Re: [DML] More problems found (was Piston rings + sleeves)

["David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Some places to check for vacuum leaks:
Fuel injector seals
The air pipe that goes underneath into the mixture unit for the idle
motor and the "O" ring seal it fits through
The "O" ring seals between the intake manifold and the heads
All the gaskets and seals on the induction system
Any old, hard, cracked vacuum hoses
The hole over the mixture screw
Any stripped or broken bolts that prevent you from sealing things up right
Go over the routing and connections of all the vacuum hoses. You
cannot assume you did things right by putting them back as you found
them, they may not have been hooked up correctly in the first place.
Check the line going to the brake booster and the booster itself for
vacuum leaks.
Check the vacuum line going from the resovoir to the mode switch and
Check the lines to the resovoir and the resovoir itself.
If you have an automatic check the line going to the modulater. 
In short go over ALL of the vacuum system.
The rough running could be a bad spark plug wire or one that is not
snapped on right.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "stainlessilusion" <5n-@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> Some pictures of todays happenings: http://damngoodsite.net/5003.html
>  .....my 7 thousand dollar engine, wish it was going in the DeLo LOL
> ;)
> 
> As you can see, no shade tree mechanic here, I love working on engines
> and transmissions, been doing it for years:). Today I had all day to
> examine the car. Valve adjustments were first.
> I discovered that there wasn't even a gasket installed for the left
> side valve cover and bolts were loose, luckly I had one last brand new
> set of gaskets on my shelf. Intake clearances were off but not bad,
> exhaust was OK. All camshaft lobes look fine, there were no flat
> spots. After that, I removed the intake manifold to see whats
> going on underneith as well as make it easier for compression test and
> distributor examination. I wanted to check electical connections,
> vacuum connections as well as any coolant leaks also. Compression was
> as follows: #1 cyl 10.7 BAR/125PSI #2 11BAR/160PSI #3 10.5BAR/152PSI
> #4 10BAR/142PSI #5 10BAR/143PSI #6 10BAR/143PSI. I also needed to
> adjust the bolt under the dash that stops the gas pedal, seems that
> this cured my problem a little bit. Upon reassembly and restarting the
> car, the engine ran extremely rough-but I believe this to be from the
> old alternator I had to install, need to send the 150amp back because
> of it's loud squeeling upon starting up. Checked timing, was dead on,
> and I removed & disassembled the distributor and rebuilt it again.
> Otherwise, there must be a
> vacuum leak somewhere, my lines are all connected so I'm not really
> sure where to look next for leaks,  any suggestions? -----Dani B.
> #5003








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