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    Misfire under load, increase with engine warmth and run time

    Having a hard time with this one. Cold, runs fine for a few minutes, plenty of power. Warm, misfires while accelerating at any speed. Hot, misfires increasingly. After a few hours it's running on one or two pistons. Runs fine after cool off. Recently, I replaced vacuum hoses and fuel filter...
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    Elusive Electrical Problems

    I posted pics mostly of OBD readings and a video of engine attempting to run normally. Microsoft services Information: 1. Per the upstream O2 sensor: it wouldn't come out and the wires severed at the tip so I disconnected it. I tried connecting another one and covering it, but it doesn’t...
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    2004 computer doesn't know what day it is in 2020

    I haven't seen anything about this elsewhere on the forum, but once the year changed to 2020 my car computer doesn't have the correct day anymore. It sets day of week to one day ahead of the date. It's a minor problem but a couple of times I've looked up and said oh ****, what happened to...
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    Blowing oil smoke and gas on passenger side above header. Please help disgnose.

    As described above, I thought it was the header gasket, so I took the header out which was fully intact, and replaced the gasket. No change whatsoever. I can't see exactly where the smoking gun is because it's behind the engine and the billows are large, but it appears to be right above the...
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    Series 3 lower exhaust manifold replacement

    04 GTP blowing smoke out of the lower /rear exhaust manifold so I'm trying to replace the gasket. There are 100s of videos on intake manifold replacement but I can't find a single one regarding the exhaust manifold replacement. I know it's sandwiched between the engine and firewall and I had a...
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    Lower temp engine temp sensor needed.

    OK here's the sitch: Fans don't turn on until like 240F or whatever and I read that's by design, but in my opinion that temp is way too high, especially in a car that the AC doesn't work (different story: replaced condenser and compressor from junk yard and still has slow leak that I can't find...
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    Window replacement without power

    I've done the window and motor and actuator drill before, but it was easy since the window was halfway down. Now I'm trying to replace the windows with tinted from a junkyard, which will be dirt cheap , but the source car in question has no battery and no key, and even after disconnecting the...
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