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Ironically enough, I cleared the previously mentioned code the other day and it returned just now alongside a P0135. Looks like I have a starting point now.
It’s definitely getting spark. Injectors are new, and that one is clicking away like normal. Shuffled plugs around just for fun and there was no change, 4 still “dead” — will get a compression tester tomorrow. None of that would explain the loud sound under load, though, AFAIK…which can’t really be anything else besides an internal problem which sucks unless I am completely missing something.
Cylinder 4, closest to the timing end, upon removing the spark plug boot makes absolutely no change to the way the car runs. Pulling the other 3 either make it die or prevent it from starting. Dead cylinder?
I don’t really think they are serviceable. Quite a few compressors develop a similar leak…the V7 compressor that went on older Chevy S series trucks and Sonomas comes to mind.
Whether you replace it now or later when it finally goes, you’re gonna have to evacuate the entire system and recharge etc anyway but if there is already a breach in the system, you might do more damage by allowing moisture and whatnot into the system over an extended period of time. HVAC is not my forte so I’m sure others will have more to offer.
Took the manifold off. Here are some interesting pictures…
So how bad of a leak is that? :whistle:
Everything in the exhaust (except for the manifold) is new. I installed the pipe that connects to the manifold and used a brand new gasket myself…when I was taking it apart just now, I noticed the nut on the side with all the soot was somewhat loose. So now I wonder…was it actually sealed and then eventually worked its way loose and started leaking, thus causing my problem or was it leaking the whole time without me knowing and I still have another problem? Guess I need to get a new gasket, put it all together and see…
Yup, I actually did that as well…have to take it off to take the rocker cover off. The belt was nice and tight. It was replaced within the past few years…it was a Gatorback belt and not OEM.
[quote=”Evil-i” post=140277]If it’s any consolation, that is a very clean engine compartment. This car has received a good dose of care.[/quote]
The car came with a fairly large stack of receipts and work orders for pretty much every nut, bolt, and oil change the car received.
I took some pictures before I checked the valves. They were actually in spec.
Well let’s hope I’m actually that lucky for once, haha. Someone on another forum swears it’s a spun bearing. It would be a shame if it was something worse than a simple adjustment considering how much money the previous owner put into this car and the fact that I got it for next to nothing.
I’ll look into this once I get home from work. If they are out of adjustment, what would bringing them back into spec do for my original problem (if any) ?
Speaking of that…I actually recorded a video a while back before all of this happened as I was digging around under the valve cover. Maybe you could check it out and see if the “play” I had was acceptable, or possibly bad…which could have been foreshadowing this whole event in the first place.
Here is also a clip of my exhaust which normally does not sound like a helicopter.