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I'm not going to lie, I'm not hearing knock in the video. It sounds like the engine is firing during the compression stroke and beating on the starter.

I'll say it again, no babbit in the oil means no bearing problems, especially if it's been cranking all this time. There isn't much for oil pressure during cranking.

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Do you have a timing light? Use a dowel rod to find top dead center on piston #1 (through the plug hole), and make a mark on the balancer and a reference on the subframe or block that line up straight, i used a silver sharpie on my LG3 and the marks outlasted the oil pump.

Then, put everything back together and hook the timing light onto the #1 wire. Have someone operate the light while cranking. 0-10 degrees advance (about 1/2" between the marks) is acceptable for cranking. It shouldn't be erratic or firing before 10 degrees advance.

Ummm. I think you're right Matt. No metal flakes. I checked through all her oil that was drained today. Thank you for the advice.

So she runs. Upon finally starting there was a black smoke screen the size of a city block moving through my neighborhood. Then white smoke. She ran a bit rough but then it worked. The only quirks are, check engine light, high hissing noise regardless of the FWI is on or off, and a crazy vaccuum under the oil cap which affects the way the engine runs. Here come the videos.

I believe the hissing is from the FWI...sounds about like mine at a cold start..

My car had "crazy" vacuum at the oil cap when my PCV Valve malfunctioned. I would swap that and see what happens.

How did you get it to fire?

I had a huge smile on my face once I saw the title change! I hope it all works out well for you.

Thanks Seth and Eric.

I will get a new PCV and see what she does.

We'll scan her again Sunday, but go ahead and swap the PCV, they're cheap anyway. We'll check codes when I see ya Sunday.

sethjamesrimrodt wrote:I had a huge smile on my face once I saw the title change! I hope it all works out well for you.

Agreed, 61K is too young for L36!!

AAAACCCK!!! What was the problem?!? It's going to drive me nuts not knowing!

Good work on getting it running again!

I honestly have no idea. I just kept cranking and cranking and cranking. O.o Tomorrow she'll get a new PCV.

Replaced the PVC today and I still get a vacuum coming into the oil filler hole. Car almost barely runs without the cap in place.

I really wanna see what codes she's spitting out before I say anything on this. Knowing Penny it's something completely random.

I was missing an O-ring in the assembly. The vacuum is now gone. Still has check engine light. This is cause she has to be cleared right?

hmm....Getting codes will be best bet. Staying tuned until Sunday!!

Might need a reset, might be something else too. We shall see Sunday. Is she running perfect now?

Perfectly perfect! And smoother than I remember before. Inside it's dead quiet. Almost eerie.

Like I said on the phone, disconnect the battery and let it sit a minute and then see if the SES light comes back. If it does we can always scan/reset it Sunday.

nos4blood70 wrote:I would love to keep her going 10 years from now. I even found an L67 and trans combo for 800 dollars. 89k miles. Apparently he switched two ignition wires today and he got her running for 40ish seconds. But now I have just finished trying again and nothing...

I was in the exact same position with my 95 L67 about a month ago. Did a bunch of shopping and calling and decided on a combo that was supposedly 67,000, ran the VIN and all seemed ok. Drove three hours to pick them up ($1,200.00 for the pair) and brought em home. First thing we did was pull plugs, oil pan and ran compression check. #1 was oil fouled and #3 was consistently reading 25 PSI !!! Long story short drove another 6 hours got a refund then drove another 5 hours and bought a 00 SSEi.


Good luck with it, hope you're all ok and back down the road.

Check engine light went away today after a ride around the block. She seems to be operating normally at the moment.

Will scanned her today and all the codes are gone and are not returning. I think she's fixed. We'll see how she handles the next 1000 miles.

Great to hear Carl! Hopefully she doesn't give you anymore trouble down the road!