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So attempted to troubleshoot:
Car is still feeling lobe-ish on idle and on throttle like a misfire- I had cleared codes the other day and they havent presented themselves back yet- also havent run the car too long since. Idle isn't trying to die...its just really rough.
Drove out of my driveway and maybe 500ft down the road...leaving a plume trail...same stuttery idle and throttle sound as I reparked.
Aside from tearing back down the valve cover...anything else I should be paying attention to?
I'm leaving for HI on Saturday so this project may be sitting for a bit..
- popped the vac lines off (that I messed with) and those are not clogged- the 2 on top of the TB
- disconnected and reconnected the sensors (that I had removed prior to get wiggle room)
- I've got the harness loom wrapped in gold heat tape- it's not exposed anywhere by feeling around
- Also started up the car and wiggled it around in case something broke in the bundle)
- I've been careful to not contort it much
- popped off the valve cover vent lines- large and small
- the small spun in place a little - PCV in the gasket (will need a new gasket there I'm sure) but tested the valving of it- blowing sealed it off and sucking lifted the ball (and gave me precious valve cover innard gasses..) - so seems functional and not leaking
- no clogged hoses
- checked oil cap again- milky residue is gone this morning- yay!
- checked the dipstick- no trace of funk there either...measured about over half way on the mark- engine is super cold obvi
- coolant looked good also- I did put in a little in the reso as it was lower than the "mark" on the bottle
- I shook all plug wires at the plug side and at the distro- connections good
Car is still feeling lobe-ish on idle and on throttle like a misfire- I had cleared codes the other day and they havent presented themselves back yet- also havent run the car too long since. Idle isn't trying to die...its just really rough.
Drove out of my driveway and maybe 500ft down the road...leaving a plume trail...same stuttery idle and throttle sound as I reparked.
Aside from tearing back down the valve cover...anything else I should be paying attention to?
I'm leaving for HI on Saturday so this project may be sitting for a bit..