Bill Ball

My conclusion is weak battery, flooding, weaker battery, more flooding. The plugs were dripping wet. Eventually with some drying out and cranking it for quite a while, it responded. Mark was happy, but I wasn't at first. It seemed to be running on 7 cyls, and there was a lot of clatter (sticky lifters), but an Italian tune-up did the job as Mark reports. It ran pretty smoothly after he drove it on the freeway at high RPM for a while.

We found oil around the plugs (cam cover seals). The car needs to be gone through in terms of vacuum lines and top end seals, and I would have the injectors cleaned while the manifold is off. Mark has the right attitude. With a little attention it should be ready for another 140K miles.

heinrich

Bill

Nicole

Awesome!!!

jorj7

Mark,

It was good meeting you and your wife (and your 928).



I'm glad Bill and I were able to be of some help.



I hope you get all the other things taken care of, I think you'll enjoy
the car when it's 100% healthy.

And thanks for helping Bill and I remove the rear seats in my car.



Bill thank you also. By the way, I forgot I need to remove the door panels,
so I guess I have something to do tomorrow.

dr bob

Two sense of advice--

If the engine was way flooded, and it sounds like it was, the lifter clatter could easily be the result of a little oil dilution from the gas. You were probably due for a change soon anyway. Cheap insurance. You can do a sniff test on the dipstick, but it takes a lot of gas to show up that way.

Glad you guys figgered it out!

Bill Ball

Right on, dr. bob!