So I just got done reading the other 4 page forum on how his car was having starting problems. Mine is also having the same problems...
The head gasket has been going bad and it was leaking coolent. So I thought I might as well change the head gasket on the car.
It was a long process and I also put a straight edge on the head to find out that it was warped. I took it down to a machine shop to have it resurfaced FLAT replaced the head gasket. Put on a new timing belt. Started up with some effort and ran great! better then before. Did a compression test Cylinder 1 and 3 good compression 2 and 4 are at 65 psi but it was 4am in the morning, head was slightly dirty which could cause bad readings and I kind of dismissed it since the car started up.
Let it sit out in the cold weather and bam.. has a hard time starting. Just about went crazy. It just wants to flood itself. I pull the spark plugs and they are soaked.
Today going to the salvage yard to pull another ECU, MAS, Coolent temp sensor
Going to the parts store for another set of spark plugs and spark plug wires. (if it is flooding, it feels to me like there is not enough spark)
SO my question is that can low compression be messing up the starting? It started just FINE last year. Infact that was a complement that I had was that it started off really quickly. That was before the 4g37 stuff but after the swap it started just fine. I also remember owning a ford Bronco with low compression that started really easy also.
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