Recent content by LinolnLS

Never thought of it but unless the COP's were replaced before I bought the car with 60K miles on it, I still have one original in there with 190,000 miles on it.

I've bought the BWD coils for my LS at O'reilly and been very happy with them. They've come down in price, they were about $65 each when I started replacing them in 2005, seem to drop a couple bucks every year or two. I didn't want to spend the cash for 8 of them so I just bought them as they...

Both awesome cars, both have their issues. I had a 94 Mark VIII, put $1100 in bags a month after I bought it. Other than that, great car. Fast, fun, great gas mileage. I've had both a 2000 and 2001 LS Sport. Lots of crazy issues with those cars but they are nice looking cars that are fun to...

Engine may have been flooded, not sure. Probably because it ran rough for a little after starting. I never even tried to hold the pedal to the floor for the flooded condition because I truly didn't think it was cranking over prior to removing the crank position sensor and finding out it was...

So it appears my engine was turning over, it just didn't sound like it (like the person earlier mentioned turning over with no compression). I found the flexplate to be turning, tried messing with the shift handle, starting in neutral, locking and unlocking the car to see if it was a PATS...

Sure, and I appreciate the help. I'm at a loss on this so any suggestions are appreciated. Unfortunately I'm going to have to wait now because it's raining...again. I have too many projects going on at the same time, working on 2 cars in my garage and this one in the driveway. Guess I'll...

joegr, You mention bad install of the starter. Is there any way you can put it in incorrectly? Felt like it slide right into place so I bolted it up. The entire end is open (doesn't have the hood like lots of starters) so I don't even think you could put it in 180° off if you tried, could you?

joegr, thanks for the advice. I will go check on these things now. Pretty sure the starter is good since the original did the same before I ever messed with it and it tests fine now. I may stop at the Auto Parts store and have them show me the bench test, just to be sure before I rule that...

Is there someone out there who has any helpful advice? I posted on this forum for help, not to be ridiculed. The water under the hood of my car was condensation, maybe I wasn't clear. My point was is excessive moisture going to cause a certain component of this starting system to fail? It...

One more thing. After I get this solved, is it worth leaving the remanufactured starter in the car? I've got $100 into it after core return. The car now has 190K on it. How many miles are these cars good for? I've replaced all but one of the coil packs, some twice and the upper timing...

One thing I did notice today when I dragged it to the pavement to work on it, it was very wet in the engine compartment from lots of rain lately and being parked on grass. Literally water on everything under the hood when I opened it. Don't know that it would matter or not...just an observation.

To answer your question, the title of this thread, I would say it is not your starter...at least mine isn't and I have the exact same problem. So does anyone have a solution to this issue? I have the exact same problem. I parked my car behind my garage for the past 2 weeks as I was not using...

I haven't but that was my next move. Kind of think my tensioner is broken now again, chain noise is loud. Think I might take the day off tomorrow and rip into it again.

Tensioner issues resolution? I was wondering what ever happened with your LS? I replaced my drivers side tensioner 3 weeks ago. I got the cam timing fixed before putting it back together but it still ran rough for the first few 3-4 minutes of running for 3-4 days. Then it ran great...