Sounds like a chain of misfires... The last code you listed comes up as "misfire due to low fuel level". I would get some new plugs and wires, and check the fuel pressure as well. If that doesn't help I would suspect a sensor problem. When do the codes show up, when the engine is warm or cold?
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thanks for the input scott. it's misfiring immediately when started and it continues in the same state after warm. do i need a 2d mortgage on this one? 
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right you are. just got off the phone with him. top end is coming off and it's going to be nothing but pain from there.
i'll know more by tomorrow evening. there is zero compression in cylinder 3 and multiple misfires, probably a cam problem according to the stealer. anyone got anything? advice? free 4.6 motor with 5k miles? hemlock?
can i have "short blocks" for a thousand please alex? :doh:
i'll know more by tomorrow evening. there is zero compression in cylinder 3 and multiple misfires, probably a cam problem according to the stealer. anyone got anything? advice? free 4.6 motor with 5k miles? hemlock?
can i have "short blocks" for a thousand please alex? :doh:
and as it turns out a valve spring cracked, broke, and proceeded to fall into the valve opening after which the proverbial wrench was thrown into the proverbial fan. with the assistance of all magical things occurring inside the cylinder it proceeded to shred cylinder three and damage the block severely every time the valve found a way to open and close and ricochet the pieces of jagged spring. fixable but at a horrible price.
considering getting another p38 (which blows b/c the wife and i adored this one and it was an '02) and cannibalizing this one as the need arises. pretty much a freak thing according to the stealer. i'd have to do a short block and have the cylinder block machined if possible to guarantee good pressure and smooth stroke going forward. cost of parts is bad. amount of labor is worse. i work six days a week and just can't do it. really leaning toward a replacement 38 b/c what can i say? we love them. i don't know if i have the balls to use a classic as a daily. i'm crazy but i commute alot and need to arrive. i'm not 322 material either. it's just not me. they're great but a tad nouveau for my blood.
if i don't go 38 stay tuned for action in bst b/c just about everything else works very well.
considering getting another p38 (which blows b/c the wife and i adored this one and it was an '02) and cannibalizing this one as the need arises. pretty much a freak thing according to the stealer. i'd have to do a short block and have the cylinder block machined if possible to guarantee good pressure and smooth stroke going forward. cost of parts is bad. amount of labor is worse. i work six days a week and just can't do it. really leaning toward a replacement 38 b/c what can i say? we love them. i don't know if i have the balls to use a classic as a daily. i'm crazy but i commute alot and need to arrive. i'm not 322 material either. it's just not me. they're great but a tad nouveau for my blood.
if i don't go 38 stay tuned for action in bst b/c just about everything else works very well.
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