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07-01-2008, 06:06 PM
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Re: 1998 2.4 = interference engine?
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 that works though! I had my gas can stolen repeatedly. SO I dr'd up some gas and I knew it would smoke good. Thier dirt bikes didnt last them long after that. 
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1999 Grand Am SS 3.4 OHV 
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#17
07-03-2008, 03:51 PM
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Re: 1998 2.4 = interference engine?
haha, I like that smoke idea. When my gas can was stolen awhile back, I was going to mix sugar and water and mix that with the gas, because someone over on the Chevy forums said sugar doesn't disolve in gas but it does in water?
 I was also going to put in a few cups of that super-fine gravel dust that gets everywhere, hopefully get most of it past their fuel filter  Anyway, to make them take this liquid, I would have to put it inside my gas tank first, so sabotaging the gas isn't an option.
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'04 Cavalier coupe M/T 2.2 Ecotec Supercharged 14 PSI boost, charge air cooler, 42# injectors Tuned with HP Tuners Poly engine/trans/control arm bushings Self built and self programmed progressive methanol injection system
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#18
07-06-2008, 03:39 PM
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Re: 1998 2.4 = interference engine?
Well, I got the engine back together on Saturday and it runs great again. I got about 1/16" of carbon off the pistons, intake valves, intake, and about 1/8" off the back of the throttle valve... I wonder if that was hurting the performance any?
 The bad news, my first attempt at figuring out how to "reset" the new tensioner was a complete failure (still rattles but nowhere near as bad). The good news is that I think there may be time on Monday to do that while I'm at work. One thing that made me a bit nervous is that one piston was different than the others, 3 were machined flat, and the other appeared to have been polished around the portion that is under the valves, and the very front and very back was machined flat (on a different machine than the other 3, judging from the swirl marks). I'm wondering which one GM used, and what else was mix-n-matched in the bottom end when the piston swap was done. 
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'04 Cavalier coupe M/T 2.2 Ecotec Supercharged 14 PSI boost, charge air cooler, 42# injectors Tuned with HP Tuners Poly engine/trans/control arm bushings Self built and self programmed progressive methanol injection system
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#19
07-06-2008, 10:27 PM
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Re: 1998 2.4 = interference engine?
Use boiled linseed oil in the gas. Mixes up real well. When the boiled linseed oil is heated it turns into like an epoxy and the engine seizes but it will cause the engine to smoke like hell.
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#20
07-07-2008, 03:46 PM
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Re: 1998 2.4 = interference engine?
I'll have to remember that... I was meaning to leave an old gas can outside with a trace of gas in it hoping someone would take it again, maybe now I'll do that
 Anyway, I feel like a f****** idiot now... Shopkey has an absolutely horrible explanation (and worse diagrams) of how to reset the tensioner. If anyone runs into one in the future, here's all you do (eliminating 6 steps and 4 diagrams from ShopKey) Press the tensioner piston in all the way by pressing it down on a workbench. Install it in the car and put a screwdriver between the piston and the tensioner shoe and twist it so you push the tensioner piston in again, it should pop out and put tension on the chain. That's all there is to it! I didn't have time to do it today, but tomorrow's schedule was looking slow when I left today. (So with my luck I'll get it done on Saturday)
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'04 Cavalier coupe M/T 2.2 Ecotec Supercharged 14 PSI boost, charge air cooler, 42# injectors Tuned with HP Tuners Poly engine/trans/control arm bushings Self built and self programmed progressive methanol injection system
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