new from Fair Haven, MI need someone to help with car

[meissen]

Edit: Guess I should read the 2nd page before replying

The red green black connector could be either the crankshaft position sensor or the cam position sensor. I see both of them showing up as red green black for wiring.

Do the 3.4L v6s have an AIR pump? I see Chilton saying the air pump plug being red, red, black.

[redmond87]

My brother just told me one injector was cracked....fml can you but just one and I won't be able to update on the car cuz the rain so I can't work on it

[blacklt1firebird]

i might have a fuel rail and injectors layin around ill get back to you

[redmond87]

thanks

[redmond87]

had my buddy look at it and he said i would prolly have to readjust the rockers......said it sounds like its firing on the intake which would explain smoke from the filter and it would be getting more air so that it gets compensated with more fuel........does that sound correct to any of you?

[blacklt1firebird]

had my buddy look at it and he said i would prolly have to readjust the rockers......said it sounds like its firing on the intake which would explain smoke from the filter and it would be getting more air so that it gets compensated with more fuel........does that sound correct to any of you?

Sounds possible... but u obviously still have a vacuum leak from the intake if ur idle jumped when u hit it with carb clean. and u still have those loose connectors to figure out too. Id try fixing those things before tearing the intake back off to pull ur valve covers off to reset ur valve lash

[hoogiesngrinderz]

I doubt your valve lash is suspect.

Smoke out of what filter? Did you let a bunch of coolant into the lifter valley and not drain the oil? Could be blow by or a clogged PCV.

Rip the intake back off and start over, or at least fix the bad injector (or area around the injector). I can't physically diagnose your car from 150 miles away, only suggestions. I'm trying not to be an a-hole here....but if you would have pulled it apart and started over, well, you might be on the road right now.

[redmond87]

Sounds possible... but u obviously still have a vacuum leak from the intake if ur idle jumped when u hit it with carb clean. and u still have those loose connectors to figure out too. Id try fixing those things before tearing the intake back off to pull ur valve covers off to reset ur valve lash

We actually called the dealer and checked autozone n stuff around here and they couldn't tell us a thing about the connector as to where it would go to

[redmond87]

I doubt your valve lash is suspect.

Smoke out of what filter? Did you let a bunch of coolant into the lifter valley and not drain the oil? Could be blow by or a clogged PCV.

Rip the intake back off and start over, or at least fix the bad injector (or area around the injector). I can't physically diagnose your car from 150 miles away, only suggestions. I'm trying not to be an a-hole here....but if you would have pulled it apart and started over, well, you might be on the road right now.

the smoke is coming from the air filter which leads me to believe that the valve lash is off and its firing on the intake and the smoke is being pushed back thru the manifold and out the air filter

[QuickTop]

is it blue somewhat burnt exhaust smoke? or a white cloudy mist?

[redmond87]

is it blue somewhat burnt exhaust smoke? or a white cloudy mist?

its got a slight slight white tint to it

[QuickTop]

is it clearly an exhaust or partially burnt gas?

[redmond87]

is it clearly an exhaust or partially burnt gas?

A slight hint of gas smell to it

[QuickTop]

then it sounds to me like a gasket it bad somewhere in the intake system, which is proven by the starting fluid test you did. So basically im with michael and that all needs to be torn down, and start going over every thing seals and all with a good eye. and even if you cant spot an issue while its apart you might as well replace as many gaskets as you can get to while its apart.

[hoogiesngrinderz]

You're most likely getting a lean pop. You said you only did the intake gaskets, no reason for the valve lash to change.