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So a car is brought to me with a motor that was just rebuilt and has no oil pressure. Pull out the motor found the problem and put it back in. Perfect oil pressure, I let it idle for about 30 min to get all air out of coolant system and while i clean up the garage. Still perfect. Go for a test drive and it starts knocking REAL bad. Get back check rockers, all tight. Pull the motor yesterday and one rod cap is about halfway off. The rest are only finger tight.
WOW, just WOW.
TSP motor?
thats why people should use a checklist or a certain metod to do things like that instead of doing it all by memory...
thats what we do when we build engines out here... it takes only 2 seconds to get distracted and forget that you only put them on hand tight instead of torqueing them down
what was wrong with the motor?cause my motor was just rebuilt and did the same thing.how long did it take for you to fix it?cause my truck has been in the shop for three weeks now.hahaha. bad thing about it is the "mechanic"doesnt even want to answer my calls anymore
+1 im definately going to LME after all the horror stories from tspQuote:
Originally Posted by SCIV
LME is allright but if ur goi g to drive all the way from houston might as well go to HKE and get an even better motor IMOQuote:
Originally Posted by MidnightRider
There are a couple of horror stories with HKE on this site. Maybe he'll chime in.
My experience with them at first wasn't good but they made it right. They had a bad block, one of the main caps was sprung or something. They got another block and rebuilt the engine and all is good for two years now and 30+ bottles of spray.
Sux 2 B U
Well the no oil pressure was due to a ripped oil pan gasket. All in all i've got maybe 10 hours into the car the first time and so far 4 hours this time with maybe 2 more to get it done. I work full time, go to school full time and am married full time so i can't just knock it out in one day.Quote:
Originally Posted by gTeran1
From another thread.
Figured out what was wrong. The one on the right is what was in the car. The one on the left is an extra i had laying around.
http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/2176/3859/284571.jpg
How does a bad pan gasket cause no oil pressure?Quote:
Originally Posted by SUX2BU
thats what i want to know^^^
See the 2 holes bottom right... those have to seal up with block, depending on the year.
No comment... we will find out very soon how much one can hold :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by SCIV
that will do it every time.
Oil filter is in the pan. So oil pressure goues from the pump on the front of the motor through the block then through one of those little holes in the gasket into the side of the pan. There it either goes through the filter or through a bypass then back up through the other little hole. If that part of the gasket is missing oil will just escape through there back into the pan.Quote:
Originally Posted by Madd Maxx
Engine builder to use in SE Texas is USA Race Engines near Hobby Airport in Houston.
aka The Wop Shop.
They are NOT cheap. But your engine WILL be done right.
They even have in house engine dyno.
Built my 351W for my stang for me. Threw it on the engine dyno
broke it in and knew it was making exactly 476hp.
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Originally Posted by Madd Maxx
The seals that seal the main gallery to and from the oil filter are missing from the gasket.
The confusing part is the picture has the gaskets upside down. Hold your computers up to a mirror.
:LOL:You crack me up sometimes Nathan:LOL: Atleast you didn't write it in the post backwards were they could read what you wrote backwards in the mirror... Awww nevermindQuote:
Originally Posted by GasGuzzler
:sux2bu: :lol:
I wasn't aware of that little tidbit. Thanks for the explanation.Quote:
Originally Posted by SUX2BU
Yep, internal hemorrhage...