spun bearing? (large pictures)
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spun bearing? (large pictures)
I finaly worked up the motivation to start tearing down my car after I heard a really loud clack coming from the engine about 4 weeks ago. I just wanted to get the valve covers off to see if I could find any clues as to what went wrong.
that is what I found. theres a gold dust-like substance lying in each head in the oil. my guess now is a spun bearing. anyone have an other ideas? its gonna be a few weeks until I am able to pull the engine out. hopefully there are parts that are still good that can be reused.
that is what I found. theres a gold dust-like substance lying in each head in the oil. my guess now is a spun bearing. anyone have an other ideas? its gonna be a few weeks until I am able to pull the engine out. hopefully there are parts that are still good that can be reused.
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Re: spun bearing? (large pictures)
that sucks man.
hope the internals are still good.
i know what your going through, mine died on me a few weeks back... pulled the dip stick tube and seen some metal flakes.
hope the internals are still good.
i know what your going through, mine died on me a few weeks back... pulled the dip stick tube and seen some metal flakes.
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Re: spun bearing? (large pictures)
I dont know why the rockers are rusted. the engine ate oil like a fat kid with mcdonald's fries. I had to put a quart in ever 250-500 miles. the car has sat for a total of 6 months in the past 10 months though so maybe they rusted from that. I know the pulleys other metal surfaces started to rust when the car sat for 4 months straight. I just hope I can clean it off and they'll be ok.
yeah, I was pretty pissed when it happened. ive calmed down since then and right now I just want to get rid of it. I hate this car and should've torn it apart and sold it the last time it broke and left me stranded. nothing but problems, I dont think I have a good thing to say about it.
I'd be pretty pissed if I had a 383 that looked like that.
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