318 2bbl won't idle without choke
Well, a little update. Since I was planning on replacing the water pump anyway, I thought I might was well put a new timing chain on and investigate the old one to rule it out. Turns out that was the right call. Chunks of at least three teeth are missing, and the chain has enough slack to slap the timing cover (which makes an awful rattling sound I attributed to the water pump and hadn't noticed at all until last week when I put the exhaust on, it was open manifolds before that).
So carb blockages aside, my valve timing is clearly whack. I also presumably have chunks of nylon floating around in my engine somewhere. Is this game over for this engine, or can I attempt to drop the pan and hopefully find the chunks sitting in the bottom? I'm not sure if the 318 has an extra oil pump screen and filter like my VW does.
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Well, a little update. Since I was planning on replacing the water pump anyway, I thought I might was well put a new timing chain on and investigate the old one to rule it out. Turns out that was the right call. Chunks of at least three teeth are missing, and the chain has enough slack to slap the timing cover (which makes an awful rattling sound I attributed to the water pump and hadn't noticed at all until last week when I put the exhaust on, it was open manifolds before that).
So carb blockages aside, my valve timing is clearly whack. I also presumably have chunks of nylon floating around in my engine somewhere. Is this game over for this engine, or can I attempt to drop the pan and hopefully find the chunks sitting in the bottom? I'm not sure if the 318 has an extra oil pump screen and filter like my VW does.
