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02-18-2011, 11:58 AM | #1 |
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And I Thought Ringland Failures were for the 2.5 motors...
well, within 24 hrs of spining a bearing in my 02 wagon, Dads sedan lost all compression on cylinder #3. We took our time over the last couple weeks pulling it out and apart (school + work = little free time) and this is what we found:
the car has 125k miles and is a typical stage 2 setup (UP, TBE, K&N, crank pulley, Walbro 255) on a conservative tune. While tuning it was requiring an unusually large amount of fuel to keep the motor happy. About a week after tuning (getting ready for a wideband install and re-tune) it started running horribly, blowing lots of smoke, and throwing misfire CELs. Compression test showed ZERO psi in cylinder #3 and the spark plug was covered in oil. We suspect an injector failed and caused a lean condition and this was the result. He's in the process of deciding what he wants to do, but in the meantime, we all love destruction (especially when its somebody elses motor. lol) so i thought I'd share...
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02-18-2011, 12:32 PM | #2 |
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That's too bad! Are you both getting rebuilds then?
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02-18-2011, 12:48 PM | #3 |
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hahaha I am and hopefully he will too. I'm doing a brand new 257 shortblock/hybrid. He will either do a 205 short block or just another 205 motor.
I just placed my first order for my build the begining of the week. Oddly enough it was with you guys. lol |
02-18-2011, 03:16 PM | #4 |
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so were you getting tuned without a wideband present?
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02-18-2011, 03:32 PM | #5 |
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Yes. it was a mild tune. We thought the wideband would've been delivered before the tune, but it didn't happen.
Although not having a wideband did not cause this, it could have prevented it. Tuned or not, the injector was failing either way and it would've happened anyway. |
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