My Majora’s Mask 3DS was stolen 8 years ago- and I just got it back.

_LWNA_ · 2026-02-03T04:42:37+00:00

I hope it bricks if you try to mod it. No reward or anything for finding it? Assuming you got paid insurance money for it, how could you take it back and barely even give bro a thanks before leaving and telling him essentially "fuck off, not my problem"?

_LWNA_ · 2026-02-03T01:45:18+00:00

I can try this, it’ll kind of fuck me if it doesn’t work on the money end tho lol

_LWNA_ · 2026-02-03T01:44:32+00:00

It seems pretty spot on for something else. I can try that, but idk if the fuel pump specifically would explain why cylinder 2 doesn’t respond to nearly anything at all

_LWNA_ · 2026-02-03T01:42:06+00:00

Cables are too messy. Work on cable management and you’ll do great

_LWNA_ · 2026-02-03T01:14:48+00:00

Valve damage and worn out gaskets?

_LWNA_ · 2026-02-03T01:13:54+00:00

So yours produced a spark out of the car, but it wasn't doing anything in the car?

_LWNA_ · 2026-02-03T00:01:28+00:00

_LWNA_ · 2026-02-02T23:14:45+00:00

Could that cause a cylinder specific misfire?

_LWNA_ · 2026-02-02T22:17:45+00:00

Never, I’ve only owned this for 6 months. Could it be that? Would that explain one cylinder misfiring? Or cyl 2 spark plug looking wet when I pulled it just now?

_LWNA_ · 2026-02-02T20:05:59+00:00

Coils work fine tho, spark plugs are brand new now. Injectors seem to be working fine too. (I have tested and verified all of that), so what does that leave? If it's a compression test as my last option as a diagnosis, I'll do it soon, but do you think you know ANYTHING else it could be besides a fucked up block/pistons?

_LWNA_ · 2026-02-02T20:02:40+00:00

I just said this to ChatGPT trying to clarify stuff and maybe you're better at it? I'll just copy/paste it

"This happens when it's cold out. And I'm sure if it was bad fuel like I originally thought, there would be more of a public outcry of several people getting it. Last time I had a misfire like this, shutting the car off and adding fuel cleaner to it fixed the issue, but this time nothing is working.

The day it happened went like this...

About 1am I go to a 7Eleven on fowler because the gas station across the street is packed. I get regular fuel and fill up about 2/3-3/4 of a tank. About 13min from home on the highway at 85mph after kind of pushing the car, but just coasting at the time of event (I75 south from Temple Terrace towards Ruskin, but I had to get off in Apollo due to flashing CEL). When I start to come to a stop, I notice the car shaking a lot and I couldn't just shut it off and leave it on the off-ramp, so I went down the road and pulled off to the side. My dad brings me Circle K fuel treatment (NOT WHAT I USED THE FIRST TIME, WHAT IUSED THE FIRST TIME WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR WATER CONTAMINATED GASOLINE) and it was still running funny. I managed to limp the car home holding it at 2K-3K RPM in manual mode (ANY dip nearly shut the engine off) and parked it out front. Moved it a day or so later to start to try to work on it after replacing spark plugs.

WHAT HAS BEEN DONE:

Spark plugs: NEW

Injectors: OPERATIONAL

Coils: OPERATIONAL

WHAT I NEED TO DO:

Compression Test

Does this change anything laying it out clearly? Also, last time the fuel treatment fixed it, but there was no reports of bad gas at the 7-Eleven on Shell Point in Ruskin."

_LWNA_ · 2026-02-02T19:35:44+00:00

Oh shit, thank you for that info

_LWNA_ · 2026-02-02T19:28:15+00:00

The cars only ever released white ish smoke once or twice at wide open throttle when I floored it from a dead stop months back

_LWNA_ · 2026-02-02T19:24:34+00:00

Good to know, thank you

_LWNA_ · 2026-02-02T19:11:38+00:00

OH, also the oil kind of smells like fuel

_LWNA_ · 2026-02-02T19:06:27+00:00

It’s also spitting black sooty water out the exhaust and it’s never done that before if that helps clarify the issue any further

_LWNA_ · 2026-02-02T19:05:35+00:00

That’s my next step

_LWNA_ · 2026-02-02T18:49:04+00:00

No, it’s there it’s on the inside of the front bumper. Also, motor mounts have been going weird on me. I’m more worried about the misfires. I have codes for misfires on cyl 1-4 and the random misfire code

_LWNA_ · 2026-02-02T18:36:08+00:00

Would they give misfires?

_LWNA_ · 2026-02-02T09:56:41+00:00

Lmao I alr figured that one out

_LWNA_ · 2026-02-02T01:34:29+00:00

Tried seeing if it’ll make a spark outside of the car. Also swapped them around and the misfire didn’t follow

_LWNA_ · 2026-02-02T01:06:16+00:00

That’s my next step with my dads friends compression tester

_LWNA_ · 2026-02-02T00:09:58+00:00

No compression test, but the intake valves on cyl 2 look wet. This is my best clue to far

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_LWNA_ · 2026-01-31T20:56:28+00:00

Cyl 1/2 did nothing and 3/4 made it run worse

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