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Originally Posted by JustJeff
I'm hoping it's fouled plugs. My plugs are fouling so the engine runs great when fresh ones are put in and within a couple weeks you can hear and feel a change in the engine as they foul. Any other thoughts on what it could be? TPS, timing...anything else anyone can think of?
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Hard to say, but to cause spark plugs to foul that badly and that quickly means something is really out of whack.
The engine will run with quite a bit more fuel that needed and timing off by as much as 10-degrees (or slightly more) without giving a hint of something is wrong.
You're not running really cold plugs - colder than 9's?
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I'm also giving thought to pulling only the engine and leaving the tranny. Reason being, I have Royal Purple fluid in the tranny. I can drain it and save it, but in that process some will be lost and I don't want to buy another bottle simply to top it off. Seems that the engine pull would be much easier, but putting it in will be tougher. Any thoughts from more experienced members?
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I'm one of those weird ones that prefer to leave the trans in place...
Would love to have the space and equipment to handle both the trans and the engine install at the same time, but in most cases, this is the opposite.
With the aide of an engine tilter (this REALLY helps), installing the engine back into the trans usually takes me about 15 minutes.
The PITA part is alternating the trans bolts between top and bottom - you end up with quite a work-out!
-Ted