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And now shes dead.
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So, Im in a bit of a predicament where my dream car and temporary daily driver is completely out of action, Ive attempted a bunch of stuff as below to no joy, and so I turn to you wonderful people.
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Im going to video what happens tomorrow when I have some more light and can upload this here.
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Driving along to work, cruising in 5th at
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Get her towed home by a friend and do some investigation, valve cover gasket is leaking oil and its dropped low, check in spark plug holes and theres a little oil in them, check the plugs themselves and theres oil beaded up on their tips.
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Engine fires nearly instantly, and runs perfectly smoothly for around 30 seconds, it then starts to shudder as if misfiring occasionally.
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If I try to start it straight away after, itll only run for 2-3 seconds then die, or not start at all, however If I leave it for an Hour or so it resets to stage one and goes for 30ish secs.
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Touching the throttle only makes it die faster.
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I have noticed that the ignition lead in cylinder 3 doesnt quite
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Maybe a timing issue? I Have a receipt for the belt 20k miles ago though, so I doubt thats the culprit.
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Any thoughts or advice would be kindly appreciated.
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