Valve Train Tap 2003 GAGT

lol kevlar! I hear that i did a head gasket job in the winter just in front of my nice enclosed garage because it was full of junk :P. Nice to see a 3.1 lol. Been a while since i had my 1990 grand prix le 3.1. Also had the chevrolet celebrity 2.8.
 
richardgriese said:
Remove the throttle body
Remove the upper intake manifold
Remove the fuel rail
Remove the lower intake
Remove the valve covers
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After the upper intake manifold is removed, will i have to remove the
serpentine belt and various pulleys? i read that there are two bolts holding the LIM in place that you wont have access to unless you remove the power steering pump. Is this true?
 
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I can't help with the bolts, but make sure and keep track of where the pushrods came from. They are different lenghts
 
Yes that is correct sorry. I am sure the alternator come off too not looking at it right now but give yourself enough space. I think the rest can stay on lest you want to do a timing job. I will want a 10mm wrench for those bolts.

I think the exhausts are shorter that the intake and the order is

firewall: Ex-In-Ex-In-In-Ex (odd side)
Radiator: Ex-In-In-Ex-In-Ex (even side)

Double check me as you go tho.

Edit: be careful with the power steering. The reservoir is plastic and the hose connection on the back can break off. The power steering comes off by removing 3 bolts - you need to rotate the power steering pump and fit a socket in those holes found in the pulley
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see those 2 bolts holes that are near the front, at an angle, and opposite eachother, imagine a duplicate set on the opposite side. (power steering)

There are 8 bolts total
 
The research is going well, breaking it down into groups has made it much easier to comprehend and locate information. I've got a few tools to pick up this weekend (compression gauge, inch toruqe) so i think next weekend will be the perfect time.

Unrelated ~
Aftermarket headlights came in today:) after cutting nearly all of the stock headlight bracket out and finding some electrical schematics i was finally able to get them in! Looks much more aggressive and i can finally see at night aha.
 
very cool and ive always liked that hood i need to repair mine it came with hail damage when i bought it. lights look good!
 
Thanks! Do you know if the scoops are factory welded shut? I'm looking into buying one of those custom grille sets and i'm not sure how i'd get the inserts in with it being welded shut and all.
 
idk never seen them up close. mine is a standard hood. get an angle grinder and hack em off or a dremel but it will take a while. take the padding off underneath and have a look if you want to change it
 
Last weekend while communting home from town a dash light poped up SES -P302. Did a little research and the code translates to cyl 2 misfire. Is it safe to assume that this is probably related to my valve train noise? I've parked the car untill i can get around to solving the original issue, wouldn't want to do any access damage.
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Never safe to assume with a misfire, there are so many possible causes. Probably good to give the girl a break till you get it all sorted out.
 
Wednesday night my buddy came and picked the car up. Lacking the extra time in my day i decided to have someone else do the work for me. Hes in the process of putting it back together as we speak, but it was a collapsed lifter, and it did happen to be in the second cylinder which leads me to believe it'll take care of the misfire. Anyways, I had him double check the rest of the lifters, cam lobes, push rods and rocker arms and everything looks okay and in working condition according to him. Its too bad i couldn't put my new knowledge to the test, but it sure did well by me when discussing the issue with other mechanics. Glad to be back on the road and problem free! (knock on wood!!)

Thanks once again guys ~
 
Problems back. Havent experienced any issues this past week but today when i went to start my car to go to work it was ticking just as loud as before. Tech buddy said he replaced one of the lifters and manually inspected the others and the cam shaft, all of which looked fine and solved the problem completely.

I'm sort of in awe it feels like a nightmare lol! i find it very odd that overnight my thought to be solved problem could resurface. I'm going to go on a limb here and ASSUME that the lifters are still okay....perhaps its an oil pressure issue?

Cars parked once again till i can get this figured out.
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driving to Grocerie store to load money on my debit to order the other 11 lifters, on my way home car reaches operating temp and ticking vanishes.

..can you say >.<!

Now I dont know if i want to order them but if i don't order them it'll be another day before they arrive! haha.

Wonder if one of em was just clogged or sticking. and if so, am i likely to see it resurface?
 
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