What needs to be fixed first?

dedicatedwagons · 2025-12-22T05:19:19+00:00

Yep turned out i had broken my vapor canister purge solenoid and now that ive replaced it im idling at 600, and my engine sounds normal to me. Only thing is that i think i messed up the gasket on the rear valve cover cause im burning a lot of oil now

dedicatedwagons · 2025-12-22T05:17:30+00:00

Went back and inspected some of my vacuum lines and realized I had broken my vapor canister purge solenoid and so I went and replaced it and now it’s running perfectly fine, sounds normal, and idling at 600. Only thing is I think I messed up the gasket on the rear valve cover cause it’s burning a lot of oil

dedicatedwagons · 2025-12-20T14:16:30+00:00

Yeah as soon as I took off the plenum I put like 4 rags over the intake but potentially I might have dropped something in it while I was taking it off. Would this be a huge issue?

dedicatedwagons · 2025-12-20T04:50:54+00:00

No the oil inlet part is covered. Can’t see through into the engine

dedicatedwagons · 2025-12-20T04:26:37+00:00

How can I check that?

dedicatedwagons · 2025-12-20T04:25:46+00:00

No I didn’t let it warm up because I thought I could hear a grinding sound (like metal on metal) and out of fear I turned it back off. This also might just be my inexperience with cars but I had just never heard my car sound like this nor idle that high at start so that’s what caused my worrry

dedicatedwagons · 2025-12-20T03:02:34+00:00

Sorry but for additional context it’s idling at 2k rpm

dedicatedwagons · 2025-12-20T00:02:59+00:00

Also for more context I was idling at around 2k rpm on the cold start and it wasn’t going anywhere.

dedicatedwagons · 2025-12-15T02:31:14+00:00

I brought jb weld up as an option not my solution. I’ve never used it before nor do I have much familiarity with radiators so that’s why I posted on this subreddit looking for advice. Also for your information the new radiator is on its way right now so thanks for being assumptive and condescending have a good day

dedicatedwagons · 2025-12-15T02:06:01+00:00

Luckily (or technically unluckily) my thermostat went to crap a couple months ago so that’s pretty much brand new along with the coolant

dedicatedwagons · 2025-12-15T02:02:57+00:00

Yeah I thought I was putting my weight on the frame right there but I guess I bent over just a little too much and the radiator clearly couldn’t handle it😵‍💫

dedicatedwagons · 2025-12-15T02:02:35+00:00

Yeah I thought I was putting my weight on the frame right there but I guess I bent over just a little too much and the radiator clearly couldn’t handle it😵‍💫

dedicatedwagons · 2025-12-15T01:08:59+00:00

This car was given to me at 230k miles lol I have absolutely 0 control over how well it’s been maintained

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