OK Guys, need some serious help!!
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I hope I am not repeating something since I did not read every post. You only changed injectors, nothing else, and then you heard the load clacking noise. Are you sure the injectors are the same length and the o-rings sealing into the manifold are in the same position? If there is a leak at the o-rings you will hear the intake valve opening and closing and it will make a loud metalic clank when it closes.
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I hope I am not repeating something since I did not read every post. You only changed injectors, nothing else, and then you heard the load clacking noise. Are you sure the injectors are the same length and the o-rings sealing into the manifold are in the same position? If there is a leak at the o-rings you will hear the intake valve opening and closing and it will make a loud metalic clank when it closes.
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Just got back from the shop. They let me work on the car with them, they're good guys.
Id does not appear any of the rods are loose, whew...but he's dropping the flex plate as we speak.
No news yet.
It sucks that I don't have the time to do this myself, but better to have a car that I can drive than is sitting in the dam garage.
I should know by tomorrow.
Id does not appear any of the rods are loose, whew...but he's dropping the flex plate as we speak.
No news yet.
It sucks that I don't have the time to do this myself, but better to have a car that I can drive than is sitting in the dam garage.
I should know by tomorrow.
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From: Bergen County, NJ Democrats, doing for the country what they did for Michigan
I had the three of us standing under the car, the two of them with decades of experience each. None of us can tell WTF is going on.
The trans line had to be removed to get the inspection cover off because of the headers. The guy is completely methodical and I anticipate an answer tomorrow.
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From: Carmichael ca
I'd bet there's something in one of the cylinders and that noise is the piston hammering it against the head. Its probably embedded in the piston and will require removing the head. If its small enough and didn't crack anything then its not catastrophic.
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Id does not appear any of the rods are loose, whew...but he's dropping the flex plate as we speak.
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From: berwick pennsylvania
did you have any misplaced bolts/washers/tools that you had to use diffrent ones to complete the reinstall? if not then how is it possible to have something metallic down inside one of the cylinders.
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I looked for it, but could not find it. Rolled the motor over with a ratchet to set the valve lash, and WHAAAM, it locked up tight.
Pulled the heads and found the little ball had fallen into a runner on the base manifold, and dropped into the cylinder. When the pistonpushed the ball into the head, it became imbedded in the piston. I had to pop it out with a knife.
Long story short, anything can happen, and for me, it often does
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I had the strangest thing happen once during a head swap. After the heads were on, and the lower intake wastorqued on, I changed my socket. When I went to put the new socket on the extension, it did not lock on. The small ball with the spring behind it was missing. Hmmmm. Oh well, it must have fallen on the floor, I thought.
I looked for it, but could not find it. Rolled the motor over with a ratchet to set the valve lash, and WHAAAM, it locked up tight.
Pulled the heads and found the little ball had fallen into a runner on the base manifold, and dropped into the cylinder. When the pistonpushed the ball into the head, it became imbedded in the piston. I had to pop it out with a knife.
Long story short, anything can happen, and for me, it often does
I looked for it, but could not find it. Rolled the motor over with a ratchet to set the valve lash, and WHAAAM, it locked up tight.
Pulled the heads and found the little ball had fallen into a runner on the base manifold, and dropped into the cylinder. When the pistonpushed the ball into the head, it became imbedded in the piston. I had to pop it out with a knife.
Long story short, anything can happen, and for me, it often does
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OK, here's what we know.
We turned the motor by hand and it was binding a bit. We took out the main berings on cyl #7 and turned it, and the binding went away.
We have come to the conclusion that something is in CYL#7
Rather than have the car towed home and do it myself, the pan is already off, he has the car, I told him to pull the head, and see what we're dealing with.
Based on the results, we will repair as necessary. Could be a piston, rod. Could be a head, valve, something else, we'll see.
We are not expecting that the cyl walls are abused or damaged.
We turned the motor by hand and it was binding a bit. We took out the main berings on cyl #7 and turned it, and the binding went away.
We have come to the conclusion that something is in CYL#7
Rather than have the car towed home and do it myself, the pan is already off, he has the car, I told him to pull the head, and see what we're dealing with.
Based on the results, we will repair as necessary. Could be a piston, rod. Could be a head, valve, something else, we'll see.
We are not expecting that the cyl walls are abused or damaged.
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