[V8] Looks like this car will likely be parted.

[Seamus O'Carey]

I have an update. Out of frustration I *may* have overreacted. Before
giving up and thinking about parting it out I probably should have checked
a few more things...such as the air filter...which is a K&N that looks like
it was installed in 1990 and never cleaned since then. We started the car
with the filter removed and noticed and immediate improvement.
Unfortunately the next thing we noticed was fuel pouring onto the intake
manifold. It turns out that both of the braided fuel lines that go across
the back of the motor (right in front of the air filter housing) have
completely rusted fittings at both ends that are leaking fuel at an
extremely alarming rate.

So I'll replace the air filter and those fuel lines and come back with a
report.

Thanks,

Seamus

On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 9:55 AM, Ronald G Wainwright <ron_01056 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> I would pull codes 1st (obviously).
>
>  Has it been raining/moist out? Could b moisture in the TPS connector?
> Could b a faulty 02 sensor??
>
>  Ron
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Feb 11, 2013, at 12:27 PM, "Seamus O'Carey" <cheshirecatsbox at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Has about 203k. It was running pretty well when I got it, just a little
> > blue smoke on startup if it hadn't been started for a week or so. I drove
> > it over an hour to get it home when I first bought it and I don't
> remember
> > it running poorly. It just had almost non-existent brakes.
> >
> > Seamus
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 9:22 AM, Ronald G Wainwright <
> ron_01056 at yahoo.com>wrote:
> >
> >> How many miles on the car?
> >> Stumbling/smoke just pop up or.... Car was running good b4 hand??
> >>
> >> Ron
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> >>
> >> On Feb 11, 2013, at 11:00 AM, "Seamus O'Carey" <
> cheshirecatsbox at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Yeah, I'll do some tests first. I guess I'm just getting discouraged. 2
> >>> years and, other than getting it home, I've driven this car 1 time. It
> >>> doesn't help that my '84 4kq with the rebuilt head just started blowing
> >>> blue smoke.
> >>>
> >>> What was causing it to run so rich and how did you fix it?
> >>>
> >>> Seamus
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 12:03 AM, urq <urq at pacbell.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> ... think I'd check plugs and do a compression check first.  I got #2
> >> from
> >>>> someone who poured a lot of money into it because it was blowing
> "white
> >>>> smoke" ... I found that in my case the smoke was due to the engine
> >> running
> >>>> extremely rich.
> >>>>
> >>>> Steve Buchholz
> >>>> San Jose, CA (USA)
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: Seamus O'Carey
> >>>> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 5:35 PM
> >>>> Subject: [V8] Looks like this car will likely be parted.
> >>>>
> >>>> I think I finally solved the brake problems, but today the motor
> started
> >>>> blowing white smoke and it stumbles upon acceleration. Once it's
> moving
> >> it
> >>>> seems to go ok, but from a dead stop it feels like crap. Seems like a
> >> blown
> >>>> head gasket to me.
> >>>>
> >>>> Seamus
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