Robotech
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- Aug 28, 2014
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Millers Falls,
Massachusetts
I unfortunately bought Phunny's 600 whp Ethanol 1999 DSM. I bought the car in July and it had a wicked case of lifter knock and it took me nearly 2 months to get to it (car just sat on my lift) since I work 70 hours a week on average. Anyways I got to it, replaced the lifters following a procedure someone outlined on this site, and have tried to start it. It seems like it wants to start because it starts to pop slightly. When I pull the plugs, cylinder 1 and 4 have enough liquid that it pools in the cylinder and is dripping off of the plug, while 2 and 3 appear to be more dry. The gas gauge was showing the warning light that it was out of gas. I've since put in 5 fresh gallons of E85.
The only other thing I did was to take off the serpentine belts and pull the harmonic balancer to make sure that the timing was set properly, which it was.
Here is a video of what it does:
So my questions are: (1)Do you think this is case of bad ethanol?
(2) Could this be related to my lifter job? If so, how?
(3) Can I spray starter fluid into the throttle body or can you not do that with a turbo car?
(4) How do you drain the fuel system on a DSM in case it is bad ethanol?
I have to confess I'm new to turbo cars and new to the DSM scene. I would ask Phunny some of these questions but he sold me the car and then vanished and won't answer email, phone, texts, etc.
Thank you my friends,
David
The only other thing I did was to take off the serpentine belts and pull the harmonic balancer to make sure that the timing was set properly, which it was.
Here is a video of what it does:
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So my questions are: (1)Do you think this is case of bad ethanol?
(2) Could this be related to my lifter job? If so, how?
(3) Can I spray starter fluid into the throttle body or can you not do that with a turbo car?
(4) How do you drain the fuel system on a DSM in case it is bad ethanol?
I have to confess I'm new to turbo cars and new to the DSM scene. I would ask Phunny some of these questions but he sold me the car and then vanished and won't answer email, phone, texts, etc.
Thank you my friends,
David