Jackson

I am just curious what is the second outlet for on an electronic dizzy?

Oh and I changed the oil and filter like 1 month ago, have hardly driven the car for that month. Used ahh 20w 50 I believe as I was a little worried that the engine would be worn throughout so I went for something a little thicker.

Fair enough. It has a ryco oil filter from super cheap... Go see Toyota dealer or something?

The dipstick says full but when I put the oil in it only took like 2-3 litres.

G'day fellas, I managed to find the source of my engines odd tick. The rear top manifold bolt was loose. Noticed it when my brother started it and a puff of exhaust came out. So thanks to all the fellas that replied and helped. Anyone on to the next problem. When I start it, until it gets some oil pressure it has a big end knock, goes away in 2-3 seconds but sounds bad. Is this a pretty sure sign of bearings on the way out? Or could it be there is not enough oil or something simple like that? Thanks, Jackson

No clue really. Do you replace them or tighten them up? Not really the same noise... Definitely more of a tick.

Interesting development, the tick is definitely more audible when under load... Any ideas???

The choke is connected but is automatic and works like a dog sometimes, still trying to figure it out. Well nah it doesn't have a resonator. I do have a hot dog at home but. Could be worth putting it in?

Hahaha, yeah that ole trick. Goes better then my brothers crappy sierra anyway, even with the ticking a going crazy. Well yeah it does pop a lil when in over run, I figured that was some sort of miss, I was gunna get onto this stuff once it is registered which will be soon hopefully. Has electric dizzy so no points, haven't done leads, last fella had new spark plugs in there, timed the motor to 8 deg with no advance at 'around correct' RPM, haven't done dizzy cap and just don't know what a rotor button is... Thanks for the help so far fellas, Jackson

Excuse my lack of knowledge but what is over run? It just has the stock carby. We thought it might be to rich as there was a little smoke from the exhaust also when it is cold you can pump the accelerator and it doesn't pick up any revs, runs rough as guts, misses and farts about but once warm everything is fine, except for the tick. Don't know what a resonator is. The motor is actually in a Suzuki Sierra so there isn't anything that would have been on the car body. From memory the manifold gasket was fine.

The back firing is when you rev up to change gear then when you change gear it back fires. So I guess when you rev it hard then back off. I put the 3k pump back on it.

There may not be a spacer will have to check. Would that be the source of the problem?

Yeah, there is a thermostat and I have chucked it in some boiling water, opened up fine. Well the fuel pump is out of a 3k (could that be a problem?) the fella that sold me the 4k said the fuel pump didn't work and had rigged up this little electric thing.

G'day Got a 4k corolla motor it hasn't been running in a while but now that I have it running I am still tuning it (I think it is running rich, has the odd miss here and there and has small back fires). Anyway it has a little 'tick, tick, tick' noise going on. I checked/set the tappets at warm, set them to what was recommended in the FAQ/Wiki section. A mate reckoned his 4k always ticked yet that seems a little odd to me. Any ideas what it may be? Also I am having a little trouble getting it to run warm (I can hold my hand on the radiator hoses all day) would that be because it is running a bit rich? Thanks. Jackson.

What is it for then?

Hey, Is the crank ventilation the pipe on the carby that is larger then the others and comes down at about 30 degrees? Thanks

http://www.rollaclub.com/faq/index.php?title=Tech:Engine/K_Series/Valve_Clearances

Yeah so wouldn't you want to set the cold tappets with more clearance to allow for expansion?

I think there is something wrong in the wiki on valve clearance. It says to set them cold LESS than the hot... Isn't that the wrong way around?

Hey, Got a KE70 with a stock 4k-C and I was compression testing it, checking spark plugs, etc. It was starting to struggle to turn over, starter motor would just clunk, I thought the battery was going flat but then I hit the key and saw some HUGE sparks is there something wrong with the starter or it got to hot or something? Thanks, Jackson