No combustion on cylinders 1,2,3 maybe not 4,5 either - thoughts?

[jalopi]

e36 = ugly imo

on the other hand, e36 also equals a better/higherflowing area for the radiator to be mounted, the capability to run a 750i/1000+hp diff, 1k hp axles from DSS, more room for extra tire, can use a canton/milodon/whatever 7qt baffled rear sump oil pan, ect...

i prefer the look of e30's, but would rather have performance vs aesthetics considering how many issues i had with my car.

best of luck with yours though!

[Sh3rpak!ng]

Hahahaha yea, good thing I've been practicing the heel toe... wasn't too bad

sidenote: the icv started working again. Ill leave it. It's not gummed up, turns freely. I have an e36 and cleaned that icv out a while ago so I cleaned the e30 icv when I first got it.

Nice! the e36 is also a great chassis as I'm sure you know. Very different characteristics from the e30 but still fantastic. I have an AA S/C e36 with all the mods in the world on it. I love it to death.

[jalopi]

Sorry to hear that guy

N3ver lift and a bad ICV isn't a problem :D

Try filling the ICV with carb cleaner or something similar and let it sit for like, an hour. Sometimes this will loosen up any carbon that might make it stick. Won't help for a bad electric motor though

Also, it's cool, 80& of the car is going onto my next one (e36) so it wasn't a complete sacrifice

[Sh3rpak!ng]

Closure: put it all back together - running nice and smooth. I think there was a vac leak around the oil return from the intake manifold.

Now my ICV died :(

Anyone have a spare "L" shape icv part number 13411286065? I have an autox on saturday

[Sh3rpak!ng]

unless it was a real thick part of the rag you'll probably be OK. if it was just the edge of the rag the valve probably just smooshed it

nah it was just a small edge. Whatev. I could also easily justify accelerating my work on a mild s52 rebuild and swap :twisted: it's going to happen in a month or 2 anyway. I am sick of this m20.

Sidenote: you cut up your e30. so sad.

[jalopi]

unless it was a real thick part of the rag you'll probably be OK. if it was just the edge of the rag the valve probably just smooshed it

[Sh3rpak!ng]

uhhhhhh shit. None of the rags were sucked into the cylinders, but portions of a couple of them got caught between the valve and head. It was nothing drastic, maybe propped the valve open a milimeter. I don't know what the clearance is for M20 valve to piston at TDC... hope its not tight.

[jalopi]

lol, at least the rag didn't get sucked into a cylinder, that would've sucked. could've been alot worse.

when i was still working in a shop we got a saab in, can't remember what kind though. dude had been doing a valve cover gasket or something and left a rag laying ontop of the timing chain. ended up wrapping itself around a gear and made timing jump like a nba mega star. i think we ended up replacing all the valves

[Sh3rpak!ng]

well dont reckon thAt solution will be helping anyone soon. Thanks for coming clean

Nope, hahaha me neither. But maybe someone will get a good laugh. I for one will laugh about it once the car is driving again

[scoobydo]

well dont reckon thAt solution will be helping anyone soon. Thanks for coming clean

[Sh3rpak!ng]

someone left something unplugged :D

I would have been happy if it was that simple......


So here is how I had the epiphany:
I was about to test the harness to the injectors to check power. The vent hose on the top of the valve cover had to be removed, so I thought "well I should probably plug the holes with a small piece of rag." And then I thought, "nahhh I don't want to cut up a perfectly good rag for that!" And then I thought, "oh perfect! I'll just use one of the pieces of rag I cut up to stuff in the intake ports while I had the manifold off, to keep debris out! . . . . . wait, what the heck . . . . . where did they go . . . . . . . . . . . . uh ohhhh.
That's right. I never removed them :evil: :evil: :hitler:

So I took it all apart. Pulled the rags out. Damaged 2 of the brand new gaskets. Going to replace those. And I presume it will fire right up.

Now I have to make a new r3v user/profile to escape the shame.

[jalopi]

someone left something unplugged :D

[scoobydo]

Come on what happened it may help someone else out?

[Sh3rpak!ng]

Well, I figured it out. It wasn't a problem with wiring or mixing up fuel lines. I'm too smart to make a mistake like that. No. I am too embarrassed to say what I did.


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[Sh3rpak!ng]

damn. well try to have a helper around to crank the engine for you. also, don't forget to unplug all the injector clips during this test, don't wanna fuel wash the cylinder walls, know what i mean?

probably won't have a helper... guess it's time to figure out how to wire up the remote crank trigger thing I got a while ago.

Yes, I will not forget that, already had that bit filed away in my mind. The connectors are all in a plastic rail anyway... disconnect one, you have to disconnect all