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Originally Posted by Bimmer360
 Thank you! |
Nope, the people on this forum that gave advice do though!
Also, just to tidy things up. I've put a couple hundred miles on it after a fresh oil change, passed emissions, and did a compression test on Cylinder 1 just now.
Compression Numbers:
Before cleaner / After cleaner / After 'corrective' Valve stem surgery Cyl 1
- 55 / 22 / 192
- 195 /208 / didn't test
- 200 /215 / didn't test
- 205 /210 / didn't test
- 211 /207 / didn't test
- 194 /200 / didn't test
I've been going easy on it for a while, except for the last few miles home today and it seems like everything is normal, for an 11 year old V8. No misfires, no MIL/CEL, no stuttering, no hesitation, no rough idle, no fouling of Cylinder 1 spark plug.
Only issue that's popped up since all this work was a code for Fine Evap leak (P0442 I think). I bought a new gas cap and that appears to have fixed the issue. Hopefully.
The old one was original and the seal was really worn out.
I also finally had time to clean off a bunch of grime from the PO's lack of care/old oil leaks (that I fixed) and still need to do some more, but looking much nicer under the hood now.
Now on to all those 'other' codes that need fixing... (windshield washer leak, RLS sensor codes, transfer case oil - 0054C6, TPMS - hoping just a dead battery in one of the sensors)