ok this is gonna sound alil wierd..... lol i got a 91 dx hatch a couple days ago.. i was told it had a burnt valve so i put the si head on it and did the mpfi conversion on it everything went good (ie no codes) but it runs pretty shitty at best... there is smoke in the valve cover and the plug wires are jumpin out the holes.... lol yes the plugs ARE TIGHT... and i even cleaned out the pcv valve and all the tubing going to it (ie breather box, hoses, valve....) anyone got any clue what is goin on?!?! and im not kidding... they are poping out of the holes

thanks in advance - |3iG Wo|2m

 

Depending on the type of wires that you buy they sometimes may be a little long and heat will cause them to pop up a little.

are they the autozone/checker wires? I would buy some OEM wires or NGK if you are worried about them popping up

 

check the seal around the top of the plug holes in the valve cover(i dont know what its called) and run the car and look at it. is there air coming from the plug holes? any oil in there?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bigworm1126 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ok this is gonna sound alil wierd..... lol i got a 91 dx hatch a couple days ago.. i was told it had a burnt valve so i put the si head on it and did the mpfi conversion on it everything went good (ie no codes) but it runs pretty shitty at best... there is smoke in the valve cover and the plug wires are jumpin out the holes.... lol yes the plugs ARE TIGHT... and i even cleaned out the pcv valve and all the tubing going to it (ie breather box, hoses, valve....) anyone got any clue what is goin on?!?! and im not kidding... they are poping out of the holes

thanks in advance - |3iG Wo|2m</TD></TR></TABLE>


dude that **** is no good. smoke in valvecover means bad rings. if i were you i would do a compression test.

 

call J&C imports and talk to paul, he knows his stuff, 818-763-8245

 

thanks for all the input... i will do a compression check and get back to you and i have been told to check the top seals in the valve cover and ye there is alil oil in there.... as far as the smoke in the valve cover goes.... i really hope your wrong a motor swap is not what im into right now i just did a minime on my crx and it threw a rod the same day i got it runnung....

 

oh yeah... there is smoke comin out the dip stick hole too... if anyone is brave enough to pull thiers out and see if theirs does that too i would appreciate it.. cuz if my rings are bad then i dont want to have to waste my time on something stupid

-|3iG Wo|2m