Necronommicon
Active LVC Member
So here's some back story about what happened this morning and why I am in need of some help. The car is a '02 LS V8.
Wife went to the garage to go to work. Turned the key, waited a few seconds, continued turning to start and BANG! Puff of black smoke comes out near upper passenger fender. It was so loud I could here it here in the office I(upstairs back of the house. I came down to see WTH happened and she had already came back inside the house and proceeded to tell me the story.
I went out popped the hood couldn't see anything out of the ordinary. Checked the oil (just in case) seemed a bit low so I added some. Got in, started the car, very very rough idle to the point where it felt like it was running on only a few cylinders. Gave it a bit of gas and about 1500 to 2000 rpms seemed to run smooth, like it should. Now I believe I may have a leaking injector on this car since it has been getting harder to start (takes a long time and sometimes have to hit the gas).
I also know that the valve cover gaskets need to be changed since I have had a few coils go bad in the past (one went bad twice). Reason I haven't done it is it's cold here in Mi and I don't have a heated garage unfortunately.
Does anyone know what may be the issue? Could it just be a bad injector or a mix of the injector and valve covers? Something all together different?
Wife went to the garage to go to work. Turned the key, waited a few seconds, continued turning to start and BANG! Puff of black smoke comes out near upper passenger fender. It was so loud I could here it here in the office I(upstairs back of the house. I came down to see WTH happened and she had already came back inside the house and proceeded to tell me the story.
I went out popped the hood couldn't see anything out of the ordinary. Checked the oil (just in case) seemed a bit low so I added some. Got in, started the car, very very rough idle to the point where it felt like it was running on only a few cylinders. Gave it a bit of gas and about 1500 to 2000 rpms seemed to run smooth, like it should. Now I believe I may have a leaking injector on this car since it has been getting harder to start (takes a long time and sometimes have to hit the gas).
I also know that the valve cover gaskets need to be changed since I have had a few coils go bad in the past (one went bad twice). Reason I haven't done it is it's cold here in Mi and I don't have a heated garage unfortunately.
Does anyone know what may be the issue? Could it just be a bad injector or a mix of the injector and valve covers? Something all together different?