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SHIFT_*grind* · 10-29-2007, 12:28 PM

I finally got my car running last night after putting on my new hot piping setup with a recirculated 1G DSM BOV. Car runs great; idles fine, pulls pretty hard, etc. etc. The only thing is, I can hear (and feel) a BLAT BLAT BLAT noise when pulling away from a stop. It goes away, more or less, as the RPMs rise, but the car still sounds a little like a Subaru.

So I do a lot of searching on here and figure that my timing is probably off. Before this I was driving around with boost leaks so I wouldn't be surprised. And then I remember that, when I changed the plugs a couple weeks ago, I had found that the coil pack screw for the #2 cylinder was broken off inside the valve cover

Not my handywork, I only bought this car a couple months ago.

So not only is my timing probably off, but I think I'm getting intermittent spark because there's nothing holding the coil pack on except gravity.

Has anyone ever tried to drill a coil pack screw out of the valve cover? I've never tried to drill anything out, and at 6mm, they're pretty small. Am I better off just finding a new valve cover? :-\

10-29-2007, 12:28 PM	#1
SHIFT_grind Nissanaholic! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: NWA Age: 42 Posts: 2,066 Trader Rating: (7) Feedback Score: 7 reviews	Coil pack screw broken off in valve cover. I finally got my car running last night after putting on my new hot piping setup with a recirculated 1G DSM BOV. Car runs great; idles fine, pulls pretty hard, etc. etc. The only thing is, I can hear (and feel) a BLAT BLAT BLAT noise when pulling away from a stop. It goes away, more or less, as the RPMs rise, but the car still sounds a little like a Subaru. So I do a lot of searching on here and figure that my timing is probably off. Before this I was driving around with boost leaks so I wouldn't be surprised. And then I remember that, when I changed the plugs a couple weeks ago, I had found that the coil pack screw for the #2 cylinder was broken off inside the valve cover Not my handywork, I only bought this car a couple months ago. So not only is my timing probably off, but I think I'm getting intermittent spark because there's nothing holding the coil pack on except gravity. Has anyone ever tried to drill a coil pack screw out of the valve cover? I've never tried to drill anything out, and at 6mm, they're pretty small. Am I better off just finding a new valve cover? :-\