Hello folks:
Well after 3 months of night work in the shop, and countless hours reading the posts here, I installed a rebuilt engine (I've attached 2 pics of the rebuilt, before and after I cleaned it up) and got it to fire up today. I'm a complete novice at this.
Now the engine runs very rough, especially at idle (ran well before in donor car).I've read several posts about rough idle syndrome but have some questions:
First; I would think its best to check the sealing of my S/C tubes. They are tight, but I used permatex blue gasket maker to form the seal between each junction of the tubes (upper and lower). Is this acceptable? I could find no gaskets, so should I open them up and reseal them with more permatex?
Next, a lot of the posts use terms like MAF, IAC, ECC which leave me a little in the dark. The check engine light stays lit all the time, and there is a fair amount of backfiring, or popping. Can I test these components above with a multimeter?
One last major concern. I took it around the block (without hood) only to find that I almost could not accelerate (very slow to respond) but the brakes are almost non-existant. I had to stand on the brake pedal with both feet to stop! This was not an issue for the previous owner. Not sure if this is related to what I imagine could be a major loss of vacum along the way.
Thanks for your patience and input as I'm sure this could be a bit of work to get running right. Oh well, getting there is half the fun!
Thanks, Art
Well after 3 months of night work in the shop, and countless hours reading the posts here, I installed a rebuilt engine (I've attached 2 pics of the rebuilt, before and after I cleaned it up) and got it to fire up today. I'm a complete novice at this.
Now the engine runs very rough, especially at idle (ran well before in donor car).I've read several posts about rough idle syndrome but have some questions:
First; I would think its best to check the sealing of my S/C tubes. They are tight, but I used permatex blue gasket maker to form the seal between each junction of the tubes (upper and lower). Is this acceptable? I could find no gaskets, so should I open them up and reseal them with more permatex?
Next, a lot of the posts use terms like MAF, IAC, ECC which leave me a little in the dark. The check engine light stays lit all the time, and there is a fair amount of backfiring, or popping. Can I test these components above with a multimeter?
One last major concern. I took it around the block (without hood) only to find that I almost could not accelerate (very slow to respond) but the brakes are almost non-existant. I had to stand on the brake pedal with both feet to stop! This was not an issue for the previous owner. Not sure if this is related to what I imagine could be a major loss of vacum along the way.
Thanks for your patience and input as I'm sure this could be a bit of work to get running right. Oh well, getting there is half the fun!
Thanks, Art