Category: Engine Issues
Engine cough and grumble
What is it called when an engine ignition is turned off and the engine coughs and grumbles and shakes a bit then shuts down?
Are there common causes for this? If so, what?
Thanks. (I’m no mechanic)
Removing and getting out the oil filter? What am I missing?
Ok, I feel stupid even posting this but here goes…I changed the oil in my 74 Challenger, its an automatic with the 360 engine. All went well until I tried to remove the oil filter. (Please stop chuckling to yourself) seriously…how in the heck do y…
’74 Challenger w/ 318 ::: MOTOR MOUNT question
’74 Challenger w/ 318 ::: MOTOR MOUNT question
This past season I started having a problem when I’d punch the gas in first gear, usually going up hill. I would hear a scraping sound that my mechanic eventually determined was caused by the torque…
CAMSHAFT OPTION DECISION
camshaft option? depending on what you want. I’m not suggesting any brand of cam.
There are cam advance and retard keys. And rocker ratio.
Everyone tends to look at the intake and exhaust lobes as separate movements within the engine’s operation, but what we really need to do is look at the entire function of the camshaft and how all the different events coincide. It is true that many camshafts are designed with advance built into them. The majority of…
Main bolt hole thread chaser
All,
I had my 440 block machined and I want to chase /clean the main bolt holes out. What size bolts are they , or anyone have a link to the correct sized thread chaser?
Thanks !!
AkBillyBow
My 340 is spitting & burning oil
It’s blowing oil out the breathers and the dipstick. And not just a little, more like a quart every 100 miles (there was a pool on top of the intake after an hour drive yesterday). And it’s burning oil under load and blowing smoke when you lift off.
I think most of it is due the rings stuck from sitting, as this seems excessive for just ring wear. The motor had sat for ~7 years until this winter.
I’ve already soaked the drivers side cylinders with…
Firing un-order?
Pulled the plugs and noticed that 1,8,4,3 where tan-ish. Plugs 6,5,7,2 were clean as a whistle. Same goes for the exhaust ports and tops of pistons. Thought the carb primary on one side of the dual plane intake was set bad and caused this, but that’s n…