Electrical/Motor? I dont have a clue.

[DSM1gTalon]

Ok, here is the background on the incident. I was driving to work one day and when I was stopping at a stop sign I noticed my Oil Pressure light come on. That night I checked my oil level and noticed a white creamy substance on my dipstick. I thought it was my headgasket but to be sure I wanted to drain the oil and change it to see if it happened again since the car was still drivable and I wasnt losing any coolant. Plus my dipstick was ####ed up so I thought it could just be moisture or something. Next day or so I started the car up fine and put it up on the ramps, changed the oil, and checked the wires. Went to start the car up when I was done and it started but now it is running like absolute shit. It backfires, runs really rich and stutters. I tried letting it sit for a few minutes but nothing seemed to help. Today I changed the spark plug wires, thought I may have ####ed them up somehow but that didnt do anything. It actually seemed to make it worse. I put them on and then the car wouldnt start. Since it was running rich I was told it could have ruined the plugs so I just changed those a few minutes ago. Finished that, car started but did the same thing, ran like shit. Now the car starts when it wants to and when it doesnt it sounds really shitty.

Anybody got any ideas as to what else to try? Thanks.

 

[GTM]

Ok, here is the background
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It backfires, runs really rich and studders. I tried letting it sit for a few minutes but nothing seemed to help. Today I changed the spark plug wires, thought I may have ####ed them up somehow but that didnt do anything. It actually seemed to make it worse. I put them on and then the car wouldnt start. Since it was running rich I was told it could have ruined the plugs so I just changed those a few minutes ago. Finished that, car started but did the same thing, ran like shit. Now the car starts when it wants to and when it doesnt it sounds really shitty.

Anybody got any ideas as to what else to try? Thanks.

Suggest you take a compression check. Driving onto ramps with low oil pressure can allow the tensioner to slaken and the timing belt to whip and it jump time. This could be disasterous if you bent valves.

Same happened to my son and I off loading from a dolly trailer and required pulling head and replacing bent valves. If the compression is good report your findings, remember always keep the throttle wide open when taking compression and have 3-4 complete compression strokes.

Cheers,
GTM

 

[TwoLiterLaser]

Not to talk over GTM, but if the compression is bad then there is the chance that you have a bad head gasket and the creamy substance is coolant getting into your oil passages. The only way to tell, other than pulling off the head for possibly no good reason, is to do the compression check. Good luck man.

 

[GTM]

Not to talk over GTM, but if the compression is bad then there is the chance that you have a bad head gasket and the creamy substance is coolant getting into your oil passages. The only way to tell, other than pulling off the head for possibly no good reason, is to do the compression check. Good luck man.

Not a problem, we are all here to help. Just to reinforce that for every gallon of gas burned 9/10 becomes water and the rest is garbage into the air. Blowby has water vabor and steam passing the rings and condensing in the cooler parts of the engine especially now winter is here. In most cases this will be the oil filler cap and the dipstick, this includes new cars if they never get driven more than 1 mile each way to work. While I have had a few headgaskets completely let go while I was working on customer's car this is very rare.

Without meaning to be insulting the orignal poster didn't mention a coolant loss which is usually associated with a blown headgasket. The turbo drain hose/pipe is a known source of failure as we learned for it dumped oil because PO had failed to connect properly.

He complained about dipstick besides the foam so perhaps was not reading correctly and had less oil than thought, combined with driving up ramps he had zero when shutting the engine off and restart didn't make it better.

We are on the same page from the info given, as you may well know there are plenty of problems which can happen just because these cars are out to get you. They no longer are for the novice repair person, in another few years they will be antiques with a sophisticated set of electronics and a unique personality not suited to changing plugs and wires as a cure-all. Even the best logic fails the OBDC when samples are not taken, thanks for your input and don't stop because may have seen something you didn't.

Cheers,
GTM

 

[TwoLiterLaser]

*bows*

Got any kids? Wanna adopt one?

 

[GTM]

*bows*

Got any kids? Wanna adopt one?

Sure, have one of each. One on 3rd degree and one on graducte studies. Cars and music sing the same song. PM if you like, been there and done that, least is have an opinion.

Cheers,
GTM