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You may have a slightly leaky injector. Keep an eye on it. My EA Falcon I was pretty convinced had one. Sometimes I couldn't start it because the starter would just start cranking the engine then it'd stop dead. Usually when that happened I'd just take the other car. There was never any sign of water in anything so I didn't think it was coolant. The oil did kind of stink though.
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IOwnCalculus posted:There's never been any significant fuel contamination in the oil, though, and given that it's a direct injection engine I would think a leaking injector would be spraying pretty much constantly. Oh, I missed the direct injection bit. How hard is the suspect plug to remove? If it's not a 12/10 for difficulty it might pay to check on that plug again another day when cold just to be sure. It's best to catch a problem like that in its infancy. And as I said if it's not a huge pain to pull that plug it's like a 30 second job for peace of mind.
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Feb 27, 2013 01:52
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IOwnCalculus posted:It's really not bad - no 30 second job since it's under the intercooler, but it's easy to remove (two bolts for the cover, three holding it down, inlet/outlet hoseclamps, and two clamps on the bypass valve) and then it's as clear of access as you'll get on anything. Still more difficult than it should be to get to plugs but that's not too bad I guess. Seems slightly easier than the left bank on the Fairlane. That's where the conversion people put all the LPG gear so I have to dismantle that to get to the plugs. Some bolts and hose clamps in essence but accessibility for some of it is a bit hard. I'm not overly fond of removing the vaporiser though and try to avoid that. Everything after it is negative pressure so it's no biggie as long as I don't mess up where the hoses go. Because the engine bay has a V8 but was designed around an i6 it's a bit tight around the shock towers.
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Feb 27, 2013 20:57
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So what's so special about them? Grippier compound? You have my attention.
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Apr 9, 2013 10:25
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IOwnCalculus posted:I actually remembered after all of the posting in here that I ended up with a Gatorback on my LS1, even. The belt in the Trailblazer actually has those same serrated teeth on the grooved side, but it's so worn that it's devoid of any marking on the smooth side. It didn't take long at all for the belt on the Fairlane to lose the markings on the smooth side. it's kind of why I asked. They started to wear off after a few days. I put a picture of the old belt in the mechanical failures thread a while back. I touched the middle of the smooth side with my finger and the belt split down the middle. More grip would be great. The tensioner although its pulley is worn to poo poo and not even properly aligned anymore still keeps good tension so I guess the Gates serp belts just don't have the traction to cope properly with the accessories.
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Apr 9, 2013 22:42
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Fo3 posted:All I know is some German auto did/do it and Australian Ford and Holden do it as well. It might be the light touch thing, as I know all my old cable lever cars get tight and heavy after a while, (if they ever were light in the first place), and there's no way to make a digital control, push button, or a dial like for climate control use a cable lever. But... I've had a couple of Fords with climate control and all their poo poo works off a vacuum operated nightmare. No human interface to vacuum valve anywhere. I can tell you that those climate control computers are finicky assholes.
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Jun 16, 2013 02:17
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IOwnCalculus posted:I figured out where the (primary) vacuum leak is, but I haven't had time to fix it. More obnoxiously, after ~150 miles, the thing started puking coolant everywhere last night. Do you think it was a result of the lean running from vacuum leaks causing some excess heat or some cooling system part decided to up and fail?
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Jun 20, 2013 02:05
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IOwnCalculus posted:
Is there any reason you can't siphon? What are you putting the fuel in to?
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Sep 7, 2013 00:24
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Those squeezy bulb siphon things work okay enough if you can get the suck end into something or jam another hose on it. I've used mine for pulling bad fuel out of things.
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Sep 7, 2013 07:26
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That is really, really nice. How's the water pump?
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