By Gimme Wafflez - Sat Mar 02, 2013 11:24 pm
- Sat Mar 02, 2013 11:24 pm
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so on thursday i was driving to work on the freeway and noticed i didnt quite have the power in the fifth gear i normally would. when on any type of incline i would have to shift to fourth when usually fifth gets me all the way to work. I got to my exit and when i got the the light and down shifted the engine felt really rough and dropped way down in RPM's, probably around 100-200 and then the engine died. the only way to keep it running was to keep it reved up a bit.
so, on my lunch break i decided to go get a new Cap & rotor kit which also came with the dizzy O-ring, new spark plugs and plug wires. I switched everything out, there was a little oil in the dizzy since the O-ring was trashed, but i cleaned it up. I made sure to gap my plugs to spec.
After starting the car it actually ran very smooth, a lot smoother than it had ever before, so i was assuming the bad O-ring in the dizzy was the problem. I had also noticed a bit of oil on plug wire #3, so i assumed a new gasket and seals were needed, that came later and i'll get to that. so I drove the car on my last break and when i got to the first stop sign it was running worse than ever before, it was back to almost dying at idle and the motor was shaking so bad i thought the car was going to fall apart. co workers were all trying to help me figure what it could be and some people thought it could be a bad piston ring? i ended up getting it towed home and today i did the new valve seals and gasket and its just not running right.
anyone have this same experience or have any clue? i dont know if i should just spend the $400-$500 and drop a new motor in the car or pull it apart and pin point the problem and possibly save a lot of money? sorry for the long post but i HAVE to figure this out. I have another car but my wife is going to be using it now.
Thanks for any advice
so, on my lunch break i decided to go get a new Cap & rotor kit which also came with the dizzy O-ring, new spark plugs and plug wires. I switched everything out, there was a little oil in the dizzy since the O-ring was trashed, but i cleaned it up. I made sure to gap my plugs to spec.
After starting the car it actually ran very smooth, a lot smoother than it had ever before, so i was assuming the bad O-ring in the dizzy was the problem. I had also noticed a bit of oil on plug wire #3, so i assumed a new gasket and seals were needed, that came later and i'll get to that. so I drove the car on my last break and when i got to the first stop sign it was running worse than ever before, it was back to almost dying at idle and the motor was shaking so bad i thought the car was going to fall apart. co workers were all trying to help me figure what it could be and some people thought it could be a bad piston ring? i ended up getting it towed home and today i did the new valve seals and gasket and its just not running right.
anyone have this same experience or have any clue? i dont know if i should just spend the $400-$500 and drop a new motor in the car or pull it apart and pin point the problem and possibly save a lot of money? sorry for the long post but i HAVE to figure this out. I have another car but my wife is going to be using it now.
Thanks for any advice
Last edited by Gimme Wafflez on Mon Mar 04, 2013 5:34 am, edited 1 time in total.