well my car always doesnt run good for some odd reason, but recently it hasnt been good at all, bad starts, like it would hit 1200, then drop down to 800, then back up to 1000 at idle, this is during starts, when it normally would go up to like 1800 then back down to 1000 for idle til warm, it started doing that after i installed my ported intake, but not immediately after, a few days later, so i doubt it had anything to do with that. also voltage is never good, sometimes its high, sometimes its low, sometimes it seems like its charging, other times it doesnt, going by my volt gauge and SAFC...

and just the other day, i realized i was low on oil, so i went to autozone, and they didnt have the kind i use in the weight i use (5w-30), but had it in 10w-30, and the guy said it would be ok to mix them (he happens to be a friend of mine i went to school with, and even let me use his discount the other day because i bought a bigger tranny cooler and fluid) and i noticed that after that, my car was leaking oil a lot, and my friend on here told me its bad to mix different oils, so i was gonna get it changed today, and ran seafoam through the oil and combustion chamberto see if that would help any, and got to wal-mart, but they were closed, so i took it home, and went to check where all the oil was coming from cause its a lot leaking, but couldnt tell.

and to make matters worse, the is oil everywhere on the back side of the engine, not really on the block, but everything else, like the alternator, the bottom side of the lower intake plenum, all the wiring, on one of the heater hoses, even some on the passenger side lower control arm. and i can see the head and head gasket from the back side underneath, and the head still looks brand new, and the headgasket looked fine to me, no oil on it or anything...im thinking it could be coming from the T fitting i have for my oil pressure gauge, but cant tell, but would that explain it getting everywhere back there???

i also did a compression test, and got weird numbers...
#1 was 185, #2 had oil on bottom of plug, but was 200, #3 was 205, and #4 was 195, and all were a little black, but not bad bad

so whats up with that??? also, it sometimes overheats a little during idle at a stop light, but not a lot, just like 1/3 of the way up from normal, but it still scares the hell out of me. also, last time i checked timing, which wasnt to long ago, the marks were even, but this was using a screwdriver in the plug hole, so the crank may have been off a tiny tiny bit from TDC, but basically timing is right, so we can eliminate that... any ideas anyone, im so sick of this car and wanna get rid of it, but i also dont want to...

Well, I didnt feel like reading your whole post because I have a headache from looking at it, but for your oil leak atleast, I bet its coming from your cam seals. I had the same spots of oil all over the back and passenger side shit, and sure enough, garabge camshaft seals. Check those bad boys and give an update.

if your overheating at idle then you have serious issues. I am willing to be the headgasket is garbage or yu have a serious airpocket.

Clean the motor off with engine degreaser and find the leak. Or take it to a shop and have them do it for you. Easy to find a leak that large.

Terry

well its not overheating, just going up slightly, and today it got worse, first it wouldnt upshift, then it started missing, like when i would stop, then go again, it would miss a few times, then go, so i tried to replace the MAP sensor, but it didnt help to much, but for some odd reason, when i shut the car off after replacing it, there is this odd loud clicking sound coming from the engine, like by the injectors or somewhere around that area...my car is so screwed up, i dont know what to do...

Originally posted by bloodyangel1
well its not overheating, just going up slightly, and today it got worse, first it wouldnt upshift, then it started missing, like when i would stop, then go again, it would miss a few times, then go, so i tried to replace the MAP sensor, but it didnt help to much, but for some odd reason, when i shut the car off after replacing it, there is this odd loud clicking sound coming from the engine, like by the injectors or somewhere around that area...my car is so screwed up, i dont know what to do...

You main problem is that massive amount of oil leaking. The ticking could be alot of things. Focus on the oil leak, all your other problems are difficult to troubleshoot (and possibly irrellevent) if you dont fix the leak. Your motor will blow without oil. Good luck


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Originally posted by DarkOne
You're fine. Everything is fine. Your EGT vacuum level fine. Theres sunshine and birds and dancing and shit going on everything is so fine. YAY! What the fuck are you talking about?

As mentioned above, the first thing you need to do is find where the oil is coming from. Hopefully it's the fitting for your gauge, since that would be the easiest fix, imo. I'm pretty sure there is a UV leak detector you can add to the oil (like you would on the AC) where a black light and goggles will let you see where the oil is coming out after you've cleaned the engine up.

Unless you confirmed that all the timing marks are lined up properly, you can't eliminate timing. Sure, you could assume it's goo because you were at TDC in one cylinder when the cam marks lined up, but I wouldn't trust it unless I saw all four marks where they needed to be. Just me.

If you're idling all over the map like that, it could either be a vac leak, IAC, or ,in some cases, the CLT (most common culprits I've seen). Timing can cause poor idle, but in my experiences, its usually going to give you a slower, shittier idle.

Wish I could help you more, man. Keep the faith. You'll get there soon.

EDIT:
Just had a thought. Didn't you lose the timing belt and bend up some valves right after you got the engine installed? In which case you had to pull the head to replace them, right? So did you reuse the stock head bolts? Did you use ARPs? How tight did you torque them?

Just another thought.