If you look real hard, the new ones are aluminum, weigh just about nothing compared to the old iron ones.
They are exactly the same size, just more user friendly, and they won't rust for you east coast rust bunnies.
I just went out to start the lc, the starter made a feeble attempt and nothing more happened.
Sort of click pop, nothing.
Headlights, heater, horn, cig lighter, brake lights, all d.e.d. dead.
Got out the test light, no power to fuses under dash.
Is there a fusible link or some wire that...
Check your wiring harness.
There are multiple threads discussing this problem
Wiring harness near egr can be burned causing multiple problems, injectors seem to be the main glitch.
The other place is behind the glove box. The main ecu harness is WAY TOO CLOSE to the metal support for the...
In it's most basic state oxygen without being bonded, or more accurately, with a broken bond, is called ozone. Ozone is pretty toxic and can be used in water purification, kills bacteria, and pretty much anything else that sucks too much of it.
It doesn't last long in that condition since it...
So, when I put the clean plugs in and it decides to run for a minute, I pull the plugs and they come out dry.
finally.
But they are black, all sooty, all look the same, and the motor died anyway.
Throttle input definitely makes it stumble and quit.
So, I got it to fire.
It was totally flooded to the point where it would immediately overwhelm the plugs.
I blew air into the cylinders until I got sick of it.
Then since the cylinders were washed down with gas I drizzled a little oil into the holes.
I pulled the efi relay, cranked it a bit to...
Thanks.
I did do that, a couple of times actually.
You would think that it would make some difference, but not so much.
The next question is do I have spark.
I had all 6 laying on top of the engine and they light up like a christmas tree.
camshaft dots, back of the gears line up, there's a...
After looking at the injectors, it would be pretty hard to actually break one, the injector is fine, but it was dumping fuel into number 5 cylinder.
I made a test kit to check the injectors
1, digital multimeter
2. bicycle suspension pump with pressure gauge
3, inner tube shrader valve (about...
Well, I think I found it.
#5 injector is damaged, flooding the @$^% out of that hole, but the rest are high and dry due to low pressure.
I guess I get the unmentionable pleasure of pulling all those pesky manifold screws one more %@#$^ time.
Woo pEE.
Thanks for all the suggestions, but none of...
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So you can turn the wheel a bit with the other held,
You have lots of moving parts in the system before you get to the ring/pinion.
I would take a close look at the spider gears before I got too excited about ring gear backlash, especially if you didn't have a bunch of whine coming from...
Find some in a wrecking yard that you can get out, then just use a sharp tool and a hammer, kill them and use your replacements. Insert the blade under the clip, slide it in until it finds the pin and give it a tap, problem solved.
Sometimes you can find parts like this in the "HELP!!" rack at...
I'll have to look for the cel when the key is on.
Everything else lights up like a Christmas tree, not sure about cel though.
thanks.
Was my description of timing mark setup right or did I miss some critical item?
I ran into this with my daughter's tundra.
Wheels were STUUUUUCK.
I removed the lugnuts, took a ten foot 4x4 balanced it while I stuck it under the car from the far side.
It made a great battering ram.
I hit the tire a few times and the wheel just sort of came off.
Magic.
The lumber isn't...
blew the hg
changed the hg
everything went like clockwork.
I'm happy happy joy joy, zero ridge at the top of the cylinders at 200k
calmly walked around, turned the key, crank, no start.
:bang::bang:
since it cranks sort of wonky, I pulled the cover and found it one tooth off.
Lined up as...
Try moving to a place where the wind is always at your back, the roads are all downhill, and the radio stations are all doing road shows where they give away unlimited free gas coupons every day.
Another option is, get a prius???
Me, well, I'll live with 12mpg in the real world.
You will be able to get the vsv loose from the bottom of your manifold, once loose, you will want to mount the new one in a lnew and improved location. It's a real booger to put back. There is really no reason to go to all that touble.
You may have some carbon buildup inside of the manifold...