Reveler's Revenge
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UPDATE:
Over the past several days I have replaced the distributor cap, rotor arm, and plug wires. They were all originals dating back to 2000. The cap actually had the engine paint line on it! I also double checked the firing order to be sure that I didn't goof that up.
The symptoms have changed slightly. The engine will not start unless throttle is wide open. Then it runs very rough until warming slightly and will stall if I drop the throttle back to idle immediately. After less than thirty seconds I can take it back to idle on the throttle without a stall.. Plenty of white smoke during the warm up time and it decreases to almost none once the engine has warmed to approximately 100 degrees. The engine runs at normal operating temperature (170-175...not a degree higher). Once warmed up it is still running rough but but can take a quick throttle up and back to idle without stalling (gunning it). The vibration from the engine seems its worst at 1900rpm. Above that it smooths out significantly but still a bit rough.
I'm open to suggestions but may have reached the limit of my abilities on this problem.
Over the past several days I have replaced the distributor cap, rotor arm, and plug wires. They were all originals dating back to 2000. The cap actually had the engine paint line on it! I also double checked the firing order to be sure that I didn't goof that up.
The symptoms have changed slightly. The engine will not start unless throttle is wide open. Then it runs very rough until warming slightly and will stall if I drop the throttle back to idle immediately. After less than thirty seconds I can take it back to idle on the throttle without a stall.. Plenty of white smoke during the warm up time and it decreases to almost none once the engine has warmed to approximately 100 degrees. The engine runs at normal operating temperature (170-175...not a degree higher). Once warmed up it is still running rough but but can take a quick throttle up and back to idle without stalling (gunning it). The vibration from the engine seems its worst at 1900rpm. Above that it smooths out significantly but still a bit rough.
I'm open to suggestions but may have reached the limit of my abilities on this problem.