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thundakat · 07-30-2005, 12:29 AM

ok, ive heard quite a few good things about people getting help here. ive got something pretty wrong with my car. ok, ill just lay it out there. . .
ive got an 89 240 SOHC. i bought the car with a blown head gasket, and the guy before me drove it for a month or two with the head gasket gone. it was just the outside of the gasket at first, but then the whole thing eventually went. well, i got the car and got that replaced and put it all back together, new gasket, new head bolts, new intake mani collector gasket, thermostat and gasket, new spark plugs, oil change, valve cover gasket. well, i got it all put back together, but didnt torque the head down with a torque bar, but i did get it to turn over and run like shit. i got the new bolts put in today and torqued them to spec thinking that was the problem, but now it basically just chugs along at like 450 rpm's. if i give it gas,as soon as i let off it bogs all the way down and dies 50% of the time. but everytime the engine is on now, you can smell gas pretty bad. but theres no smoke anywhere now, so there isnt a blown ring or anything. the i noticed that there were two different sets on injectors, two copper colored ones and two silver ones, but all 4 have red tops. im running out of ideas for what the problem could be, the only other thing i can think of, is that the EGR isnt screwed in at my exhaust manifold. could that make that big of a difference?

cliff notes, car has a lot of new tune up stuff, new headgasket, torqued head down to specs, car runs like shit. no idea what it could be

just ask away for questions i can answer anything if itll help figure out the problem, thanx in advance

07-30-2005, 12:29 AM	#1
thundakat Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 6 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	ok KA24E guys. . .need some help ok, ive heard quite a few good things about people getting help here. ive got something pretty wrong with my car. ok, ill just lay it out there. . . ive got an 89 240 SOHC. i bought the car with a blown head gasket, and the guy before me drove it for a month or two with the head gasket gone. it was just the outside of the gasket at first, but then the whole thing eventually went. well, i got the car and got that replaced and put it all back together, new gasket, new head bolts, new intake mani collector gasket, thermostat and gasket, new spark plugs, oil change, valve cover gasket. well, i got it all put back together, but didnt torque the head down with a torque bar, but i did get it to turn over and run like shit. i got the new bolts put in today and torqued them to spec thinking that was the problem, but now it basically just chugs along at like 450 rpm's. if i give it gas,as soon as i let off it bogs all the way down and dies 50% of the time. but everytime the engine is on now, you can smell gas pretty bad. but theres no smoke anywhere now, so there isnt a blown ring or anything. the i noticed that there were two different sets on injectors, two copper colored ones and two silver ones, but all 4 have red tops. im running out of ideas for what the problem could be, the only other thing i can think of, is that the EGR isnt screwed in at my exhaust manifold. could that make that big of a difference? cliff notes, car has a lot of new tune up stuff, new headgasket, torqued head down to specs, car runs like shit. no idea what it could be just ask away for questions i can answer anything if itll help figure out the problem, thanx in advance