Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 19:24:12 GMT From: Derrick 'dman' Hudson <dmannopsam13.dyndns.org> Subject: loud engine, diagnosed (was Re: rough engine, no power)
On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 18:47:23 GMT, Dave wrote: > Did this happen "all at once"? Car ran great, parked it overnight, ran like > crap the next morning and ever since? Or is it more "car has been harder > and harder to start lately, doesn't idle right, now it stalls sometimes at > stoplights..."? > > Could be any of about 4,000 things. It turns out to be a break in the exhaust pipe right behind the middle bracket. The car does have power, lots of it!, although I was told otherwise. I put new spark plugs in anyways since the old ones were dirty and the engine is even louder now :-). > Replacing the fuel and air filters is a good place to start if they haven't > been done in awhile. Fuel filter is mounted on the drivers' side of the > engine compartment right beside the wheel well, can't miss it. I found the fuel filter and will replace that, too, soon. Unfortunately I couldn't find my torx driver when I replaced the spark plugs. (Doh! It was in my trunk too!) > Air filter is forward of and below the fuel distributor, drivers > side of engine compartment. I figure I'll spend a few hours one of these nights working on that. It can't hurt to have a new filter as long as I don't break anything else in the process :-). > If you haven't replaced plugs/wires/cap/rotor do that too, cost maybe $40. New rotor is supposed to arrive at the parts shop Wed. morning. The plugs, cap and rotor weren't really any more than for my Ford. The wires alone are $43, so I'll leave them alone for now. > If you don't know how to do this, I don't ... yet. Since you're suggesting that I can do this myself, maybe I'll learn on my BroncoII first :-). (it is having an intermittent fuel delivery problem; just shy of 167K miles) > consider buying the Bentley manual, about $70 MONEY WELL SPENT. I will, if I get into any serious work on the car. It's good to know that the Bentley is actually worth it, like Helm for domestics. The Haynes I've had before weren't terribly helpful. Oh, btw, in the daylight I saw the gear box oil dipstick right where you told me it would be. I just didn't find it in the dark with a flashlight before. -D -- One OS to rule them all, one OS to find them, One OS to bring them all and in the darkness bind them, In the Land of Redmond, where the Shadows lie. www: http://dman13.dyndns.org/~dman/ jabber: dmannopsam13.dyndns.org
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