car runs like shit
07-14-2008, 04:29 PM
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car runs like **** ok so a few weeks ago i was out with the car and it started to pour at that moment the car started to stutter so i figured opti, well just bought a new AC delco opti and replaced all of the whole front everything is on correctly, problem is that it runs but it feel like there is no power, i have spark, i have checked all fuses, no CEL's, i just do not know, any ideas would be appriciated.
07-14-2008, 05:50 PM
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ok well i found 2 things that i suspect to be the culprit i had a rocker blown off but this was checked once and it was ok ( so it recently happened) put that back on and did nothing for how it is running, so then i pulled the passenger valve cover off again just to double check everything and BAM!!! the inside of the valve cover is coated in chocolate milk looking oil!!!!!!! so im pretty sure that the cause of my entire issue is a blown headgasket and the heads will be coming off wendsday. still would like your guys input on what may be the cause if anyone thinks it may not be a blown headgasket.
07-14-2008, 07:22 PM
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actually, my cars been bogging down and has a little less ***** than usual and has been over heating. i found out today it was a blown headgasket. the thing that really stuck out for me is you said your car shuttered? like shaked? mine does that too right when it starts up and was shaking really violently the other day at the stop light. i dont understand how a blown head gasket could make the car shake like this though...
07-14-2008, 08:46 PM
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actually mine idels fine in park once i put it into drive its a whole nother story. it shakes real bad when i am just getting on the throttle and then trys to bogg as the RPM's clime, almost like you can feel the cylinders filling with watter and blowing out the spark.
07-15-2008, 02:23 PM
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If you guys think there is water in the cylinders, don't run the motor. You can actually bend the rods like that. It's called "hydraulicing" the motor. You are compressing the water and the air/fuel in the combustion chambers. Not to mention if you drive it with water in it you're gonna ruin your cylinder walls and rings because it washes all the oil off. You said the oil was in the top of the heads around the valve springs? Are your heads ported?
07-15-2008, 09:37 PM
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yes i know the outcomes of it the only reason i was runnig it was to diagnose the symtoms. and now that i have done it it has not run its actually apart as we speak and the heads come off tommorow morning.
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07-16-2008, 12:09 PM
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haha i just got done the driver side it wasnt to bad those lines pissed me off though! the gaskets so far didnt look blown on the one side but they where brittle so it needed to be done ill let you guys know how the other side looks soon
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i had a blown head gasket on my 95 formula water leaks into the motor from the blown gasket thats why it overheats i dont no bout u but let it run for a minute sitten there and see if it doesnt steam out the exhaust thats what mine did
