bad plugs....start, run for 10sec, then shut off ?

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ok so i recently all my oil shot out of my motor in one of my cars, and my main bearings and rods bearing were replaced, so was the t25. now, the car ran for a few minutes to get it up the trailer with a completely blown turbo, now that i replaced the turbo i try to start the car and it shuts off after like 10 seconds. i pull out plugs and they are dripping in oil pretty much, and they are blacked out to the max. but the thing that gets me is the car runs, but not for long. what could be wrong ?

throw out ideas and ill check it out, i just reset the timing, but i dont have plugs so i ordered them and they'll be here tomorrow so i can test the timing/plugs. any other ideas ?


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Check your compression, make sure it's getting fuel and the maf sensor is working. Those are the first things I would check at least

What does it do if you try giving it some gas when you start it?

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Are you cleaning the plugs after each time you remove them? You might have bad rings if your plugs are that saturated with oil.

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Justin35ll wrote:Check your compression, make sure it's getting fuel and the maf sensor is working. Those are the first things I would check at least

What does it do if you try giving it some gas when you start it?
could the ring of eaten themselves away when i lost oil pressure ? well the car was not smoking while it was on for the lil bit of time, i made sure. my maf, spark and fuel are on point. i know that for sure

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Unlikely but take a few minutes and do a compression test and let us know what you get. That could have been why all of your oil went shooting out.

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the converted wrote:Unlikely but take a few minutes and do a compression test and let us know what you get. That could have been why all of your oil went shooting out.
nah, i know how all the oil came out, i didn't mean it came shooting out of the exhaust, the oil shot out of the oil pressure sending unit. it somehow wiggled off and all my oil shot out. causing for a whole lot of problems. but im at school right now and when i get out im going to go pick up my plugs, and ill let you guys know what happens. i really hope that was it. also i just ordered a new starter cuz mine is sticking. could the starter stay out too long and cause the flywheel to slow down therefore shutting down the engine ?just a thought, cuz i know my starter is pretty messed up. so doing a compression test with a crappy starter is gonna suck

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ok so car runs a bit better, but i have a rip in my exhaust manifold gasket and its idles for a minute then it shuts off. so im out to go get another gasket

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You need to figure out why you have so much oil in your combustion chamber. The little exhaust leak isn't gonna make it not run. Do a leak down/blow by or compression test. How old is your fuel filter and pump sock?

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ok i got the car running, it was the bad exhaust leak, plus a vaccum leak. ok so i have water coming off of my breather hose. you know the onw that is clipped to your transmission. yeah, wtf does that go to ? cuz its leaking water, not alot, i just wanna make sure my radiator water is sealed and maybe thats just rain water from a few days ago

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-where does the breather hose next to the trannny come from ?

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it stopped coming out, must have been old water from somewhere else


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