Quote Originally Posted by kuziken View Post
So ive been looking for 5.3L for my 93 1500 and i found one really cheap at a local yard but the 03 that its out of caught on fire so i went to go look at it, the intake and all sensors are melted. The truck has 78k on it, so my question is can i just throw a new intake on it and be good or could the fire have damaged internals?

Thanks for any info
Ken
You run the possibility of the plastic running down the cylinders. Not to mention the fact that the block was probably heated red hot in the process. Who knows what happened to it. You're probably better off waiting on a better one.