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Old 12-30-2007   #1 (permalink)
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The 2.3 has been running rough lately. Haven't had the time to look at it. Its been cold here is Az and haven't had a chance till today. Started with the obvious. Pulled the plugs, first one out was #1. Oil covered. Rest are "clean" so to say. Now I will park it until I can find a donor or some other solution.

2.5 years out of a 200 dollar car, ain't to shabby. It got me through 2 years in high scool and one semester in college. If any one has any ideas what may have caused this, other than rings and valves, I'm all ears.

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Cracked cylinder head, or leaking oil
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The sad thing is, with 15 PSI, straight back exhaust, and a bobs log, it still feels slow...

Maybe 20PSI, new computer, new 3" VAM, and some porting will make it faster

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Valve stem seals, piston rings, PCV valve, breather filter, incorrect emissions line connection (did that one once on a 5.0, kept fouling one plug due to the PCV valve's vacuum hose being hooked up to the intake wrong) cracked head...

If you want to keep the car on the road, you can get a set of non-foulers from the "HELP!" section of any parts store to keep that cylinder from mis-firing, but the oil sludge will still build up in that cylinder and eventually cause more problems.
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