Thread: n00b in need of help. :(

Originally Posted by Dsm_ftw:D

Still possible though, right? Considering it ran all the oil out of the engine?

Do you think it could be the ignition coil too? I don't think it's the ecu because the guy we bought it off of said he put a Dsmlink in it, but i'll be pulling the panel off tomorrow just to make sure.

You said you ran the oil out of the engine, that there my friend tells us you most likely caused damage to the engine. These cars shouldn't be run at 70 mph in low oil pressure. Hopefully you haven't ruined it.

If you have low oil pressure at 70 MPH, which is around 3k rpms, you're low on oil. I can reassure you that its not the lifters like 7" said. Align your crankshaft with its timing mark and verify that the motor is in time. If not, enjoy your engine rebuilt.

Originally Posted by 7inchexhaust

I can assure you they are there. Just from our own, small site. Where only SOME of the members posted in this specific thread on their location, we have some:
http://www.dsm-addiction.com/news-ru...locations.html


Highly unlikely.

Okay so we found out it jumped 360 out of time, got it all timed, and NOTHING. Cranks fine, no clanging while cranking. But we aren't getting any compression on any valves?

Please tell me whats wrong with it if you can, i'm tired of working on it, i've worked on it 8 days straight and still can't get it running.

Originally Posted by paching

You said you ran the oil out of the engine, that there my friend tells us you most likely caused damage to the engine. These cars shouldn't be run at 70 mph in low oil pressure. Hopefully you haven't ruined it.

We didn't RUN IT OUT OF OIL AT 70 MPH. It didn't run it out until we had pulled over and shut off the car :facepalm: then we callled a rollback to come and get it, and it hasn't been ran since then.

Originally Posted by Dsm_ftw:D

Okay so we found out it jumped 360 out of time, got it all timed, and NOTHING. Cranks fine, no clanging while cranking. But we aren't getting any compression on any valves?

Please tell me whats wrong with it if you can, i'm tired of working on it, i've worked on it 8 days straight and still can't get it running.

The lack of compression and the clank clank clank sound usually means that valves said hello to the pistons and are bent/ broken.

to further diagnose the problem do a leak down test and a compression test. If those show as bad as i suspect they will the head will have to come off and go to a machine shop to be repaired. Hopefully the pistons are not to damaged and can be repaired otherwise they will have to be replaced. Good luck and have fun.

Originally Posted by A.D.D.

The lack of compression and the clank clank clank sound usually means that valves said hello to the pistons and are bent/ broken.

to further diagnose the problem do a leak down test and a compression test. If those show as bad as i suspect they will the head will have to come off and go to a machine shop to be repaired. Hopefully the pistons are not to damaged and can be repaired otherwise they will have to be replaced. Good luck and have fun.

Do you think maybe we could still have it out of time or think somehow the exhaust valves are opening before the intake valves?

Originally Posted by Dsm_ftw:D

Do you think maybe we could still have it out of time or think somehow the exhaust valves are opening before the intake valves?

Possibly and no. Check the timing marks to be sure. If they're all in time, then it's time for a tear down.

Originally Posted by MercenaryX2

Possibly and no. Check the timing marks to be sure. If they're all in time, then it's time for a tear down.

Been a while since I've been on, but i've been busy putting a head on it! :woot:

Now heres whats wrong with it..again, something else is wrong with it now.

Anyways, we just got the head on 3 days ago and had a professional come and time it, but now its missing real bad and won't hardly run unless you leave your foot on the gas (this is at idle, we didn't want to drive it like this) and it makes a real loud sound for about i'd say between 3-7 seconds whenever you shut off the engine that sounds like the turbo spooling down..but extremely loud..like a jet plane kind of loud.

wat do?

Also, it bent almost every valve in the old head so you guys were right, thanks for the help on that btw!