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Thank you. Not completely sure about the motor yet. It's bought and paid for but found out that the wreck broke the timing cover and cracked a valve cover. Fingers crossed. Just have to wait till it gets here and see how bad the damage is.

Hey guys thanks for all the help. I found out that the rings on cylinder 7 and 3 are shot. I'm going to be pulling the motor. Found one with 19k miles local to me that I was able to steal for $1,300. So a motor swap it is.

Yes all new valves. Also when I went back and replaced all the valve steam seals I used compressed air to hold the valve up while I removed the springs. So I know the valves are seating right in the head. Well against the valve seats anyhow.

Good point. I try moving the valve side to side to see if it had more play than the others but I can see how that wouldn't be definitive answer. I should have just had the valve guides replaced when I did everything else. I can do a lot at my shop. Have a mill big enough to put a head on. I'm...

I might go ahead and buy a oil catch can just to have it. I drive it home from my shop today and it wasn't smoking. Until I got off the highway and had to stop at a light. Started smoking again when accelerating. I'm thinking it should clear up eventually. The new issue is it stutters when it...

Yes they all come all the way up to top.of block. That's how I was able to clean them with out damaging the cylinder walls. My brother pointed out that a hair line crack in the head wouldn't be visible to the naked eye. That a lot of to take the heads back off on a possibility.

So I did do the oil fill cap test and have no air pushing out at all. The oil is going through the exhaust and coming out of the muffler only on the passenger side. So that makes me wonder if maybe something else is going on and causing it to pick the oil up instead of it just sitting there...

After cleaning passenger side. Just in case you need to see better.

Hi guys, I have a 2001 Lincoln LS V8. 150,000 miles. I had a secondary timing chain break which bent the 2 exhaust valve on the number 7 cylinder. So I pulled it apart and replaced all valves on both heads with new valves and smoothed out the intake and exhaust runners with sandpaper wheels. No...

Ok. Thanks for the help in trying to figure this out.

So today with it being colder outside it wouldn't start and run at all. So I'm starting to wonder Orwell better yet I'm going to go out with the old lady's hair dryer and see if I can heat up the ignition switch and wiring behind and see if maybe that's my problem since it did start after it got...

I wasn't able to do anything. It's getting dark now and I'm working in the drive way. I won't work on it in the dark. To easy to miss something. Just my personal preference. I'm going to try and crimp the line to the brake booster first. Thanks everyone for the info. It does look like the...

Ok I'll try that. After watching Scanner Danner and some of the South Main Auto diagnostic videos I'm actually starting to lean towards the cats being clogged. It's had a Bank 1 lean code and also catalytic under efficiency code for as long as I've had it. The person before me didn't run premium...

Ok I'll look it up and check it out. Thank you.

I seen another post that it should be 40psi with the key turned not running and 30 psi with it idling. Doesn't Mean my information is isn't wrong. The Schrader valve is on the driver side fuel rail. Pretty much in the middle of it.

Hey guys, so I did the fuel pressure test with key on it's at a 40 PSI I did test 4 leak down it didn't move. Now the only other thing that I have done differently since when it wouldn't start so now where it might start every once in awhile and run for about 30 seconds is I sprayed the O2...

No response at all when i try to push the pedal. I did try the disconnecting the Maf and it did not change anything. The fuel filter was replaced as well when the timing chain tensioners were done. I'm actually going to go get a fuel pressure gauge when the better half is ready. I figure I'm...

I bought the about a year ago from a friend because they were told it needed a motor. It ended up being bad tensioners. So.i replaced them. I did pull the valve covers to be sure and it's still in time. I should have mentioned this before. Today i did get it to start by turning the key off and...