Recent content by corvairbob

are you telling us that your trying to get the chain marks aligned on an older chain? once the chain rotates 1 turn it is not going to re align. it may take a dozen turns to get it back. or more. if you rotated the crank so the key is at 12 pm and then look for the phaser marks to be at that 10...

so thinking outside the box a bit if it is louder whne the engine is under a load could this be exhaust related?

thanks for getting back. that test with the cam cover off and seeing the chain go slack told you the chain was stretched. try to get that long screwdriver down by the water pump and listen. it may be the pump but only the stick test will tell. you can change that out without taking it all...

it is hard to believe you got a bad phaser. and being you changed everything and providing you did not see anything in the oil return under the crank you may be ok, with that part of the repair. did you re adjust the balancer shaft chain by any chance. are you getting any codes? tell us did...

some answered in you post from yesterday do you need some more help?

that sound normal when the engine is cold it actually should be 1100 to 1200 rpm and then when warm close to 750 rpm. so it sounds like the idle is not high enough.

for one did you replace the phasers? they fails and can cause that symptom. also if you had worn guides you got plastic in the oil pickup and did you double check the oil sprayer located at the lower end that points to the front of the engine and sprays oil on the front guide and chain? and...

have you tried the vacuum process? that seems to be the way the dealers like to do it and you may have seen some YT about doing it that way. the kit is cheap on ebay. plus you never get all the old coolant out they do not put in drains on the block anymore. you could try reverse flush to get the...

k you can try installing one of the anti fouling spark lug adapters they have tons on ebay i put one on the girls 2013 for that code and it went away. put one on my s10 and it went away. on both cars i punched holes in the cat thru the material and that made the code pop up. here is an ebay line...

do you know how to test the plug for the fuel pressor sensor? it may not be sending power to the sensor or the ground has failed. you say you replaced the high and low pressure sensors. i think there is also one located back on the drivers side behind the trans on the inner fender i found a YT...

almost sounds like the TB may need to be cleaned. if you did that then the gas pedal sensor's are failing. so try this check to make sure it is not in eco mode. and try it with the a/c on so the ecu will give it a bit more gas. that is what i had my girl do and her car ran a lot better. one...

it can't hurt ther is going to be blowby some also hook up a system back to the intake and go old school for the pvc system, i did that it really did not stop the oil use but then if the oem system plugs which it will you have the old school to fall back on and gm did go back to that system in...

if you have a vacuum gage you can see what the vacuum is. a lean will cause misfires. there can be more causing but one step at a time. and as you may know when the light is flashing that is telling you the misfire is happening and bad for the cat. but check the vacuum, at idle it may be high...

here is another one that has phasers on the cams he does it a bit different this one is from cloyes site and you acan get parts here. i recommend them they ask for the vin to get the correct parts as these cars had 2 2.4 engines and the phasers and cams are a bit different. the lea uses...

the cam on the right is correct the right photo is my engine do you see the lobe in front of the bearing how it is just a bit to the left of the cam reluctor? or the lobe is about 1 o'clock and the reluctor is about 2 o'clock the cam on the left that reluctor is more aligned with the lobe...