well got it running, just..
it splutters, farts and is getting very hot...... and i think one of the tensioners isnt working... AAAARRGGHH
right, it turns over, then after some major throttle prodding its splutters into life, but if you floor it it dies. then if you slowly press the throttle the exhaust pops like a rally car and the engine revs like normal, allbeit a little hot.......do you recon (appart from ignition timing) that i have the exhaust cam a little out of whack and its spitting raw fuel into the exhaust????
i managed to get it to drive up the driveway from the road where i let off the throttle and again it died...... taken the cam cover off and alls well, theres no "bits" and the oil is nicely getting to all the important parts........................
the major problem i had was with cam timing as i didnt have any references to work from. the cams, head, pulleys, chains where all new, so couldnt mark them up for position.
me and my dad (an engineer for VOSA and an ex turbo-technics mechanic too) guessed it on TDC, with cams for cylinder one at this position
\______/ so that it was on compression stroke. all the other cams seamed to line up correctly with their respective cylinders.....
and i am actualy amaized that it started at all..lol
what should i do guys??
compression test revealed 110psi (ish) on all 4 cylinders. this is below the recomended minimum of 11 bar. but my dad recons its cos ive got a high lift over lapped cam and the CR will be out at low RPM.
the other thing thats bugging me is that, the new chain, pulley and tensioner kit that i fitted isnt tensioning the upper chain. its slacker than the first one, and that did 107,000 miles.
im confused. whats going on cos i realy need my car. realy realy need my car!!!
