I recently bought a 2000 GP SE with 3.8 n/a only to find that there was coolant in the oil and 2 freeze plugs missing. I knew it had to be kinda serious problem but, went ahead and put new freeze plugs, upper and lower intake gaskets, pcv valve, thermostat, upper plentum, coolant and oil on it. After all the repairs where done I started it for about 2 minutes and shut it back down. When I pulled the dipstick I found it was all milky once again and the radiator was missing quite abit of coolant.
I was thinking of changing the head gaskets now. But, Im thinking that as quickly as the coolant is geting in the block and the fact that there where 2 freeze plugs missing that I am dealing with an internaly cracked block. So, I scratched that ideal.
I bought a wrecked 2001 GP GTP 3.8 sc with 63k on it. What I am trying to find out is if I can just pull both motors and just swap them out. I have read many threads on hear about the top swap but its my L36 that is trashed and not the L67. I dont know if I need to swap motors, trannys and diff or just motor. I know alot of threads talk about the HD tranny but, I am unsure of what I have.
If any one can give me some advice on what direction I should go I would greatly appreciate it. What all I need to swap if its even possible or if there is something else I should be looking at.
Thanks, Benji
