kart_racer
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So I have been chasing engine vibrations and a miss for a while now.
After converting to a manual, a drive showed vibration in the engine. Looking under the bonnet I could see the harmonic balancer & bolt moving noticably at idle. I thought that it would be extremely unlikely for the balancer to go bad at exactly the same time we did the conversion, and assumed that it was a bad or misaligned dual mass flywheel.
The time came to replace the DMF with a solid flywheel and Mal Wood mentioned that vibrations could be caused by an incorrect balancer which, in his experience, didn't show up until the cars were converted to manuals. After putting the new flywheel on, the engine seems different, but some vibraton and misfiring is still there.
Mal Wood told us to get a VR balancer as they were the best ones...My question is, has anyone else heard of this? It seems counterintuitive to me to fit a buick engine balancer to an ecotec?Also, could a bad/incorrect balancer cause the timing to be out and be causing my miss and lack of low down power?
Thanks,
Dave
After converting to a manual, a drive showed vibration in the engine. Looking under the bonnet I could see the harmonic balancer & bolt moving noticably at idle. I thought that it would be extremely unlikely for the balancer to go bad at exactly the same time we did the conversion, and assumed that it was a bad or misaligned dual mass flywheel.
The time came to replace the DMF with a solid flywheel and Mal Wood mentioned that vibrations could be caused by an incorrect balancer which, in his experience, didn't show up until the cars were converted to manuals. After putting the new flywheel on, the engine seems different, but some vibraton and misfiring is still there.
Mal Wood told us to get a VR balancer as they were the best ones...My question is, has anyone else heard of this? It seems counterintuitive to me to fit a buick engine balancer to an ecotec?Also, could a bad/incorrect balancer cause the timing to be out and be causing my miss and lack of low down power?
Thanks,
Dave
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