Lunchietey Member 84 Member For: 14y 8m 18d Gender: Male Location: WA Posted 04/08/17 11:29 AM Author Share Posted 04/08/17 11:29 AM So this suddenly got worse. Idle fuel consumption went up to 2.5-3l HR and idle got really bad. Also came with a rushing air sound. Seems after all the head scratching, it looks like the rather common cylinder 1 inlet manifold gasket leak. Grabbed a gasket today and will try and get it done tomorrow 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/93363-odd-single-cylinder-misfire-only-at-lowest-idle/page/2/#findComment-1643368 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,331 Member For: 19y 6m 29d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 09/08/17 01:58 AM Share Posted 09/08/17 01:58 AM On 19/07/2017 at 2:41 AM, Ralph Wiggum said: Vaccum leaks Expand AHEM Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/93363-odd-single-cylinder-misfire-only-at-lowest-idle/page/2/#findComment-1643467 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidxr6t skids Donating Members 2,754 Member For: 12y 3m 24d Gender: Not Telling Posted 09/08/17 02:07 AM Share Posted 09/08/17 02:07 AM the falcon whisperer ^ Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/93363-odd-single-cylinder-misfire-only-at-lowest-idle/page/2/#findComment-1643468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 17y 5m 25d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 09/08/17 02:08 AM Share Posted 09/08/17 02:08 AM Did you spray the region to confirm. It temporally seals the leak so you can determine exactly where it's coming from. Good luck with the bolts on No 6 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/93363-odd-single-cylinder-misfire-only-at-lowest-idle/page/2/#findComment-1643469 Share on other sites More sharing options...
4321 Bronze Donating Members 257 Member For: 11y 26d Posted 09/08/17 09:35 AM Share Posted 09/08/17 09:35 AM You can spray it with 'start ya bastard' with it idling which will show where it's sucking air (it will run better/worse when hit the air leak) Don't try & change it with a hot engine or we'll hear you squelling in pain from here! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/93363-odd-single-cylinder-misfire-only-at-lowest-idle/page/2/#findComment-1643479 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,331 Member For: 19y 6m 29d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 10/08/17 02:21 AM Share Posted 10/08/17 02:21 AM On 09/08/2017 at 2:08 AM, arronm said: Good luck with the bolts on No 6 Expand Bottom bolt from the bottom. Top bolt 1/4drv Ratchet,100mm extension and uni joint. 2 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/93363-odd-single-cylinder-misfire-only-at-lowest-idle/page/2/#findComment-1643498 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunchietey Member 84 Member For: 14y 8m 18d Gender: Male Location: WA Posted 14/08/17 02:32 AM Author Share Posted 14/08/17 02:32 AM (edited) I have a fairly comprehensive tool kit. Apart from lots of grazes I didn't have too much trouble with almost any of them. The #6 bottom bolt wasn't really all that hard. I used a combination of a 1/4 socket with a small extension to crack it and then a ratchet spanner for the rest. I have multiple extensions with doubles of some short sizes to be able to make a socket extension of just about any length and angle. As well as thumb wrenches etc and ratchet spanners blah blah blah. No cheap sh*t either makes a big difference. Not comfortable for most bolts and my hands have seen better days but not all that bad. I AM a little concerned it will be hard to put back together though hahaha. This bloody Perth weather is halting progress until mid week though. Been 20-35mm of rain a day for 4 days straight and 100k gusts. Yes I sprayed to confirm. It was only a minor problem before which didn't seem to show up EXCEPT for the slightly rough idle. A quick spray around showed nothing. Only symptom I could find was the rear plug being a bit darker so I incorrectly assumed it was a fuel issue. Once a bigger piece of gasket let go and it ran like sh*t, the spray technique picked it up easily. Once I started pulling the intake etc apart, I just thought F**K IT! May as well just start doing the conversion now. Pretty easy to do oil lines, replace heater pipe with turbo heater pipe (with the water offtake) and also the oil switch tee etc with the manifold off. Would be a bit stupid to mess around with it and then probably have to take it off again anyway! Oh well she won't be running for a few weeks now haha. I do appreciate all of the suggestions by the way Edited 14/08/17 02:34 AM by Lunchietey Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/93363-odd-single-cylinder-misfire-only-at-lowest-idle/page/2/#findComment-1643610 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,331 Member For: 19y 6m 29d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 14/08/17 02:59 AM Share Posted 14/08/17 02:59 AM Make some short guide bolts for the top bolts on cyl 2 and 4. Allows you to place the gasket in situ and then hang the manifold while all the bolts go in. 22nm on the bolts with threadlock and a thin smear of RTV on the gasket and she'll be apples. 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/93363-odd-single-cylinder-misfire-only-at-lowest-idle/page/2/#findComment-1643612 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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