bought lt1 from friend with 55K miles on it, when i took it apart????
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bought lt1 from friend with 55K miles on it, when i took it apart????
When i took the intake manifold off where was water all inside there, yes water, water in some of the intake head holes, i took a vacuum sucked it all out but still wasent safe so i took off a head and one cylinder was full of water, is this engine done??? like did the water go all the way down to the bottom
what can be done to fix it?
what can be done to fix it?
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Re: bought lt1 from friend with 55K miles on it, when i took it apart????
Originally Posted by wowthatsfast
When i took the intake manifold off where was water all inside there, yes water, water in some of the intake head holes, i took a vacuum sucked it all out but still wasent safe so i took off a head and one cylinder was full of water, is this engine done??? like did the water go all the way down to the bottom
what can be done to fix it?
what can be done to fix it?
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From: New Bern, NC USA
Re: bought lt1 from friend with 55K miles on it, when i took it apart????
Unless it was run with a lot of water in the crankcase, it will be alright. Drain the water and oil. Fix problem. You should be good to go then. Granted the cylinder isn't rusted too bad.
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Re: bought lt1 from friend with 55K miles on it, when i took it apart????
Originally Posted by shoebox
Did you drain the oil and look at it? Coolant is 
to bearings.
to bearings.If the oil and coolant got mixed you are going to have to start all over, either now or in 1k miles...
Make sure your oil doesn't look like chocolate milk in the pan
....He musta been a good friend to sell you something like that
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Re: bought lt1 from friend with 55K miles on it, when i took it apart????
No, i just got the motor all assembled and i was gunna put a bigger cam in, rockers etc. So i took off the heads alll to check out the pistons/cylinders and it was all watery and rusted, not that much rust though. how can i get the rust out of the clyinder walls at home?
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Re: bought lt1 from friend with 55K miles on it, when i took it apart????
Sounds To Me Like You Still Had Coolant In The Intake When You Pulled It Off And It Ran Into The Block/heads.
That Happened To Me Once, Scared Me To Death Almost, I Thought It Was Time For A New Motor.
Good Luck, And Keep Us Posted.
That Happened To Me Once, Scared Me To Death Almost, I Thought It Was Time For A New Motor.
Good Luck, And Keep Us Posted.
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Re: bought lt1 from friend with 55K miles on it, when i took it apart????
Originally Posted by wowthatsfast
No, i just got the motor all assembled and i was gunna put a bigger cam in, rockers etc. So i took off the heads alll to check out the pistons/cylinders and it was all watery and rusted, not that much rust though. how can i get the rust out of the clyinder walls at home?
If they bore it, you're getting some new pistons......if they can hone it you might be able to use the old ones.
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Re: bought lt1 from friend with 55K miles on it, when i took it apart????
Originally Posted by white/blackss
Sounds To Me Like You Still Had Coolant In The Intake When You Pulled It Off And It Ran Into The Block/heads.
That Happened To Me Once, Scared Me To Death Almost, I Thought It Was Time For A New Motor.
Good Luck, And Keep Us Posted.
That Happened To Me Once, Scared Me To Death Almost, I Thought It Was Time For A New Motor.
Good Luck, And Keep Us Posted.
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Re: bought lt1 from friend with 55K miles on it, when i took it apart????
Originally Posted by shoebox
How can there be coolant in the intake? It has no coolant passages.
I bet that was with a gen1 small block... but you knew that didnt you
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Re: bought lt1 from friend with 55K miles on it, when i took it apart????
Originally Posted by shoebox
How can there be coolant in the intake? It has no coolant passages.
OOPS, I THOUGHT THAT THE LOWER PLENUM WOULD HAVE COOLNAT PASSAGES IN IT, SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION
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Re: bought lt1 from friend with 55K miles on it, when i took it apart????
Originally Posted by white/blackss
OOPS, I THOUGHT THAT THE LOWER PLENUM WOULD HAVE COOLNAT PASSAGES IN IT, SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION