kyrios Eustace
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1998 c1500 5.7L Vortec
So I took my truck to the shop for a fuel issue. It’s just sending a ton of unburnt fuel out of my exhaust.
Mechanic said to put a new ECU/ECM.
Took my truck home and it died right in front of the house.
My exhaust pushrod was bent on Cylinder 1.
Replaced the pushrods, but I was getting really bad misfires on cylinder 1.
Well my #1 spark plug was a little bent on the end (where the wire plugs on) but I also wanted to make sure there was no cylinder damage or cracked heads. (I had just put new heads on a month before this) (fuel issue has been an ongoing issue for the last year and a half)
Well I took the head off and saw some damage on the face of my #1 cylinder where the exhaust valve is positioned.
Valve looks fine still, no damage.
But am concerned about this cylinder.
I’m assuming I had the rocker tightened too tight or it slipped loose when I did my first valve adjustment and that cause the valve to get stuck open and the cylinder smacked into it, causing the pushrod to bend???
But now what do i do, call it good and put it back together? Or will I have an issue with this cylinder.
I’ll post some pics right now
(I am not really a mechanic and am kinda learning on the side)
So I took my truck to the shop for a fuel issue. It’s just sending a ton of unburnt fuel out of my exhaust.
Mechanic said to put a new ECU/ECM.
Took my truck home and it died right in front of the house.
My exhaust pushrod was bent on Cylinder 1.
Replaced the pushrods, but I was getting really bad misfires on cylinder 1.
Well my #1 spark plug was a little bent on the end (where the wire plugs on) but I also wanted to make sure there was no cylinder damage or cracked heads. (I had just put new heads on a month before this) (fuel issue has been an ongoing issue for the last year and a half)
Well I took the head off and saw some damage on the face of my #1 cylinder where the exhaust valve is positioned.
Valve looks fine still, no damage.
But am concerned about this cylinder.
I’m assuming I had the rocker tightened too tight or it slipped loose when I did my first valve adjustment and that cause the valve to get stuck open and the cylinder smacked into it, causing the pushrod to bend???
But now what do i do, call it good and put it back together? Or will I have an issue with this cylinder.
I’ll post some pics right now
(I am not really a mechanic and am kinda learning on the side)
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