Got a call from my shop. The "expensive" shop. They are VERY qualified, very knowledgeable, and I have complete trust in them.
Not too long ago, started the car up in teh morning, and it was running rough, and I could smell raw fuel. The evening before, I had parked the car on an incline, and it did rain during the night, though it wasn't a storm or anything.
Problem didn't go away on it's own. Brought the car in to my first mechanic. He's the most reasonable priced, but doesn't own some of the higher end equipment (the scope for checking coils, for example). He checked compression, which was the same from side to side. He pulled all coils on bank 1 (the bank that is having all the issues), and the car barely ran differently. We tried changing the upstream O2 sensor, to no avail. He checked a couple other things, and called me to tell me that he was out of ideas, and if I wanted to try another shop.
Got a call on Friday from the expensive shop. After their diagnosis, they think it jumped time. Their diagnosis is based on these three factors: low vacuum, bank 1 rich, bank 2 lean. They said they have to pull valve covers to confirm, so I said go ahead.
If the front cover has to come off, I'm not fixing it. At least not now. The car has been paid off for a while, so I'll just put in in the garage and buy something else. I need an SUV anyways.
So, here's to hoping I get to drive it home in a couple days.
Not too long ago, started the car up in teh morning, and it was running rough, and I could smell raw fuel. The evening before, I had parked the car on an incline, and it did rain during the night, though it wasn't a storm or anything.
Problem didn't go away on it's own. Brought the car in to my first mechanic. He's the most reasonable priced, but doesn't own some of the higher end equipment (the scope for checking coils, for example). He checked compression, which was the same from side to side. He pulled all coils on bank 1 (the bank that is having all the issues), and the car barely ran differently. We tried changing the upstream O2 sensor, to no avail. He checked a couple other things, and called me to tell me that he was out of ideas, and if I wanted to try another shop.
Got a call on Friday from the expensive shop. After their diagnosis, they think it jumped time. Their diagnosis is based on these three factors: low vacuum, bank 1 rich, bank 2 lean. They said they have to pull valve covers to confirm, so I said go ahead.
If the front cover has to come off, I'm not fixing it. At least not now. The car has been paid off for a while, so I'll just put in in the garage and buy something else. I need an SUV anyways.
So, here's to hoping I get to drive it home in a couple days.
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