Thanks for the tip...i may have to do that. Poor 12a engines...not very durable. :-0

 

12A engines are actually more durable than the later 13Bs. They can take a ton of
abuse. Don't diss the 12A gods

 

Ok ok sheesh i wont bash the 12a haha. No matter how duralble they are or arent i still wouldnt put a v8 in my 7....its like an oxymoron lol.

I was debating about putting a 13b in but maybe just a rebuil with aome mild porting would be better for me and my current setup

 

If it is a stuck seal you can try soaking the engine in seafoam or mmo for a few
days and just turn it by hand a bit each day. I've seen folks save an engine rebuild
this way. User ray green here on the forum is famous for doing this.

 

I shall keep it in mind. I may start to clean it up this week....hopefully. couldnt hurt either way to use some seafoam and free 'er up a bit

 

Never heard of MMO or Sea Foam fixing it - only heard of ATF soaking...but only do it if you need to.

 

Not feeling like taking the exhaust off to have a look see while laying in 2 feet of snow. My next wanted to buy thread will be for a garage lol.

Considering a 13b anyway, but I would like to know what my problem is (lol)

 

Seems like it may have been something ignition related, but I'm not fully convinced yet. I replaced the cap and rotor.....and wow what a difference. Runs like it used to, no issues now. Hard to believe. I'm going to give it a couple of weeks and see how it is.

Thanks for the help guys.

 

I hate to say I told you so, oops I said it

Glad to hear it got resolved.

 

Well hey...u got it right haha. I had no reason to suspect this as the problem. Thanks for the help, i like posts like yours....simple help without going for the extreme. I dont like it when people suggest things like a sticking seal or crazy rotor related problems. Dont get me wrong, its all help, but just too extreme