Have looked into cold start injector and found out that the connector under the distributor were loose and hooked it up, starts after two tries now. Now I got 2 new problems, beside harmonic balancer thing. Thought I would look into IAC since it idles very high, unfortuneatly i almost broke it in half when i tried to unscrew it, have order a new one but old one isn't out yet.
Bigger problem at the moment is that the starter doesn't turn the engine over. It sounds like the battery have no power and can't turn the engine, but it have 13v and have turn the engine before with less volts. I can turn the engine by hand and i'm afraid that the starter is fried,could it be so?
sett på en start booster å prøv. Tror ikke startern er gåen. Den trenger mye strøm for å cranke. skal ikke så mye til før den ikke har nok strøm til å dra rundt motoren.
Sorry for not updating here so frequently, but working outdoors and have been raining here for a while. Well I have reinstalled my alternator and replaced the iac, since i broke it and now the engine won't crank at all. Today i jumped my daily driver and got 14,15v at the battery, first try the engine barely turns, like the battery only have 11v or something, at the third try the starter doesn't even engage. The connections at the battery is okay, negative cable looks okay at engine, haven’t checked connection at starter. Could it be something else at this moment? Ignition switch? When I reinstalled the alternator I was a little eager and forgot to disconnect the battery, got some sparks when the positive cable from alternator touch the chassis, could that cause any problems?
When the engine ran it idled at 2500 according to tach.
I was a little eager and forgot to disconnect the battery, got some sparks when the positive cable from alternator touch the chassis, could that cause any problems?
/Johan
It drained your battery.... perhaps damaged it, but unlikely.
When I try to start now, brakelight in dash light up, temp gauge hit max and clock in radio goes black. I can't turn key backwards til acc, I also have trouble getting the key out. If i disconnect ignition switch from keyassamble it's no problem, could it be an internal problem in the switch or could it be adjustment problem? After I tightened the torxbults inside steering column a while ago I have had problem that engine wouldn't start and acted this way, but not this bad. I have tried to start i N but no difference, have also tried to tilt steering I different positions but no difference.
It was the solenoid that gave up, changed the starter and now it starts up. My biggest problem for the moment is the white smoke from the tailpipes that doesn't decrease. When I startup it doesn't smoke that much but it increase while the engine is running. As I understand white smoke = coolant, but I think it smells like a two-stroke engine = oil. I have drained some oil, so I knew it’s the right level, the oil looks like this The bottom of the thermostat looks like this could this be normal? Have added coolant fluid, but haven't 'burped' the system, so I’m not sure if i have added enough or if the fluid take a detour to the combustion chamber. Due to this white smoke, should I do a compression test to see if the head gasket is bad?
One odd thing to add, there is no difference if i have open or closed throttle. The pressure builds up, first stroke i.e. 70, then 90 and 100, 110. If i add oil into the cylinders the pressure increases with 10 psi in each cylinder
Other interesting thing, if I remove the tube from front valve cover, that’s going into the air snorkel it comes white smoke. If I remove oil filler cap after the engine have been running there’s white smoke. If i remove the PCV on the back valve cover its gray fluid in the bottom. If i open the expansion tank for the coolant in the front, there is some dark sludge on top of the coolant. When I removed the front plugs they were black and oily. Is it a bad head gasket, bad piston rings or maybe both?
Regards Johan
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One odd thing to add, there is no difference if i have open or closed throttle. The pressure builds up, first stroke i.e. 70, then 90 and 100, 110. If i add oil into the cylinders the pressure increases with 10 psi in each cylinder
Other interesting thing, if I remove the tube from front valve cover, that’s going into the air snorkel it comes white smoke. If I remove oil filler cap after the engine have been running there’s white smoke. If i remove the PCV on the back valve cover its gray fluid in the bottom. If i open the expansion tank for the coolant in the front, there is some dark sludge on top of the coolant. When I removed the front plugs they were black and oily. Is it a bad head gasket, bad piston rings or maybe both?
Regards Johan
Judging by your oil and the white smoke, I would say your head gasket has gone. You'll need to check to make sure there aren't any cracks in the cylinders or the head (once you pull the head off).
Sorry...didn't read the whole thread. You present numbers from 4 cylinders, but the title says V6 swap...I guess I'd need to read the whole thread to figure this out...anyway, your engine most likely needs to be torn down and rebuilt or replaced.
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Your way looks better Gall757, it’s the way I meant. I forgot to add that the test is done with engine cold. Will look in to the head bolts later tonight.
The numbers are after I added oil, what do you med with wet or dry test, fieromatty? My town is approx. 100 meters above sea. After cranking a while the engine runs, but it’s a lot of white smoke from the tailpips.
Will also try to do a test with hot engine tonight.
Have done a compression test with relatively warm engine, had it running for two minutes or so. No change I value, most interesting thing is that when i removed the plug from cylinder 5 it came white smoke/steam from the hole, could it be oil or water?
I found a rebuild engine not far from me, have 5000km on her after rebuild. Its drill to 2,9 l, honed and have MLS gasket. The seller asked 200 usd for it, so I buy it if it’s as good as he says.
