ScoobyPaul

Hey guys, seems I can't go even 12 months without a problem. The car had been running brilliantly after the reco engine went in during January. Sunday it suddenly lost compression, idles really rough, has bugger all power and became a pig to drive. Wouldn't accellerate anywhere near what it used to (not that it was a rocket ship by any means, but the difference is clear.)

I took it to a good local mechanic today and he's scratching his head. The compression on the passenger side cylinders is 180psi, the drivers side measured 120psi. The injectors are getting pulse and there's plenty of spark from the leads (I replaced the leads and plugs a few months ago, so they shouldn't be the problem). He suspected a the timing belt may have jumped a notch, but the vacuum test didn't show anything amiss. Mind you, I'm not familiar with a vacuum test, so I don't know what it does and I don't know if it would show if the timing was out.

From doing my research on here and other sites, I can see it's an interference design, which leads me to believe that if it had jumped a tooth, then it's likely I would have damaged valves. But when that happens it's a rather audible affair, I have not heard any bangs, clunks or anything like that. The only difference is the exhaust note is lumpy (kind of like it has an aftermarket exhaust) and the engine shakes a lot, almost like it has a stuffed engine mount, which it doesn't have.

I'm unsure of what to check next, could testing for injector pulse have no bearing on whether or not they're actually squirting fuel? Could it just be faulty injectors? Not having done a compression test myself, does the pressure reading come from when the engine is running? Does anyone have any idea on what we should look at next?

The pulleys are all ok too, no problems there.

Cheers all, I'm really stumped and this is my everyday car, so any help that can be offered will be greatly appreciated.

-Paul

Does anyone know where I could find (new or second hand) passenger side cargo glass? It's the fixed glass behind the rear passenger door in the wagon section.

Windscreens O'ripoff want $1098 fitted and Better Windscreens said $900. That's insanity, so if anyone could help, that would be greatly appreciated and I'll even buy you a beer or a case if you save me enough!

Thanks guys!
-Paul

Hey guys, I hope all your chrissies have been better than mine!

I was on the way to Buxton (near Picton) and the motor seized in my RX lib. No warning, just started making a horrible knocking sound, so we pulled over and then it just shut up shop. No belts are broken, no leaks and it never blew smoke. Oil level was checked only a few days ago.

Anyway, I'm not worried about diagnosing the problem, as I need to get it back on the road asap. So I'm just hunting down an EJ25 replacement motor.

Does anyone know of any places in Sydney/Western Sydney that they can recommend? I should be able to organise to pick it up so I won't need delivery and I can do the transplant myself so that's all cool.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Cheers guys,
-Paul

PS: I can't remember if the motor would be a twin cam or a quad cam? I'm now nowhere near the car to check...does anyone know?