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by LaGrasta
Mon Aug 08, 2022 8:30 am
Forum: Engine
Topic: Heads need rebuilt! Any tips?
Replies: 9
Views: 1584

Re: Heads need rebuilt! Any tips?

No plans for replacement. Although I already have a few needs for a van, lol.
by LaGrasta
Fri Aug 05, 2022 1:19 pm
Forum: Engine
Topic: Heads need rebuilt! Any tips?
Replies: 9
Views: 1584

Re: Heads need rebuilt! Any tips?

We sold it to a Texas couple that doesn't have to smog it, $5800. They drove straight from our SoCal home to Las Vegas, then up to Colorado! We're gonna miss that one! We owned it since new, October of 1997.
by LaGrasta
Mon Aug 01, 2022 8:44 am
Forum: Engine
Topic: Heads need rebuilt! Any tips?
Replies: 9
Views: 1584

Re: Heads need rebuilt! Any tips?

I may run some valve cleaner through it on a long drive, maybe that will be enough.
by LaGrasta
Mon Aug 01, 2022 8:28 am
Forum: Engine
Topic: Heads need rebuilt! Any tips?
Replies: 9
Views: 1584

Re: Heads need rebuilt! Any tips?

everything else is 100%, runs fantastic and is super dependable.
by LaGrasta
Fri Jul 29, 2022 7:16 am
Forum: Engine
Topic: Heads need rebuilt! Any tips?
Replies: 9
Views: 1584

Re: Heads need rebuilt! Any tips?

For $300, the machine shop will rebuild both heads. The heads/engine/van have 246k.
by LaGrasta
Thu Jul 28, 2022 3:16 pm
Forum: Engine
Topic: Heads need rebuilt! Any tips?
Replies: 9
Views: 1584

Heads need rebuilt! Any tips?

MY 246k '98 still runs fantastic and serves multiple purposes for our family. I've been chasing a poor idle for awhile and finally gave up and took it to a mechanic I trust. He ran diagnostics, then a compression test. #4 cylinder is low, valves are bad. I checked machine cost in the SoCal area, $30...
by LaGrasta
Tue Apr 05, 2022 8:08 am
Forum: RUNNING ISSUES
Topic: rough idle
Replies: 10
Views: 4252

Re: rough idle

hmmm, of the suggestions, these are the only things I haven't explored:
1. Check vacuum
2. Check electrical grounds at studs
4. Check O2 sensor readings on OBD 2 scanner running real time data
6. Check compression at spark plug holes with WOT
by LaGrasta
Mon Apr 04, 2022 9:49 am
Forum: RUNNING ISSUES
Topic: rough idle
Replies: 10
Views: 4252

Re: rough idle

sheesh, I'm still struggling with this idle condition. I spent nearly $2k on this! New OEM spider, pump, and dizzy. I just installed an aftermarket Air Idle Control valve, no change. What next, any new suggestions? I do have a P300 code as well.
by LaGrasta
Tue Jan 04, 2022 10:53 am
Forum: RUNNING ISSUES
Topic: rough idle
Replies: 10
Views: 4252

Re: rough idle

thanks Joe. It has a new intake gasket, and new OEM fuel pump too so I expect pressure is also good.
by LaGrasta
Tue Dec 07, 2021 12:13 pm
Forum: RUNNING ISSUES
Topic: rough idle
Replies: 10
Views: 4252

rough idle

I just replaced dizzy , full spider/pump . 241k on motor, very well maintained . Everything has been checked out, tuned-up and cleaned. So I'm struggling to find what else it could be. Idles poor, more so in park, but never stalls. My next step was to inspect hoses for a vacuum leak. Also, the coil ...
by LaGrasta
Tue Dec 07, 2021 12:09 pm
Forum: RUNNING ISSUES
Topic: P0302 Code and misfire - Not spark...What next
Replies: 12
Views: 2417

Re: P0302 Code and misfire - Not spark...What next

aftermarket, how long should they last?
by LaGrasta
Fri Dec 03, 2021 8:57 am
Forum: RUNNING ISSUES
Topic: P0302 Code and misfire - Not spark...What next
Replies: 12
Views: 2417

Re: P0302 Code and misfire - Not spark...What next

it was the fuel injection Spider, last swapped 80k ago.
by LaGrasta
Mon Nov 01, 2021 9:21 am
Forum: RUNNING ISSUES
Topic: P0302 Code and misfire - Not spark...What next
Replies: 12
Views: 2417

Re: P0302 Code and misfire - Not spark...What next

It has good spark, good plug, swapped plugs in fact, and the same. Wondering if it can be fuel injection . I upgraded the FI spider years ago. That being said, one injector feeds all cylinders, correct? How can a single injector affect a single cylinder? I guess if one of the nozzle are clogged. The...
by LaGrasta
Wed Oct 27, 2021 7:59 am
Forum: INTERIOR
Topic: Passenger dash handle
Replies: 3
Views: 3618

Re: Passenger dash handle

I've swapped this handle out four or five times over the years, all junkyard replacements, they just keep cracking. I can't come to terms paying $160 for a new one. Grrrr, mine is crack now, again!