rocker_topper
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- Jan 11, 2012
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marianna,
Florida
Hi guys, Im having some problems here with my 98 eclipse RS. Did a head gasket change on the POS (quite frustrated by now) and got everything back together. Put a new water pump and timing belt on it while i had it torn apart. Upon cranking the first time the motor ran, and idled fine i might add. I shut the car off and closed the hood. Went inside to get my wallet and came back outside. Cranked the car once more and upon giving it a tiny bit of throttle it died. Havent been able to get it to crank again since. Have since then had the head checked and milled down. It checked out ok on pressure test. Ive reassembled everything and still can not get more than 30 PSI on each cylinder. Im 100% certain the timing is dead on, and that the head and everything in the head is good. I've done tons of research and can't seem to come up with anything. My initial problem was that i wasent getting spark to the plugs. Tracked from the plugs back and never got any power to the ignition coil. Im assuming that was due to low compression, and the engine computer cutting it out (maybe not 100% certain). Anyone got any suggestions before i scrap this thing? Its a wonderful car, looks great, and ran great before the head gasket job.. . Has barely over 100k miles on it, full body kit, leather interior, great A/C and lambo doors.... i hate to trash a nice show car because of this motor problem. Ive dumped so much money into this thing though that it has become outrageous. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
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