Weird issues
I brought my 89 c4 into the shop because it had a head gasket leak. Ran great just leaked a lot of coolant. When I get it back it idles really low around 500 rpm. Engine oil psi really low. Around 10-3 psi. When I get on the throttle it is unresponsive very little power until it gets to about 5k to 6k rpm. The rpm takes for ever to climb. I brought it back and it came back to me the same way. Is this a timing issue?
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..... Check it with a timing light ... its possible that the shop never reconnected the set timing wire .....
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Update:
looks like the shop had the timing retarded. I advanced it up a bit and wow! Running perfect and better than before! I guess sometimes you just have do to it yourself. |
Originally Posted by CaliC4
(Post 1595350094)
Update:
looks like the shop had the timing retarded. I advanced it up a bit and wow! Running perfect and better than before! I guess sometimes you just have do to it yourself. as for the running perfect, it's the goldilocks thing - it's amazing how well these things run when everything's just right. so, exactly where did you end up with the timing? :rock: |
Originally Posted by Joe C
(Post 1595350163)
:iagree:
as for the running perfect, it's the goldilocks thing - it's amazing how well these things run when everything's just right. so, exactly where did you end up with the timing? :rock: |
I did not have a timing light so I just moved it about a degree and took it for a test ride. I set it at what felt the best at WOT.
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I ended up advancing about 5 degrees. Again all guesses as I did not have a timing light and Im a total novice in my mechanical abilities .
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Not a good idea to set the timing without a timing light. You have no baseline and have no idea where you are now. Glad it worked out, but you really should invest in a timing light. They are not that expensive. Autozone might lend them out.
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Originally Posted by 383vett
(Post 1595368639)
Not a good idea to set the timing without a timing light. You have no baseline and have no idea where you are now. Glad it worked out, but you really should invest in a timing light. They are not that expensive. Autozone might lend them out.
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both of above good advice
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Originally Posted by 383vett
(Post 1595368639)
Not a good idea to set the timing without a timing light. You have no baseline and have no idea where you are now. Glad it worked out, but you really should invest in a timing light. They are not that expensive. Autozone might lend them out.
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Originally Posted by 383vett
(Post 1595368639)
you really should invest in a timing light. They are not that expensive.
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