wow weird problem shitty day!

[e30loverSC]

Well i Dont know whats going on.. My car runs like shit.. Went to meet my parents to eat.. and All the sudden Power loss and give it any gas its missing so bad it sounds like a subaru... Its driveable just no power. And when the car warms up a clanking noise comes up. idk what it is. It goes away when i give it gas or seems like it. But idk what the deal it. This sucks.. I wasnt even driving hard. It has new plugs and wires.. HELP

[e30loverSC]

PLZ Help.. I guess i take it to shop tomorrow idk what else to do.

[Conrad311]

could be a broken rocker, take the valve cover off and have a look. sound what happend when i broke an intake rocker..

[e30loverSC]

really? damn.. Is that all it could be?

[MR.Camel]

Before you do that, check all your spark plugs, i had this problem today, weird sound, real slow, vibrating...

One of the plugs ahd fouled so it wouldnt fire so it was basically running on 5 cylinders, check yours as my plugs were three days old.

[e30loverSC]

I jsut took the vc off.. and i about cried when i saw that cleanly snapped rocker.. layin there... idk what to.. My life is a train wreck at the moment. between my luck... school family... CAR..

[accident]

I broke a rocker a few months ago. Drove it for 2 months firing on 5 cylinders. Didnt hurt the motor as far as I can tell, just blew lots of smoke from the exhaust. replacing it isnt TOO much of a bitch.

[e30loverSC]

well its $611 dollar with labor, headgasket kit, timing belt kit and a rocker arm. I have barely enogh to buy parts and my parents cant afford to help fix it. So im with out a car for a while.

[StereoInstaller1]

well its $611 dollar with labor, headgasket kit, timing belt kit and a rocker arm. I have barely enogh to buy parts and my parents cant afford to help fix it. So im with out a car for a while.

Have you no tools or skills? That is not a tough fix, and is nowhere near $600.

[e30loverSC]

i have some tools and some skills.. But i really have never taken a head off and put it back on.. so i dknot what to do really

[accident]

You can do it with the head on...

[StereoInstaller1]

Yup, leave the head on. Pull the timing belt, the cam sprocket, etc...it isn't tough.

[JPlue]

timing belt and tensioner are only like $40 from BavAuto. I did mine the other night and it only took a couple hours. Probably would go even faster without shivering fingers in this damn NE autumn

[sector6]

also sounds like a bad/sticky AFM ? I unplugged mine once just to see how it would run and it ran about how you described your problem.
I'm no expert though.

****nevermind my post. missed the broken rocker part****

[Wh33lhop]

Yeah it should not be that hard. I did my timing belt and water pump when I first got my car, it took the better part of a weekend as it was the first thing I'd done engine-wise EVER, but it wasn't too bad. I tend to work slowly too.