nilchaos
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Thanks to those who have helped so far, weekend there was spent getting the manifold seated properly (oddly surprised at how easy it was to remove the radiator - though removing the screws for the bumpers was a pig of a job being exposed to the elements for what would look like the life of it.
So to recap over the past week I've had the head off it to replace a burnt exhaust valve in cylinder 2 (ended up doing all the valves as it'd be false economy not to while the head is off). She had a rough idle and would misfire and you could hear the dodgy valve at the exhaust making a puffing sound.
Had an original gasket which despite the 151k on the clock had not failed over the vehicles life but I remove that, got the valves in the head and cleaned it up, checked and skimmed then put a new MLS gasket in and put it back together with as many new parts as I can.
So after getting it back together yesterday I started it up and took it out for a quick drive to make sure it was running alright - idle is not as noticeably rough though the revs do jump about between 900-1200 but while driving it 'judders', as though the clutch keeps getting pressed and released rapidly - doesn't seem to be affected by revs.
I'm going to double check the timing but I'm certain it's correct as I took three attempts at it - double checking that the crank dots were either side of the line on the case and that the sprockets were both in line with each other (locating pin is in the correct position for each as well). The belt wasn't exactly easy to go on however - was reasonably tight even with the tensioner in its relaxed state?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
So to recap over the past week I've had the head off it to replace a burnt exhaust valve in cylinder 2 (ended up doing all the valves as it'd be false economy not to while the head is off). She had a rough idle and would misfire and you could hear the dodgy valve at the exhaust making a puffing sound.
Had an original gasket which despite the 151k on the clock had not failed over the vehicles life but I remove that, got the valves in the head and cleaned it up, checked and skimmed then put a new MLS gasket in and put it back together with as many new parts as I can.
So after getting it back together yesterday I started it up and took it out for a quick drive to make sure it was running alright - idle is not as noticeably rough though the revs do jump about between 900-1200 but while driving it 'judders', as though the clutch keeps getting pressed and released rapidly - doesn't seem to be affected by revs.
I'm going to double check the timing but I'm certain it's correct as I took three attempts at it - double checking that the crank dots were either side of the line on the case and that the sprockets were both in line with each other (locating pin is in the correct position for each as well). The belt wasn't exactly easy to go on however - was reasonably tight even with the tensioner in its relaxed state?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!