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    '89 mtx is giving me some troubles

    it starts to do it after maybe....20 minutes, doesn't do it real hard.
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    '89 mtx is giving me some troubles

    Ok i'm moving and need to sell this '89 mtx, But it blows coolant out the overflow, mechanics and common sense told me a stuck closed thermostat, so i took it out, but can't afford a new one i cut the restriction out of the thermostat, so that i could keep the little gasket in there, and put it...
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    engine no start! in depth, any thoughts?

    tis on ebay now, would post the auction # but don't want to piss anyone off.
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    engine no start! in depth, any thoughts?

    well i just decided that i'm moving in march (back to phoenix, oregon SUCKS), So...i gotta do something with these sho's and my other cars in a fairly timely manner, keep your eyes on the parting out cars forum, have a feeling you'll be seeing them there soon, since i can't take em with.
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    engine no start! in depth, any thoughts?

    as i was cutting off the exhaust today to put it on the red car (hacksaw), took me about 30 minutes to cut through the pipe, i was like what the hell? finally got it out/off, and the exhaust was just full of crap from the cat, and something that i'm not sure what it was (looks kind of like...a...
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    engine no start! in depth, any thoughts?

    tired of messing with it, car will be dead by the end of today, swapping all the `cool` stuff to my '89 sho. parting out the '91 plus.
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    engine no start! in depth, any thoughts?

    i don't have a leakdown tester...they're expensive, no autozones here to rent it to me :( to me in the pic it looks as though: 1 is just comin off intake and exhaust is on it's way down, 2 intake is down and exhaust is up, 3 intake is on it's way down and exhaust is on it's way up..? perhaps i...
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    engine no start! in depth, any thoughts?

    yeppers sure did....only thing i can really do at this point (i think...) is to pull the head and see whats goin on, any last suggestions? i'll prob. pull the head sunday since i'm feeling very lazy today (hey i have 5hrs sleep for the last 3 days!!! i'm about to pass out.)
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    engine no start! in depth, any thoughts?

    oh and i KNOW the timing is on....so it isn't that.
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    engine no start! in depth, any thoughts?

    if it needs any parts replacements (other than headgasket), than it's goin to the parts car pile of my brain.
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    engine no start! in depth, any thoughts?

    ok i had this posted but i made it a long post that no one probably wanted to read through, heres a recap in better order, please read it all, as it goes in the order that i figured the stuff out. just got this '91 sho, just popped the hood about 5 minutes ago, all i know is it turns over and...
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    What Would Cause This Type Of Miss???

    my saturn was doing the same, then yesterday it got really bad, ended up a plug wire was shorting against the block, may want to look intro shorts in the plug wires...
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    just got my new SHO, help?

    ok heres todays update so far, i pulled the intake and the front valve cover, looks good... so it must be either headgasket or a cracked head, or rings, not sure if i really feel like pulling the heads... Oh and the car was in a small crash, to the front right side, which would explain the...
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    just got my new SHO, help?

    oh and no it gives no `warnings`, just cranks slowly compared to my '89 sho, and doesn't bother to start. i took the top timing cover off and the belt was off by 1 tooth (but no teeth are off the belt, it looks new actually), so i set it dead on, so the timing is perfect, it has spark, it has...
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    just got my new SHO, help?

    engine doesn't run at all...just turns over slowly, battery is fully charged. perhaps the starter is tired but it should still start.... but i'm getting no compression, i really don't feel like pullin the engine down to the heads but i guess that'll be this weekends project...be that much...
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    just got my new SHO, help?

    ok today i pulled the timing cover off, and checked the timing, it was off by 1 tooth, i set it dead on, but it still does nothing to exciting, turns over very slowly...
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    just got my new SHO, help?

    yeah as my first post says "ok so far i have confirmed that the timing belt is not broken, it has spark, and it has fuel pressure/fuel." thats how i confirmed the tbelt wasn't broken, it moves very smoothly. it's raining and nasty today though so i won't be doin much to it..
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    just got my new SHO, help?

    well poop, did compression test on the front 3, front left to right, calling them 1-2-3 1 has 0, 2 has 0, 3 has 90. didn't venture to the back 3.
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    just got my new SHO, help?

    Hey, just got this '91 sho, just popped the hood about 5 minutes ago, all i know is it turns over and doesn't start, and he says he had it running once then never again (he bought it at auction), let me know some stuff to look into eh. *update* ok so far i have confirmed that the timing belt...
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    bought a sho today, need a quick ignition tip

    hey, i bought an '89 sho today, gotta pick it up tomarrow, no keys, anyone have a diagram of the ignition so i can see how to pop it out without damaging it so i can get it home?

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