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Only compression tester i have is a rubber tipped versio where you push it to the hold. Ill hive ir a shot if itll fit in there though.

you're on. Do you want my paypal now or after i snap the pics tonight? With crank pointer at center of those 3 marks one cam is pointed dead up the other is straight down. Checked it twice last night before starting. Once after and once this morning. Each time i spun it 360 to make sure they reversed and kept pointing where they were supposed to

Ill check dizzy aswell. God i hope thats all it is.

Being spi/tbi it cant be fuel Being as drivers side bank are fine it cant really be ignition timing. All i can think of as other issues is valve timing (that should be right), or lifters which the oil pump reseal should have helped. If you can think of anything let me know. Ill be pulling the valve cover tonight (late tonight due to family stuff) to check those folowers.

Being spi/tbi it cant be fuel Being as drivers side bank are fine it cant really be ignition timing. All i can think of as other issues is valve timing (that should be right), or lifters which the oil pump reseal should have helped. If you can think of anything let me know. Ill be pulling the valve cover tonight (late tonight due to family stuff) to check those folowers.

Also the video showed the timing being straight up (like the notch in the cover). This is the video i followed http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDcQtwIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DZG1p70E4VXc&ei=-Q-6UZHwBeitiAK1sYGAAg&usg=AFQjCNFafBFYK35eSrxhIm7G5xGW58uGeg

Spfi. And from what i saw you line it up with the three lll marks not 0 which would be tdc. Yeah i did rotate 360 between. Cams are 180 out feom each other

Mikaleda that is because you are giving the car less power than needed to maintain current momentum. Any time the engine is running and the clutch is engaged it is attempting to move you foreward. Its just that current momentum higher than what power is being supplied because ypu are off throttle and have changed the gear ratio. Rruckers and likewise racecars have eeasons they downshift. Truckers carry loads so heavy they would blow through pads weekly if they used them all the time. Same reason they only clutcg 1st and sometimes 2nd gear but rpm match otherwise. To prevent wear on components. Track racers do it because they use them so often and so hard that they do it to mitigate brake fade due to gas out. And pros get a new clutch every race. If they used brakes every corner they'd have their pads fading a few laps in. I'm talking real world cars not extreme usage.

Mikaleda that is because you are giving the car less power than needed to maintain current momentum. Any time the engine is running and the clutch is engaged it is attempting to move you foreward. Its just that current momentum higher than what power is being supplied because ypu are off throttle and have changed the gear ratio. Rruckers and likewise racecars have eeasons they downshift. Truckers carry loads so heavy they would blow through pads weekly if they used them all the time. Same reason they only clutcg 1st and sometimes 2nd gear but rpm match otherwise. To prevent wear on components. Track racers do it because they use them so often and so hard that they do it to mitigate brake fade due to gas out. And pros get a new clutch every race. If they used brakes every corner they'd have their pads fading a few laps in. I'm talking real world cars not extreme usage.

Ill also add i gave not yet adjusted dizzy or tps. but if one side is running good and the other isnt.....

Hey i just got finished reinstalling the cam tower to replace a dropped follower for the cyl 3 and resealing the oil pump. i have tripple checked the belr timing and i seem to still be running on two cylinders. I checked spark, even swapped wires to check that they werent reversed. i'm at a bit of a loss.the roll pins are incthe cams so they shouldnt be installed by someone else wrong. but still I can ground out either wire and get no rpm drop. drivers side is fine though. ill be re-pulling the cam cover tonight to see if i have dropped lifters again. but i know they were properly inplace when i put it on. HELP! I NEED THIS CAR ON THE ROAD YESTERDAY. My job and therefore my childrens home is riding on it. thanks in advance

that's not a defense. bad brakes should be taken care of. using one system to make up for another is just robbing peter to pay paul. And the idea that leaving a load on your drivetrain that is trying to drive it FORWARD is helping yo BRAKE is completely against physics. the less load your car has trying to propel it forward the more efficient the brakes are because they don't have to fight the energy you are allowing to fight against their purpose. this is why a manual trans always has a shorter braking distance than an auto and why their brakes last longer. because less force is needed to stop the momentum. an automatic is ALWAYS trying to push the car forward when it is in drive. just as an engaged clutch is. You cannot possibly have a shorter braking distance that way. IF to set of braking systems are equal in every way and have the same force being applied to them, with the only difference being that one has a mechanical load trying to drive it forward, the one with the load will ALWAYS take longer to stop because it has to fight more forces than the momentum of the vehicle. it also has to fight the force the driveline is putting on it. Engine braking DOES increase clutch wear. ANY time the engine is running and you engage or disengage the clutch it get some wear, engine braking means you do those things more often. Your science is way flawed man. The only reason to downshift while slowing is in a situation where it helps regain traction. (mostly on ice but a few other loose conditions apply)

I'll have to come back apart for the crank and cams. I need it on the road ASAP unfortunately. Hate to half do the job but my cadillac is going out and I don't have other wheels. I have two girls and a job relying on me having a car. I'm not the type to not do it though. just another weekend after the thing is on the road.

emission inspector here. I just checked the motors book. ALL subaru engines in the u.s. had egr from 76 to 86 from then on it depends on engine and application (model) 871.8L didnt have em. but between those years yes it has one.

i followed that video to do the job actually lol Hopefully I wont have any issue with the follower but if I do I need to look into a pump reseal? :edit: stupid question. I'll just reseal it now before it has a chance to be a problem

Thanks for the info. The lifters all look to be in the same position. Should I leave the timing covers off for a bit and wait to see? I need the car pronto. If it is the lifters I'm guessing it's a situation where I'll have to pull the head and take it to a machine shop? no easy on car method I'd guess?

many of the above points are valid but I wanted to add the line I use on people I see doing it. "Which is cheaper and easier to replace Clutch or brakes?" they of course answer brakes. Then why beat on your clutch when you can hold it in and slow with the brakes that are meant to do that job, then select the needed gear when you can take off again. As a mechanic the only time I see warped, and burned flywheels and torn up clutches is with new drives (or new to manuals) and people who downshift. There is no purpose except a few occasions on icy or loose surfaces.

HI just bought this car (94 loyale, AWD, spfi, 5 speed, ea82) thinking it was misfiring due to the old gas since it had been sitting. turns out It had someone working on it who failed to double check his rocker arms after he put the cam tower back on (at least I hope there is no reason it would do that on its own). just got that back together and I'll be finishing it up and testing it tonight. Hopefully I have a new car and not a $1000 paper weight. But I have a few questions I cant seem to find answers to. When not in AWD is it FWD or RWD? I'm guessing fwd like the brat but I dunno. IS there any reason (other than a bad repair job) that the rocker arm would come loose and be sitting in the cam tower undamaged? Do I need to worry about this happening again? HOw do I flash codes if the check engine light is on? even after I get it back to running I gotta hope the thing wasn't driven like this and has damaged the rings. Cross your fingers for me.