Neglected it in the garage and used funds to buy more gun parts... Gun related purchases should be done for a while, back to acquiring interior parts.
What Did You Do To Your G-Body Today? [2021]
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Pulled driver's side plugs. 3 5 7 are fine.
1 is wetttttt and sweetish tasting
I have a hunch the HG is leaking here
as that is a common place for post nailhead Buick engines to become very pitted.
That or an intake coolant port leak. I'll take the intake off before I pull the motor. Against my laziness I refuse to do one head gasket. Plus im curious how the engine looks inside.
1 is wetttttt and sweetish tasting
I have a hunch the HG is leaking here
as that is a common place for post nailhead Buick engines to become very pitted.
That or an intake coolant port leak. I'll take the intake off before I pull the motor. Against my laziness I refuse to do one head gasket. Plus im curious how the engine looks inside.
Time to modernize, LS it and throw some Buick jewelry on top to fool the masses. The gasketing tech is far superior
tbh id rather die
compression/leak down test before pulling the intake...
Pardon my post work thought process, in this case though what would a compression and or leakdown test accomplish? i know there is combustion pressure entering the cooling system. I know what cylinder is being affected on what bank.
I cant detect a leak under the intake... unless it would poot through the carb?
I cant detect a leak under the intake... unless it would poot through the carb?
leak down should bubble the radiator. it's just confirmation, or go ham and throw parts at it.
This is better than even a buick series 2. HIT IT WITH YOUR PURSE SONY!!!
A seller from Facebook market and my local area finally came through and delivered the Block he was selling to the shop. Damn me for not getting photo's but. . From the looks of it this .40 over block was thrown together as a possible 383 Race/Drag Engine (Judging from the Studs coming out of the heads.). The seller still has to drop off the Pistons and Caps but I made the purchase fairly cheap. Allot of work will go into it to make it Street-able.
The Engine I originally bought was not rebuilt properly. The bearings though were the right .010 thickness but weren't the right size for the Journals or the connecting rods causing uneven wear, the Shop was also thinking that the Journals were Oblong. Honing and Boring would cost me out the wahzoo! That's why I wanted just to buy another block. and I got one with the possibility of it being a 383. We'll find out soon enough.
The Engine I originally bought was not rebuilt properly. The bearings though were the right .010 thickness but weren't the right size for the Journals or the connecting rods causing uneven wear, the Shop was also thinking that the Journals were Oblong. Honing and Boring would cost me out the wahzoo! That's why I wanted just to buy another block. and I got one with the possibility of it being a 383. We'll find out soon enough.
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