Car was running fine.... went to hooters... ate came out started car, sounded normal but before it idled down, almost made a grinding/clunk noise and idle went REAL rough..... Checked and changed plugs (they were bad as hell) and made whooshes with the plugs out....


What do u think??? ask questions and i will try and answer them.


PLEASE HELP

 

I dont know what happens when a apex seal goes out.... thinkin this might be... but why with just starting it???? not even driving hard.. is this common???

Looks like I might have to break the primered FD out for the Revolution

 

Is that your car in your sig? Cause if it is..You is in the wrong section.

 

sorry... car in sig was not being driven... my 1990 GXL was the car in question

 

Do a compression check yet?

 

nope... just tested to make sure they whooshed.... everything is closed so no access to one since i havent gotten a tester yet....

each rotor whooshed pretty good.... guess that doesnt mean TOO much but figured it was a good place to start

 

Yeah..That is a good place to start. Whooshes are good. Hmmm...

Tried to start it yet with the new plugs in?

 

What does it idle at? Does it vibrate like crazy/sound like a weedwhacker?

 

yes idles like crazy
and weedwhacker


and yes drove it home (bout 2 min) started but doesnt want to stay running

 

Those are definatly the signs of a lost apex seal And even worse, they do go on startup a lot... Only choice now is a compression check or trying the wooshes and making sure they're even between the front/rear rotor.

 

would that set a code???? i tried to get the codes.. but the light would go off, but never flashed any codes, it just stayed off

 

gonna try and find out if autozone has a compression tester... what am i gonna need to know to do this???

 

Nothing really, just remove the check valve if there is one on the tester, stick it on there and get someone to turn it over and watch the pulses, should be pretty easy to tell if you lost a seal. And blowing a seal won't usually throw a code.

 

well... will try and do test tomorrow... and let u know whats up