Posted by Charlie (IP: 131.204.6.207) on November 07, 2000 at 19:24:04:
In Reply to: Mustang Problems, please help! posted by Mark G on November 07, 2000 at 16:31:44:
Make sure your plugs are still dry, if the car doesn't run and you have fuel and spark it has to be timing. You could have bent some valves when the cylinders were hydra-locked with gasoline... Have you done a compression test since? The symptoms that you had back when it was running could have been valve stem seals or a bad guide. Since your car won't run, you can't really do a vacuum test. -CP
: I am having a problem with my 65 v8 stang. It was running fine, then all of the sudden it started to run poorly, smoking what looked like blue smoke, which is unusual for my stang. Thought I blew something in the bottom end so did a compresion test, came out fine all from 180-190. Then thought the carb was screwed up. Pulled it and swaped another 600 vac secondaries with a fresh rebuild (that was on my maverick) but the powervalve was leaking, went away for the weekend and it soaked the engine in gas, I pulled the plugs and blew compressed air out for two days with gas still comeing out. Then put the original Holley 600 back on after rebuilding it. Its not flooded but just wont start. I played with the distributor, but it looks like its firing #1 at TDC. I also made sure I was getting spark to the wires, it seems fine. So what the heck is wrong with it? Jumped the timeing chain? Im stumped, and leaving on sat for six months, i would love to get this thing running! Thanx all
: Mark G