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Sunflowerbw
Sunflowerbw GRM+ Memberand New Reader
5/21/24 8:38 p.m.

In reply to Sunflowerbw :

Throttle body removed

Woody (Forum Supportum)
Woody (Forum Supportum) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
5/21/24 10:22 p.m.
Sunflowerbw said:

All right, timersert kit, coil, and plugs ordered. The next question is, do we want to do shaving cream or leaf blower? Please cast your votes!

I did the shaving cream on a Ford Escape and it worked great. I set the cylinder to the bottom of the compression stroke and filled it up. When I was done, I rotated  the crank by hand to TDC and then vacuumed out the rest. 

Sunflowerbw
Sunflowerbw GRM+ Memberand New Reader
5/22/24 8:40 p.m.

Uh oh. I think I ran the tap in too deep. How bad is this?

Sunflowerbw
Sunflowerbw GRM+ Memberand New Reader
5/22/24 9:06 p.m.

In reply to Sunflowerbw :

(Quite bad)

Sonic
Sonic UberDork
5/22/24 9:32 p.m.

Hard to tell, is the valve itself knicked?  If so, then at the least just give it a compression test and see if that cylinder is lower than the rest,  If not then just run it. 

Sunflowerbw
Sunflowerbw GRM+ Memberand New Reader
5/22/24 9:40 p.m.

In reply to Sonic :

Yeah, I hit the valve. 

Sunflowerbw
Sunflowerbw GRM+ Memberand New Reader
5/23/24 10:12 a.m.

Well, zero compression on cyl 5. Note, I only have 60psi on cyl 4 and 6 I think because the throttle body isn't opening for some reason, but 60 is not zero and zero is zero. Sounds like I need to replace a couple of valves. Time to think about things...

peanutpckrupper
peanutpckrupper Reader
5/23/24 10:24 a.m.

Might as well go to a pull a part yard or look on car-part.com and grab a new engine. 

TED_fiestaHP
TED_fiestaHP HalfDork
5/23/24 1:13 p.m.

   A engine, like that, very common, and they made a lot of them, it would make more sense to avoid repair.  Find either a complete engine replacement, or a head assembly, decide what would be easier to replace.

   If you do a replacement head, you could put in thread inserts on all the plug holes, while you have it on the bench.

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