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I had to replace the engine in my 91 Loyale with the EA82, however i wasn't able to work on it for a couple of months during the summer, during which my hard drive crashed that had all my pictures on it of how everything was laid out in the engine compartment. Would any of you happen to have pictures of how the wiring harness lays on top of the engine? (the main one that goes to the throttle body area) And then pictures of where exactly each fuel line goes and the vacuum lines. My friend is needing me to get it out of his shop so i got to get it finished up. And if you had it, a couple pictures of the alternator mounting would be awesome too. Thanks so much guys!

Well guys, I'm finally getting back to this, I found an engine for 300 on Craigslist that I've dropped in, and just finishing it up. Any chance any of you have some good pics of your engine with it all installed in the car? I don't remember how the wiring routes exactly, and also, the vacuum lines and fuel lines and such. My hard drive crashed that had my pics on it that I took before I started pulling the intake a couple months ago. Also, I need torque values for the engine mounts, engine to transmission bolts, and exhaust manifold bolts. I don't have the money for a book right now, so if one of you have them, that would be awesome :-) Thanks so much for all your guys help! Never could have done all this without these forums

yeah, i agree Miles, I've been planning on leaving them off anyways

I'm gonna try them, i'll go ahead and reset everything and do them. do i need to drain my cooling system before pulling them out?

When the engine is running, the right cylinders are running cool, plus when you listen to the engine, it is very easy to hear that the right side is not running nearly as smooth as the left. And, Gloyale, It is the EA82 SPFI Fuel injected engine, not a carbed engine. Yeah, intake bolts certainly are a b**ch, I'll give it a shot though. How do I collect my dollar if it isn't them Miles? just kidding Thanks for your help so much guys!

Well, I'll take a look, would that cause problems with just 2 cylinders? It's just my right cylinder's that are not running properly. I'll certainly take a look though

The place where it was running perfect was when the right cam was about 1/2 of a tooth to the left of the notch in the cover (when your sitting in the drivers seat) I'm going to let it cool down and then go see how it runs again.

No, the only pulley i took off was the v-belt pulley. So I moved the belt around a little bit more, got it in a spot where the car was running just perfect, no backfiring, good rpm increase when you gave it gas. Then I tensioned the belt, and started it and let it warm up for a while, and as it warmed up it started running worse and worse until now it is back at the point where it backfires really bad, and really super slow rpm increase when you give it gas. If you just push the gas all the way down, it almost kills it. Is it possible that my belt is stretching out somehow as it warms up and throwing the valve timing off? A defective belt maybe? Or is there something else that could be contributing to it? One other thing, my radiator fluid level is wayyy down, like a couple inches below the neck of the radiator. I flushed it last year, and wasn't sure that I got it refilled all the way (didn't seem to take as much as it should have) but i checked it pretty regularly over the next few months and it was always full. I have not checked it recently, so don't know if this is something new or... It's not bubbling at all, is it possible for my head gasket to have gone out but the fluid not be bubbling? any other way to check? Does not really seem to be putting excess water out my tail pipe, although there might be slightly more then normal, but not by hardly anything. I'm just really stumped... I had it running just perfect, and then it just started running worse and worse... Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

Well, I moved the right belt around some, and it seems to run quite a bit better with the right cam about 1.5 teeth to the left of where it's suppose to be (if your sitting in the drivers seat) Still backfires a bit though when it's idling and you have to step on the gas I have the SPFI 1.8, not the carb

Hi all, It is an EA82 SPFI engine. I have not yet checked compression, but i will when i get a chance. When the engine backfires it really sounds like it is on the right side (cyl 1 and 3) I also checked my ignition timing yesterday with a light, and #1 cyl was firing at the correct time (or at least getting spark)

Yes, Left is the drivers side. I've been lining everything up with the pointer in the flywheel hole pointing to the middle of the 3 hash marks. I checked it all again the timing holes are exactly vertical on both sides, and they are 180 deg opposite of each other... I'm going to go pull my valve covers off and see if i can see anything off in there....... I honestly am out of ideas... I had another friend come over this morning, and asked him to read the guide and double check me (without any input from me), and he said it looked perfect to him too. I honestly have never been this stumped before, and I'm not totally new to the mechanic world, I've worked in aircraft mechanic shops, grew up doing mechanics with my dad..... I've never came across something like this...

I just checked everything again. My timing marks on my cam sprockets line up perfectly with the gap between the valve covers and the heads, and with the notches on the back covers. It has been quite a while since i replaced my cap and rotor (new plugs and wires a few K ago) Someone was saying that the cap can get a crack in it and that could cause it to miss a couple of cylinders? It does not appear to be cracked at all... Any other ideas as to what could cause this? I've had a couple of other people look at it and they all say it looks perfect to them too.

silverback, my timing marks are that picture perfectly if i put my cams at that angle.... My marks line up with the top and bottom notches in the covers, and from what i can tell they are straight up and down, and they are in line with the grove between the valve covers, and the heads. I can go take some pics and put them up if y'all think it'd be helpful. I never turned it backwards, and I do the same thing of turning through a few times by hand to make sure they stay lined up... No, i'm not able to measure my torque on the cams... I don't see how my valves could have gotten damaged at all, as the side that is not running properly is the right side, and the left belt is the one that broke.

230000K Miles, it was running just fine before this

Thanks for the replys! I just redid them (lined them up with the marks on the covers again....) and it's still doing the same thing. Yes, Gloyale, I did 1 and 2 perfectly. I'll try it again though without lining them up with the covers. It looks like they should line up pretty well with the crack between the valve covers and the heads? 1 tooth off can really have that much of an impact eh? I checked the temps on the exhaust. and the right side is much cooler then the left. Plus the right side will backfire every once in a while so it's the right side for sure that is the problem. Anyways, i'll keep y'all updated! Thanks so much!