01 grand am 3400 head gasket?

[LoMbArD]

long story short, yes, I'm still working on this. . .thanks for the pic xeroinfinity, it was quite helpful. all my pushrods were in the correct places, but two of my rocker arms were loose. . .aparently some idiot didn't torque them down correctly. I'm thinking that was the cause of tapping that I heard, as well as the slight rough running.

On to the question of the day. is there supposed to be an o-ring where the fuel line attaches to the fuel rail? It seems kinda loose and I would expect that if I put fuel pressure to it I would be spraying fuel all over the place. There wasn't an o-ring on the line when I took it off (unless it broke and flew off somewhere before I saw) but it was really snug when I took it off, now not so much.

[3100]

yes there is an o-ring.

[LoMbArD]

thanks, got the o-ring, and now everything's back together. I'll be a happy man after I fire her up and run a few oil changes through her tonight.

[LoMbArD]

just wanted to say thanks to everyone that helped me out. i'm back driving something that gets halfway decent gas mileage. the grand am is purring like a kitten.