Welp it happened - 427ci lq9 ate it
May 3, 2017 | 01:35 PM
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I was running Rotella T6 synthetic which is I think 5w-40
running comp short travels with link bar
Truck is at the house, going camping this weekend...I may pull the valve cover tonight if I get antsy
Thanks for the ideas guys - I'll keep you posted but I was thinking the other day, if I crapped a lifter or broke a rocker, wouldn't the fuel pool up and cause other problems like hydrolock or something similar? I wonder if it's electrical??
running comp short travels with link bar
Truck is at the house, going camping this weekend...I may pull the valve cover tonight if I get antsy
Thanks for the ideas guys - I'll keep you posted but I was thinking the other day, if I crapped a lifter or broke a rocker, wouldn't the fuel pool up and cause other problems like hydrolock or something similar? I wonder if it's electrical??
May 3, 2017 | 01:47 PM
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May 4, 2017 | 12:38 PM
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May 11, 2017 | 09:43 PM
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Preliminary steps taken - pulled valve cover and visual checks OK!
Nothing broken or hanging up
Rotating engine and I observe normal valve actuation.
Cylinder leak down test at TDC for #5 cylinder = less than 2%
Racking my brain now since it sounds electrical. Coil wire, coil, or injector?
I ohm'd out the wire and it's in spec and not dodgy.
Gonna perform a compression check just to be sure on the mechanical then test the coil and injector somehow
Nothing broken or hanging up
Rotating engine and I observe normal valve actuation.
Cylinder leak down test at TDC for #5 cylinder = less than 2%
Racking my brain now since it sounds electrical. Coil wire, coil, or injector?
I ohm'd out the wire and it's in spec and not dodgy.
Gonna perform a compression check just to be sure on the mechanical then test the coil and injector somehow
May 11, 2017 | 11:07 PM
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Replaced the coil and swapped wires and the problem is still there - I'm thinking that I wiped the cam lobe out maybe.
I couldn't get a good compression reading because my gauge was acting weird and wouldn't hold the reading but based on the fact that my leakdown was less than 2% then mechanically I'm sound.
With the injector completely unplugged there is a definite difference in the missfire and the wideband was way lean.
Next step is to pull the cam I guess - goo thing I got the 2 piece timing cover last time around.
I couldn't get a good compression reading because my gauge was acting weird and wouldn't hold the reading but based on the fact that my leakdown was less than 2% then mechanically I'm sound.
With the injector completely unplugged there is a definite difference in the missfire and the wideband was way lean.
Next step is to pull the cam I guess - goo thing I got the 2 piece timing cover last time around.
May 12, 2017 | 07:50 AM
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