[Diy_efi] Reality check - no efi content - long winded

Leo Schneggenburger lschneg1
Mon Aug 21 05:53:44 UTC 2006


Hi Bill,
 That is quite a ways from here so it is not anyone I have heard of 
before. Well I guess you could use GM Top Engine Cleaner and let it soak 
in to see if it clears up the problem. Pretty powerful stuff. We used it 
on 2.5 liter engines to eliminate detonation from carbon back in my 
dealer days. But than again, as sharp as this guy is he may have tried 
that. Yea, right.
Leo

Bill - Comcast wrote:
> Hi Leo,
>
> L&A in Glenville, NY did the work.  They're just north of Schenectady. 
> Air in the spark plug hole showed bad exhaust valve,  air leaking out 
> the tail pipe.  "L" of L&A fame says it's a chunk of carbon holding 
> the valve open,  swears the valves are OK because they did a 
> compression test.
>
> Bill
>
> Leo Schneggenburger wrote:
>> Hi Bill,
>> I am not sure but I think this is an interference engine. It sure 
>> sounds like a bad valve at the least. Head gaskets are also a common 
>> issue on these engines and the fact that you are low on the adjacent 
>> cylinder makes me wonder about that too. Can you put air into the 
>> cylinder as a test? It should of course seal which it won't. Then see 
>> if air is coming out the intake manifold or the exhaust or look for 
>> bubbles in the radiator. You will know what to do after that. BTW, I 
>> am in "Upstate, NY" but I know that in NYC, /*anything */above the 
>> city is considered upstate and since you are from the tri-state area 
>> you probably think the same way, so where and who worked on your car 
>> if you don't mind answering? Privately if you wish.
>> Leo
>>
>> Bill - Comcast wrote:
>>> Sorry for the off topic post but I know there's a lot of mechanical 
>>> knowledge here and thought I'd solicit some opinions on this situation.
>>> We just returned from the vacation-from-hell.  Amy's wagon ate the 
>>> timing chain in upstate NY.  We got towed into a garage where they 
>>> quoted 4-5 hours labor,  $450 to $500 to fix it.  They stumbled and 
>>> bumbled around with it for 3 days (each time I asked they were 
>>> almost done,  only a couple more hours) while we waited and finally 
>>> at about 5:30 on the third day they started it,  but it ran like 
>>> garbage and was leaking antifreeze from around the water pump and 
>>> had a major oil leak from the valve cover.  They fiddled with the 
>>> plug wires for 2 more hours before they finally gave up and pushed 
>>> it out of the bay and into the yard.  They went home to supper and 
>>> left me, Amy,  and the 2 kids (7 & 4) sitting in the car for 5 hours 
>>> waiting for my car hauler to be brought up from CT.
>>> Oh yes,  before they went home they handed me a bill for $1050.  
>
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