Symptoms of a blown engine..
10-31-02, 02:04 PM
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Symptoms of a blown engine..
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I believe I blew my motor last night as the vaccum is reading -10psi at idle and the idle is loping. If I take it past 2000rpms the car just dies. This happened from racing it past redline and hearing the car backfire as a result of the ignition cut. All indications point to a bad motor, except one. There is no smoke coming from the exhaust.
Any comments? Maybe a vaccum line came off?
-M
I believe I blew my motor last night as the vaccum is reading -10psi at idle and the idle is loping. If I take it past 2000rpms the car just dies. This happened from racing it past redline and hearing the car backfire as a result of the ignition cut. All indications point to a bad motor, except one. There is no smoke coming from the exhaust.
Any comments? Maybe a vaccum line came off?
-M
10-31-02, 02:16 PM
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You just blew your new engine?
I would check to see if everything is on nice and tight and nothing is missing.
Doing high RPM runs tends to disconnect my fuel injection harness. Thats why I have the engine chained down and using comp mounts!
I would check to see if everything is on nice and tight and nothing is missing.
Doing high RPM runs tends to disconnect my fuel injection harness. Thats why I have the engine chained down and using comp mounts!
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1. low vacuum reading at idle
2. rough idle
3. if its really bad, no power
mike
2. rough idle
3. if its really bad, no power
mike
10-31-02, 02:38 PM
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Mine still has no smoke after 600+kms (400 miles) of driving. I've been mean to it too. 
Test the compression, it's the only way I know of being 100% sure. (people who know have other ways too) At first it made the proper sounds when the plugs were removed, but now it sounds bad. I can take it to redline.
Test the compression, it's the only way I know of being 100% sure. (people who know have other ways too) At first it made the proper sounds when the plugs were removed, but now it sounds bad. I can take it to redline.
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