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Car is using a lot of fuel and low engine power

Tiny
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Since clearing the codes and redoing the timing I haven't received any new codes.
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Friday, February 9th, 2018 AT 2:07 PM
Tiny
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Is the car running okay now or do you still have the issue?
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Monday, February 12th, 2018 AT 9:11 AM
Tiny
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You must be very careful with a lot of modern engines, they do not use and keys only friction washers and tapered shaft locking, if you back any of these off with out the special locking and alignment tools you can find your self in a world of pain, you may of dodged a bullet here, how is it preforming now?
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Tuesday, February 13th, 2018 AT 3:52 AM
Tiny
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On Saturday I took my car to someone else, we opened the valve case, and the intake cam didn't look right, I think it was a notch forward. So we redid the timing but we were not certain how the chain was put on the crank gear. So we tried for about 2 hours with multiple settings. Eventually the guy said it looks better. And we left it like that since it was getting dark. I drove home the car didnt have the hesitation it normally had, the ticking noise is still there. Sunday I decided to add in some oil additive, I used less then the recommended amount (recommended is 500ml, I added about 80ml) and the ticking went away. It came back and added a bit more, so there is a total of 175ml. I didnt want to use much as it thickens the oil. Today I started the car the ticking was still there. As I drove and the car warmed up the ticking went away. I drove about 37km and then I could hear the ticking very softly. Not sure what I should do next. I dont want to add any additional additive in. Not sure if I might be a valve issue due to the wrong timing before.
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Monday, February 19th, 2018 AT 1:08 AM
Tiny
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Is there a chance you can take a quick video and upload it here to the site so we can hear what the engine is doing that was we can tell for sure whats going on.
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Monday, February 19th, 2018 AT 9:55 AM
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Here is the video sorry it took so long, dont have great internet to upload.
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2018 AT 5:40 AM
Tiny
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Hmm, I would make sure the spark plugs are tight because one can be loose. If all are tight then it sounds like you have a rod knock or a broken piston. You might want to look into a factory used engine installed should be about $1,800.00 if you want to keep the car.

Sorry, thanks for the video.

Please let us know what happens.

Cheers, Ken
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2018 AT 3:06 PM
Tiny
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Hi Ken, I am expecting that it might be the valves that are bent from when the car was running with incorrect timing. I will get try to take out the spark plugs sometime today to check, hopefully will be able to see the piston from the spark plug hole. Else I will ask someone to remove the cylinder head again, sometime after I am done with work sometime middle of next month.

Not sure if I should get rid of the car or try to fix it. Since all the parts for it is horribly expensive and I just got retrenched.
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2018 AT 3:15 PM
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The quickest way to easily check for a bad valve is to do a wet and dry comp test, do the four dry readings and record the pressures, then add a small amount of engine oil, a few squirts from an oil can will do. This will seal the bottom end temporarily and when you do the wet compression test if the first reading was low and the wet test is still low, you have a combustion leak past a valve, try this test.
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2018 AT 1:37 AM
Tiny
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Hi
Just an update.
The car seems to be driving well over the last month has not given an issue, but I have traded in the car and got another car.
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Wednesday, April 25th, 2018 AT 4:40 AM
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Well that is one way to eliminate the problem. I hope that your new car is trouble free.
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Wednesday, April 25th, 2018 AT 7:33 AM

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