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So I have gotten a few steps forward on the subaru. Heres what I've done: Reconfigured hoses (pas. side head to filter, drivers side head T'd to pcv and 3/8 hose to filter); Retimed to 20 degrees, adjusted afm and idle to spec (afm screw about 2.25 turns out, idle at 800); Idle was super rough and figured out it was the egr stuck open, so I disconnected it by capping off the port on the manifold (is that enough) smoothed right out, but the idle screw needs to be backed almost all the way out to get it to 800; Now the dieseling is very intermittent instead of constant; Everything is great now, except for intermittent dieseling, but one thing. Now that the car runs quieter, I can here a slight knocking sound coming from the engine at idle. Could I be a tooth off when i put the dizzy back in? Is that sound pre-ignition or rod knock? The engine has maybe 10-15 thousand miles since rebuild. The guy before me had purchased the car from a local subaru rebuild shop. Thanks for the help folks.

Excelent! Thanks for the links. I will do my best to remedy this myself. hopefully its only a simple adjustment and not a broken tooth on my timing belt? Thanks guys.

Thanks for the reply. Probably won't be in Portland anytime soon, but I appreciate the offer. I just checked the timing with hose off the dizzy and I'm at about 11. Idle is at 700-800. I'm not too familier with the air screw so I didn't mess with that. Am I doing damage with the way the hoses are routed? Thanks Know anyone local?

The two hoses from heads are T'd off to the PCV valve. Not to the air cleaner. does that configuration sound correct?

So I recently purchased a 1987 gl with an EA82 that had a recent weber swap on it. The shop that did it apparently wasnt a subaru shop. They left a lot of hoses just hanging out. So I brought it to a pretty reputable place and they did what they could do. Now it diesels, and it diesels hard enough to push smoke out of the top of the carb. The mechanic told me to just run it and burn the carbon off, but I'm skeptical since it wasnt this bad before I brought it to him. It diesels every time now, and hard. He kicked the timing down and I feel it should be kicked up if any. I would love to get this engine purring like it should be. Any help for an ex VW aircooled guy would be greatly appreciated. Thanks and I will try and post a pic or two of the engine compartment.