anyone please, help!!!!!!!!!!!
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anyone please, help!!!!!!!!!!!
ok I bought an 88ae with what was supposed to be a blown engine. I get the car and the compression schecks out good. I made a gauge so that the pressure would drop off so I can see the bounce. It bounces at 70 psi all 6 chambers. ( the gauge unfortuantely bleeds off some of the incoming pressure also, but it's good to see if it has compression
So after a little tinkering it fires up. It idles but shakes horribly at 900 rpm's. it has no power. I have dropped the cats and they were clogged badly. THe car sat for about a year before I bought it (FYI) It runs and shakes like a car with a blown rotor but it does have good compression. Wierd things have been happening. When I put a timing light on each wire to see if there is spark I get intermittent hits, but when I pull the wires it looks to be firing all the time. The wires and plugs are new. It is horribly down on power. It does not backfire like a blown engine but it is running rich. Sometimes it will fire right up and sometimes it floods. THe car is a basket case. I was playing with the coils checking and wiggling connections and my tach stopped working, wiggled it again and it came back on. Does this sound like a timing/firing issue or where do you think I should start for a car with total lack of power. Thanks guys, I know one of you will be able to help me. Gary
So after a little tinkering it fires up. It idles but shakes horribly at 900 rpm's. it has no power. I have dropped the cats and they were clogged badly. THe car sat for about a year before I bought it (FYI) It runs and shakes like a car with a blown rotor but it does have good compression. Wierd things have been happening. When I put a timing light on each wire to see if there is spark I get intermittent hits, but when I pull the wires it looks to be firing all the time. The wires and plugs are new. It is horribly down on power. It does not backfire like a blown engine but it is running rich. Sometimes it will fire right up and sometimes it floods. THe car is a basket case. I was playing with the coils checking and wiggling connections and my tach stopped working, wiggled it again and it came back on. Does this sound like a timing/firing issue or where do you think I should start for a car with total lack of power. Thanks guys, I know one of you will be able to help me. Gary
