Recent content by Spclett

Haven't been able to start my engine with the replacement head gaskets because I have an open short in my electrical system .

If you still have it I would like to get a price on it I still have factory radio so it would be great if we could come to a reasonable price.

The two cylinders on the bottom gasket is where it was leaking water into the engine.

It's been a hell of a nightmare though I should have took it all apart as soon as I noticed it was blown.

I think I got it this time I pick up my head gaskets tomorrow and I will put it all back together and hope she holds this time.

Got it all cleaned up and ready for the new head gasket!

I do have to buy a straight edge and check the cylinder heads for warp but if they check out I'm going to finish my teardown and look for a decent rebuild kit .I drove it a few miles with that bars leak in it so my main bearings might have suffered some damage from the water mixing with the oil.

On the plus side I don't see any cracks in the aluminum. I am going to attempt a rebuild. I was going to get another motor from the junkyard but another one I found here locally wants 450 for an LS v6 with 180,000 miles on it. Their direct competition that I bought an engine from in the past...

I couldn't let it go what you are seeing is the wounded motor I bought from the salvage yard two months ago. To recap I paid 265 dollars for this motor and it's been burning coolant and leaking coolant into my crank case. I know how to take thing apart and put them back together but diagnoses...

DCCV wasn't working when I purchased the car and I ran water thru all the hoses and lines there are no blocked lines as far as I was able to verify I don't know where the rest of it went that didn't seal up the cracks in the water passages but I couldn't find any blocked anything.

Yes I'm wasting time that could be better spent disassembling the parts that have to come off to pull the motor I have the intake manifold off so that's one piece out of the way

It slowed down the leak but it didn't seal it up so at this point the motor has to come back out and I will test it down to see what I'm dealing with. I am not a mechanic so I am definitely in over my head!