1998 Chevy Lumina

1998 CHEVROLET LUMINA
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LESB
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1998 Chevy Lumina 6 cyl Front Wheel Drive Automatic
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I put new heads and headgaskets on and also new intake gaskets and when i roll it over it sounds like there is no compession.What would it be?
Jul 16, 2008 at 3:27 AM
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DOCFIXIT
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How did you go about setting the valves?
Do a compression test.
Let me know
Jul 16, 2008 at 3:39 AM
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LESB
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I went out to try rolling it over now it wants to start but the battery is low charging it now but car kicked over
Jul 16, 2008 at 4:16 AM
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Going to be off line for a few hours so post your results and lets get that puppy running.
Jul 16, 2008 at 4:22 AM
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Thank you for your help the car ran but there is water in the oil so we are going to change the oil and we also put new plugs in it .
Jul 16, 2008 at 5:35 AM
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Glad it is running you figure the water got in oil during the head change? Let me know if I can assist
Happy Motoring
Jul 16, 2008 at 7:56 AM
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The lumina runs now but check engine light is on do i have to reset the computer
Jul 16, 2008 at 9:12 AM
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Go to Auto Zone they will code for free and ask them to clear. Then post code I'll check into it
Jul 16, 2008 at 9:25 AM
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