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A friend took off his valve cover to paint it. Then he put it back on. Now his car runs like crap. I went through all the normal things about valve cover seal and such and it doesnt seem to be the problem. He didnt break any sensors, didnt damage anything. He and I are stumped.

No oil on the spark plugs or spark plug wires. Everything is connected correctly to the dist.

Any ideas?

Thanks
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SkertySkerty

first see if he put the ground back on the front of the valve cover if so then check the dizzy

dtapia

the ground on the valve cover will not cause that problem sounds like the firing order is off. period

SkertySkerty

this is y i said check the dizzy!!! but yeah if you dont have that ground it will run like **** ive done it before and guys just to let you know i whole heartedly believe in the spider grounds buy them they work wonders i put it on my b and better throttle response and everything for some reason its just awsome buy it go now

SkertySkerty

Bump

did you pix it??? you havent gotten back to us yet

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It seemed to be his valve cover seal. There was oil on almost all sides of the motor around the seal leaking down the head. He also didnt have his valve cover grounded. I told him to do that aswell as replace the seal. He also somehow broke off a valve cover bolt in the head and that one point is loose. So hopefully he will be able to drill and tap that out so that side is sealed aswell. That seems to be the problem there is nothing else going on that I can see or that we noticed other than those things.

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