nothingman
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- Mar 24, 2012
Well folks finally after many months of working on and off thanks to my jobs, shit hoa and asshole neighbors... Put on new pan gasket, new rear main neoprene seal, plugs/wires/cap/rotor, rebuilt carb and turbo... removed the canister, smog pump and corresponding valves but left the egr. And all that is just what this newbie did in the engine compartment(of course with great help and advice from the cats on this forum)...
She's running ok, I timed her to bout 4 degrees advanced and carb idle screws out about 1 turn... seems to idle the smoothest there. I've got all unused vacuum lines removed and/or plugged. The only thing I've left to plug is the tube coming from the cat. She's idling/running a tad rough so I think being a 70k motor that was maintained like hell by the previous owner has something to do with it. Not sure if any can tell how good/bad she is running by this video I recorded? The ticking sound is a combination of a slight exhaust leak and the smog pump which is not connected but driven by the belt still until I find an a/c alternator mount. Any feedback is much appreciated.
Started idling with about 40/50 oil psi, no terrible sounds, no missing or ticking from motor... So after idling her about 15-30 mins the rear main starts to drip pretty steadily and the oil psi drops to 20 psi. I continue timing her, checking for other leaks, listening with the stethoscope, adjusting idle screws... all seemed ok except for of course the little rough idle and oil leak. I had her running about an hour to an hour and a half, she developed a 6" oil puddle in that time. I guess I messed up the install with the rear main a little :/ I'm thinking I didn't apply the rtv correctly in those grooves, don't think I pierced it well enough to allow it to dry correctly? Could that be my problem? Although it did sit for a couple months before I ran it... Now to fix it are there any tips? Can I just remove the pan and rear main cap to fix the rtv I squirted in those rectangular chambers or do I have to buy another rear main seal and start over again? Also what is the best way of cleaning out the old rtv I put in? I've heard squirt the rtv in and pierce it several times with a wet toothpick, is that the best method? It's cold so I'll prob have to wait a month to dry the 2nd time around eh?
Thank you in advance and also thanks to everyone for the previous help and advice. If it wasn't for that I would not have even made it this far. Cheers!
She's running ok, I timed her to bout 4 degrees advanced and carb idle screws out about 1 turn... seems to idle the smoothest there. I've got all unused vacuum lines removed and/or plugged. The only thing I've left to plug is the tube coming from the cat. She's idling/running a tad rough so I think being a 70k motor that was maintained like hell by the previous owner has something to do with it. Not sure if any can tell how good/bad she is running by this video I recorded? The ticking sound is a combination of a slight exhaust leak and the smog pump which is not connected but driven by the belt still until I find an a/c alternator mount. Any feedback is much appreciated.
Started idling with about 40/50 oil psi, no terrible sounds, no missing or ticking from motor... So after idling her about 15-30 mins the rear main starts to drip pretty steadily and the oil psi drops to 20 psi. I continue timing her, checking for other leaks, listening with the stethoscope, adjusting idle screws... all seemed ok except for of course the little rough idle and oil leak. I had her running about an hour to an hour and a half, she developed a 6" oil puddle in that time. I guess I messed up the install with the rear main a little :/ I'm thinking I didn't apply the rtv correctly in those grooves, don't think I pierced it well enough to allow it to dry correctly? Could that be my problem? Although it did sit for a couple months before I ran it... Now to fix it are there any tips? Can I just remove the pan and rear main cap to fix the rtv I squirted in those rectangular chambers or do I have to buy another rear main seal and start over again? Also what is the best way of cleaning out the old rtv I put in? I've heard squirt the rtv in and pierce it several times with a wet toothpick, is that the best method? It's cold so I'll prob have to wait a month to dry the 2nd time around eh?
Thank you in advance and also thanks to everyone for the previous help and advice. If it wasn't for that I would not have even made it this far. Cheers!