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Old 18-02-2006, 04:32 PM   #1
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Question why has my ea startet to idle rough???

she was running smoth the all of u sudden 2500ks after oil change she has tappit rattle and all that to was it the oil i used i have sworn by magnatech or what ever the speling is since i got my 1st car wich was sv21 rice burning cammry since then i have used it in a astra, xd monty ghia, vl auto dual fuel, r31 shyline 5sp, and im having this prob only now..

car stats as follows ea 1990 falcon ef head, duel fuel replaced the plugs 15000ks ago with ef gas plugs since she basikly runs lpg most of the time also was wounderin if one of you chaps know about custom cold air intake im happy to go rip the snorkle of and top of box as im not sure what sorta intake it has wether its a ef or ea.. will post pics if some one can tell from looking at them let me no then i will dont want to waste time taking pic if its not going to help :monkes:

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Old 18-02-2006, 04:55 PM   #2
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it sounds like it has sucked in the inlet manifold gasket on no 5 & 6 cylinder, time for a new gasket
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Old 18-02-2006, 05:02 PM   #3
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also as the car gets older, i think its better to go a thicker oil, castrol gtx2 is the best for ea,eb
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Old 18-02-2006, 05:17 PM   #4
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hang in there people im setting up a little bit of space on the website were im a webmaster to dump my pics so you can see the inlet and all that there and a timing light i swaped for a set of 4inch expload covers as mine fit in the door was it a good deal is my qustion cause im to dumb to know how to get it to work can someone help there to!!! please
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Old 18-02-2006, 05:18 PM   #5
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what about flushing the system with desil someone told me this might get the rattles to go???
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Old 19-02-2006, 12:57 AM   #6
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@#$%ing :
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Old 13-03-2006, 09:07 PM   #7
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yeah if its the e/a,b,d box i can help ya with the cold air intake
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Old 20-11-2006, 03:26 PM   #8
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Victoria in the west suburbs for 22yrs lol (swamp lands)
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