Recent content by Wwall

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    Timing advance screw/bolt location?

    When I first had my 7mgte rebuilt, my car was idling really low and felt like it was misfiring (it would shake hard and almost die at a stop light, but was fine when i gassed it) -the guys at the shop told me this was part of the break in process and turned a screw near the alternator's...
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    Valve cover gasket change, flooded spark plug valley clean up question

    Thanks, the No. 3 cylinder cover was bad. I fit 20mm o-rings over the 4 14mm bolts and will pop them in tomorrow after a compression test + spark plug change. I bought NGK platinums for the time being, should I have them gapped - or is the factory gap fine? I also picked up a bunch of hosing...
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    Valve cover gasket change, flooded spark plug valley clean up question

    Hey guys, I'm changing out my leaking valve cover gaskets for new ones on my 7mgte. I've removed the ISC piping, 3000 pipe, PCV piping and coil packs. When I pulled the plug end of the spark plug wires off of the plugs, I saw that the spark plug valley was flooded with black oil - I'm sure...
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    1st Post, "new" Mk3 owner - still working out the problems - PICS!

    That orange bit in the last picture is my oil filter, if anyone notices something I could easily fix, I APPRECIATE ANY FEEDBACK AND ADVICE (im still learning!) Heres the "hole" i found in the exhaust pipe just after the turbo, didnt take too long to find this one :P And here is...
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    1st Post, "new" Mk3 owner - still working out the problems - PICS!

    Hey everyone, I first bought my '90 7mgte - targa about two summers ago from a buddy for $3k. When I first got her, she had a pierced high-pressure power-steering hose that would cause the PS reservoir to drain from full to empty in a matter of hours. After getting that fixed, I neglected to...