Help!!! engine problem
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Help!!! engine problem
I have the following problems
1. The engine makes a "ding ding" sound when it idles.
2. Idling is unstable - from 400 - 800 rpm.. after it warmed up
3. Before it warms up (even in a hot weather), the rpm is over 2000.. doesnt seem normal to me.. non of my previous cars were like that.
4. I can smell the "exhaust" from the engine bay of the car, but not from behind (the exhaust)
On a side note, the engine has high mileage... one of my suspect is the time belt...
please give me some direction.. thanks.. since there is no one to look at my car on sunday, and I have to drive long distance on monday
1. The engine makes a "ding ding" sound when it idles.
2. Idling is unstable - from 400 - 800 rpm.. after it warmed up
3. Before it warms up (even in a hot weather), the rpm is over 2000.. doesnt seem normal to me.. non of my previous cars were like that.
4. I can smell the "exhaust" from the engine bay of the car, but not from behind (the exhaust)
On a side note, the engine has high mileage... one of my suspect is the time belt...
please give me some direction.. thanks.. since there is no one to look at my car on sunday, and I have to drive long distance on monday
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Re: Help!!! engine problem (chusai)
the ding dong sound i don't know about the exhaust smell could be the header is loose or cracked and causing exhaust leakage which also you lose gas mileage and HP and thats not good, also check your plugs, plug wires, distributor cap, and rotor pin those might be bad also, and your idle speed could be turned up too check all those out hope that helps
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Re: Help!!! engine problem (chusai)
Sounds like the cam timing is off. Maybe from a slipped belt.
Run a compression check first, and then follow up by removing the valve cover and checking that the cam and crank timing are aligned.
Run a compression check first, and then follow up by removing the valve cover and checking that the cam and crank timing are aligned.
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Re: Help!!! engine problem (IN VTEC)
so is it ok to drive around with a slip timing belt?
and could the exhaust smell from engine be a cause of slipping timing belt?
[Modified by chusai, 11:17 AM 9/22/2002]
and could the exhaust smell from engine be a cause of slipping timing belt?
[Modified by chusai, 11:17 AM 9/22/2002]
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Re: Help!!! engine problem (chusai)
can you tell me how to run a compression test?
or take it to a shop for a good thorough check up...
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Re: Help!!! engine problem (tinkerbell)
or do a search?
here is something that was prepared earlier...
http://www.c-speedracing.com/howto/c.../comptest.html
thanks C-SPEEDRACING!!! (again!)
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here is something that was prepared earlier...
http://www.c-speedracing.com/howto/c.../comptest.html
thanks C-SPEEDRACING!!! (again!)
t..
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Re: Help!!! engine problem (Jokr112)
PPS shake your exhaust manifold and listen for a ding ding sound...
Jokr112 might be onto the smell & the sound source?
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Jokr112 might be onto the smell & the sound source?
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