Cleaning the block
#18
Re: Cleaning the block
Well, I'm replacing the heads anyway... I was just curious as to what you were talking about.
It's just typical carbon buildup, I've never seen a motor without it.
It's just typical carbon buildup, I've never seen a motor without it.
#20
Re: Cleaning the block
Originally Posted by 1racerdude
If you used water in an assembled short block you had better be in a serious rush to get it fired up again,before it rusts the crank and the cyl's.Man that's a no no.
#21
Re: Cleaning the block
When I pulled off the heads, water went everywhere. I had the lifter holes plugged, but water went into thosse little holes between the lifters. I'll drain the oil and drop the pan tonight. How do I prime the system?
#23
Re: Cleaning the block
Originally Posted by 1racerdude
You buy a oil pressure primer tool and use a drill to run it before you put the intake back on.
#25
Re: Cleaning the block
Originally Posted by Euclid
I planned on replacing the oil pump. Do I still need to do this?
#28
Re: Cleaning the block
I'd guess that only 2 or 3 shot glasses of water got in there, and I sopped most of it out. Just a LITTLE bit would have gone down the little pencil-sized holes. Should I still be worried, or can I just change the oil now and after 50 miles or so?
#29
Re: Cleaning the block
It would take just a little water in the right spots to do it, but as little water as youre talking about, as long as it didnt go below the lifter valley you should be fine, me though I always prime my motors before putting the intake back on if the car has been setting a while, that way fresh oil is on the bearings when you start it.