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DNK said:
Dave , Did that I got what looks like 1000 mile oil
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Good. Clean the crankcase ventilation system, tubes, hoses, new PCV, under the oil fill cap...and sell it before something else goes wrong, right?
 
did that too with my last ill attempt at a tune up
 
I wouldn't worry about it anymore if you checked the oil and it is clean. It obviously wasn't milkshake if you can't find any evidence of it (milkshake doesn't just completely vanish like this). Now the real question is; does it still have the miss?
 
Funny thing on the milkshake stuff. Saw it once on the Beetle. After I panicked and changed the oil it suddenly hit me. Hey this thing is air cooled. :confusion:
 
DNK said:
did that too with my last ill attempt at a tune up
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You change the wires yourself? Did you double check to make sure you got the order right? Check the firing order is correct.
 
Pulled everything apart again the next week just to check
Order is correct, boots are tight
Pulled the cap and rotor and re screwed them back on.
I only changed 2 of the plugs as I had done the other 4 a year ago
 
G'eez, I hope not.
Tough enough on the last 2 on the drivers bank to get in
If anything more probably to the looser side
 
Still got your test light for the wedge? I can tell you the quick and dirty way to find out which one is dead. Once you know, check that wire with an ohmmeter, then pull the plug and inspect.
What I always do when space is a concern is swap that plug with a readily accessible plug and re-test. If the problem follows the plug, just get a new one. If it stays put, you have a vacuum leak on that runner, intake, flat cam (on a General Misunderstanding?) or broke rings or something like that.
 
One question, Was this engine ever run hotter than normal? PJ
 
When it's 95 and both A/C's are on and I am sitting in traffic it runs a little above the 210 mark.
which is half way on my gauge.
When the air isn't on it runs a couple clicks south of 210
 
DNK said:
When it's 95 and both A/C's are on and I am sitting in traffic it runs a little above the 210 mark.
which is half way on my gauge.
When the air isn't on it runs a couple clicks south of 210
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About right, GM likes them warm.
 
My 92 Safari ate the dizzy at 100k. Common problem. Ya changing those plugs is a pain.
 
So, took it to the Firestone that does all our oil changes and small stuff.
Told them "it was the dreaded I worked on it first"
Explained what I had already done, left off the GM experience, and she said No problem will do a Engine dio and see.
She then typed in Check engine light on.
I said NO, it is not on. She said if it is missing it should be on . I said it wasn't.
I stared her down and she removed it and typed Missing at idle.
Next day they called and said your inj. pressures are pretty low and your #5 is dead.
I asked her a bunch of questions she couldn't answer and she says I'll let you talk to the mechanic.
He said the pressures are between half and full on all 6.
I asked him about #5 and he stated it was probably to low to fire.
I explain to him it was perfect before the tune up I did and bad the second after so I am not buying that is the misfire problem.
Can you pull the plug and wire and test them or install new on that cyl. to see what happens?
He reluctantly agreed.
Called me back an hour later.
"Did you drop the #5 spark plug?"
I sheepishly said yes I dropped it twice.
He said the gap was gone and everything works fine now.
I told him thanks and I'll work on the inj. thing but I'm trading it in in a couple of weeks.
So the idle is fixed and the oil still looks great .
I'm an idiot for not rechecking that plug.
Cost me 2 bills at 2 shops to fix that
 
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