anthony68ss
11-26-2004, 10:52 PM
My car hasn't really seen the road in the past few years...I start it every so often, but just recently wanted to get it back up and looking great. I broke down the engine compartment to clean all the components, then reinstalled everything. I made a little schematic to help myself with the spark plug wires (sequence) however didn't really make note exactly where they were located (for example #1) on the cap. I got it all back together. It wouldn't start. I took all the wires and rotated them on the cap clockwise thinking I just had the locations on the cap incorrect. The car started but ran kinda crappy. I have true duel exhaust and there was some backfiring from the passenger side. I set the timing which eliminated it...although I was recently told not to set the timing with the vacuum line attached (which it was) so there may be an underlying problem. Since it was running, I tried to drive it around the street...it was "shakier" then normal and I decided to try and romp on it and in doing so...the car really didn't respond well and in looking in my rearview saw a ****load of smoke out the back...I think passnger side. I was told I blew a head gasket. This engine literally has like 5,000 miles on it...but has been in the car for years.
Before assuming anything and tearing down the block again, I tried to see if I made a mistake with the distributor. I took out the #1 spark plug, stuffed a rag into it, found top dead center and checked the cap ....and the rotor was facing the #1 wire. All the wires were still in their proper sequence. NOW WHAT? Could really bad timing cause all that?
Thanks
Before assuming anything and tearing down the block again, I tried to see if I made a mistake with the distributor. I took out the #1 spark plug, stuffed a rag into it, found top dead center and checked the cap ....and the rotor was facing the #1 wire. All the wires were still in their proper sequence. NOW WHAT? Could really bad timing cause all that?
Thanks