Misfire diagnosis and harness routing

I haven't timed too many engines, but I was hoping I hadn't screwed up something so simple. Of course, if it's not this, it's probably some other stupid thing I screwed up along the way. I do occasionally overlook the obvious.

 

So I bought new manifold gaskets so I could refit the manifold to be 100% sure it was leak free. After pulling it off I noticed that the valves in cylinder 4 looked moist/oily. I'm wondering if this is a concern?



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that gasket sealing surface dosent look so nice i hope you plan to clean it up before you put a gasket on it

 

Yeah, carb cleaner, razor blades, rags, etc. I'll make it pretty. I just want to be sure there isn't a valve issue before I put the manifold back on. I have had this nagging worry despite the good compression tests since the timing was off.

 

yea with good reason. you said you did a leak down to right?

 

Yes, I got between 10 and 15% loss on an entirely cold engine.

 

Just listened to your video. Have you drained the oil and inspected it for bearing material?

 

No, I just put this motor in, because my old one lost a bearing. I can turn this motor over by hand without any real resistance though. It came directly from Psychorunner's car, which was supposedly in good running condition when he pulled it.

 

Anybody?

 

It's too cold to think. Haha.

 

I gave you my diagnoses, inspect the oil. The video sounds like rod knock. You can spin them easily because there are no bearings left.

 

True enough. even with a 70K BTU heater I'd rather wait until the temp warms up to start wrenching again.

I got that and it's next on my list of things to do. I am still wondering about the exhaust valves though. I don't want to put the exhaust manifolds back on until I have some idea if the look of those exhaust valves is an issue or not. I'm trying to do things one step at a time so there is no confusion about potential problems.