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    6g74 Timing Belt Troubles. Low compression on one bank

    That won’t change anything since you are supposed to make sure the valves are closed before you run your test anyway…….it wouldn’t matter if your cam was made of squirrel wood. As long as the valves are in the closed position, you can check compression.
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    6g74 Timing Belt Troubles. Low compression on one bank

    How many times did you repeat your measurements? Assuming you had some struggles getting the hose threaded into the plug hole, or you used an extender…….I remember that my technique for installing and tightening made a difference on my readings. It took several rounds of readings before I became...
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    Pitchblack Rally Recce Raider Build

    No, I meant what were you using to cut the edges off the A/C unit base?
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    Pitchblack Rally Recce Raider Build

    What are you cutting with?
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    Gen III front tire 4WD lights blinking

    Not sure about the Gen-3 system vs Gen-2, but I believe the principal is that when not in 4wd, the vacuum system keeps the system from engaging by constantly resisting the force of a spring forced actuator, part of the front diff clutch. So if the system fails, it “fails” into perma-4wd. When...
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    Cylinder-1 Misfire: advice needed

    All back together and running fine now. I did put in new plugs and wires while I was in there, but the old ones looked and tested fine so I never suspected them. Turns out it was simply a gasket leak on the upper plenum. I’ll never know for sure, but you aren’t supposed to have carbon buildup in...
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    Cylinder-1 Misfire: advice needed

    UPDATE: It was the manifold upper plenum gasket. The evidence had been staring me in the face for a while, carbon buildup on the outside of the manifold right around the seal. I saw it……ignored it. For a while it was visible but did not cause me any problems. Maybe a manifold bolt came loose...
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    Valve Cover Gasket, 6G74

    Glad I took the time to do them. I had just started getting oil burning smell and seeing leaks up top in the last year or so. The old ones were flattened out pretty good.
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    Valve Cover Gasket, 6G74

    The EGR valve pipe gets in the way. There is a bolt hiding behind it, once that’s loose it all moves out of the way of one of the valve cover gasket bolts. 👍
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    Valve Cover Gasket, 6G74

    Does anyone know, I have the intake manifold off right now and it sure looks to me like the valve covers would just slide to the rear and be off. On the front of them there is a wing that extends into some of the timing belt covers. Can someone confirm that valve cover job doesn’t require any of...
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    Cylinder-1 Misfire: advice needed

    anyone ever see a manifold vacuum leak cause a misfire in only one cylinder?
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    Cylinder-1 Misfire: advice needed

    Update: injectors were sent out for diagnostics and they all passed with clean bill of health. Still need to complete compression testing. After that, spark tests, then look at injector wiring. Nothing jumping out at me so far.
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    Cylinder-1 Misfire: advice needed

    Planned a cylinder leak down test (not a compression test). Any thoughts on why you would pick one over the other
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    Cylinder-1 Misfire: advice needed

    All the spark plugs looked the same (all were WAY overdue for replacement, but they were all the same). Spark plug wires all tested fine. The number-1 cylinder intake however definitely looked LEAN (see photo). I’m heavily leaning towards injector malfunction. My injectors are original so 25yrs...
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    Cylinder-1 Misfire: advice needed

    Diagnosis / tear down starts this weekend.
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