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hey there still havin problems with my rb20det it starts up but as soon as it starts it backfires and then shuts down i have change plugs, cas i was wonderin if it had hydrolic lifters inside of engine thanx

sounds like what happened to me a few weeks back, check afm is pluged in properly

air flow meter. it will be ither half unpluged or stuffed. resomly common fault.

and yes the engine does have hydrolic lifters but that wont cause your problem.

and if you have a pod filter hanging off your AFM and its just flopping around like 90% of r32 than that will help in the fatuge of the AFM

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air flow meter. it will be ither half unpluged or stuffed. resomly common fault.

and yes the engine does have hydrolic lifters but that wont cause your problem.

and if you have a pod filter hanging off your AFM and its just flopping around like 90% of r32 than that will help in the fatuge of the AFM

would all this cause the compression to be at 30psi? thanx for the help

would all this cause the compression to be at 30psi? thanx for the help
I would think that basically you don't have any rings left. (bent valves generally give zero compression).

Time for a rebuild (or replacement).

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