spiderw31 Posted April 19, 2009 Report Posted April 19, 2009 Well after WAAAAYYYYY too long, the Paperweight lives again! She is finally running after pitching the timing belt and tweaking a couple valves. Got the finishing touches put on today, and started her up. Cranked a little bit, required two turns of the key to get proper fuel pressure, but fired right up right after that. After running a few minutes to get the lifters all pressurized, the motor rune REAL smooth and quiet. No odd sounds, no misfiring, and the timing feels right on. Only issues are a bit of an oil leak somewhere on the rear bank causing a lot of smoke. Probably pinched a gasket on the cam cover. Also, the timing belt cover is cracked, and I think it's rubbing on one of the idler pulleys causing a bit of a howling off idle. All in all I'm pretty happy though! Quote
ns87 Posted April 19, 2009 Report Posted April 19, 2009 congrats! I remember when you bought it. Now you can actually enjoy the car Quote
Addicted To Boost Posted April 19, 2009 Report Posted April 19, 2009 Glad to hear it man! *Almost* my car's twin! Quote
spiderw31 Posted April 19, 2009 Author Report Posted April 19, 2009 Now you can actually enjoy the car Yeah lets just hope it can manage to go more than 300 miles at a time without breaking down! That car has definitely earned the name of Paperweight I'm even contemplating custom tags! Glad to hear it man! *Almost* my car's twin! Yeah... just with a t-belt, and a slightly less indestructible motor Quote
spiderw31 Posted April 19, 2009 Author Report Posted April 19, 2009 Oh yeah, and a big thanks to everyone that helped out with giving me the know-how to put the LQ1 monster back in its place! Quote
jeremy Posted April 19, 2009 Report Posted April 19, 2009 I am very happy to hear that you have it running again Quote
AWeb80 Posted April 20, 2009 Report Posted April 20, 2009 Congrats....glad to see it running....now PICS AND VIDS!!!!!!!!!! I love your car Quote
spiderw31 Posted April 20, 2009 Author Report Posted April 20, 2009 Congrats....glad to see it running....now PICS AND VIDS!!!!!!!!!! I love your car Thanks man! My buddy did shoot video of the first startup, but we've gotta process it in order to be able to post it. I should have it in a couple days. Quote
White93z34 Posted April 20, 2009 Report Posted April 20, 2009 FINALLY! Glad to see you stuck with it and got it going again. Also does your timing belt make a weird howling/gear noise right now? mine did right after a change for about a days worth of driving then sounded fine again. Quote
spiderw31 Posted April 20, 2009 Author Report Posted April 20, 2009 FINALLY! Glad to see you stuck with it and got it going again. Also does your timing belt make a weird howling/gear noise right now? mine did right after a change for about a days worth of driving then sounded fine again. When the motor is cold, the belt sounds normal. As the car warms up though, then there's the howl that comes out of the belt area if I rev it up a bit. It gets much louder when I pull off the inspection cover on the front bank. It sounds almost like one of the idler pulleys is rubbing the belt cover, or like one of one of the bearings on one of the pulleys is screaming. I plan on pulling the cover just to be sure, but I'm guessing the belt needs to bed in, and the pulley bearings need to break in a bit? Quote
GP1138 Posted April 20, 2009 Report Posted April 20, 2009 I remember that happening on my new T-belt too. Grats!!! Quote
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