. Once that leak was fixed my car was back to driving like stock.
bottom line is that if you haven't leak tested your car recently chances are you've got a leak.
I just found a leaking EGR valve that was causing all kinds of idle/stalling/driveability issues. the car was boosting fine on the road, I was hitting 24psi by 3800 RPM in 3rd gear, but it wouldn't hold any pressure at all when I leak tested it. Once that leak was fixed my car was back to driving like stock.
bottom line is that if you haven't leak tested your car recently chances are you've got a leak.
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UPDATE:
JNZ called me today, they told me pretty much my spark plugs were f*ckkkkeeddddd. Replaced them and it started right up.
They are going to call me sometime to confirm that was the problem.
Im so relieved.
JNZ called me today, they told me pretty much my spark plugs were f*ckkkkeeddddd. Replaced them and it started right up.
They are going to call me sometime to confirm that was the problem.
Im so relieved.
To me that means pulling the spark plugs and grounding them while someone cranks it. If I see spark, it's getting spark. If not, check the gap and re-crank.
I would have thought you would notice something like an f'ed up spark plug during this test.
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Can I ask how you checked for spark? Your first post said it was getting spark.
To me that means pulling the spark plugs and grounding them while someone cranks it. If I see spark, it's getting spark. If not, check the gap and re-crank.
I would have thought you would notice something like an f'ed up spark plug during this test.
To me that means pulling the spark plugs and grounding them while someone cranks it. If I see spark, it's getting spark. If not, check the gap and re-crank.
I would have thought you would notice something like an f'ed up spark plug during this test.
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idk that is what they told me, They are replacing them with different plugs today, see if that was the problem or not. They have not called me today yet. So only time tells
It's possible you could have totally flooded all the cylinders by trying to start it and cranking for so long so many times. You checked compression and it was fine, when you pulled plugs to check compression you didn't notice them being covered in gas or the strong scent? Did you ever scope the cylinders to see if there was anything down in there? If so the scope should have also come out coated in fuel too. I'm not saying their diagnosis is wrong, just saying that seems weird you've had this problem for a few days, have checked compression, never noticed the fuel before, and they found it but you never smelled anything.
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It's possible you could have totally flooded all the cylinders by trying to start it and cranking for so long so many times. You checked compression and it was fine, when you pulled plugs to check compression you didn't notice them being covered in gas or the strong scent? Did you ever scope the cylinders to see if there was anything down in there? If so the scope should have also come out coated in fuel too. I'm not saying their diagnosis is wrong, just saying that seems weird you've had this problem for a few days, have checked compression, never noticed the fuel before, and they found it but you never smelled anything.
. and yea i did notice them being covered in gas. i saw fuel n smelled it, just did think anything that big of it.
If you had pulled the plugs it may have evaporated out after a few hours or overnight but putting the plugs back in to seal it up will definitely make it last a while. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you, I've done the same thing. I used a bendable 3 prong grabber device and a shop rag to dry them out mostly then a fan for about 5 minutes in each cylinder and that did the trick for me. Hope it all works out
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