Thread: newbie here.....help!!!

Intake gaskets, the oil is all milky. I would not run the motor again untill you can swap them out.

Sounds like it got a pretty good misfire too, maybe it fouled the plugs out.

If it was a blown headgasket it would be blowing white smoke out the back all the time.

the oil on the dip stick looks like crap, is it milk shake looking?

does sound like its got a bad misfire. and maybe a rod knock. are you loosing coolant? under the oil cap, is it all wet with white or yellow snot?

the check engine light on? if so get it scanned.

id do the lim gaskets asap!!! then do 2 oil changes.

then pray the bottom end holds up.

has it had any trouble cranking over when you turn the key to start it? like 1/2 a turn, then it stops turning?

Ehh if it still runs decent and hasn't hyrdolocked, then he's fine.

Originally Posted by MoarkatsINmuhtrailer

Ehh if it still runs decent and hasn't hyrdolocked, then he's fine.

those pics are vids, i think i heard a rod knock, lets hope its a belt pulley chirping. the oil looks real bad too, so ill hope for the best, i hate to be the one who says the motor is shot when he just got it weeks ago.

Those look lovely.

you just go and tear off the lim in the last hour or so?

He's a boss.

make sure you get the newer metal gaskets when you put that back together. those black ones are plastic and suck.

this guys 5 posts deep into his membership, and doing a lim job with out asking a thing about how to do it, found the 2 hidden bolts too. i like this guy.....

leave the heads on, they rarely fail. new lim and upper gaskets and put it back together, do 2 oil changes with a new filter to clear out that bad oil.

you gonna want to add a new set of coolant elbows to the list as well, the top one you found, but theres a lower one as well, its all part of the alt bracket, they sell metal elbows now. if you cant find them the regular plastic ones will work, have been for years. they are found in the HELP section at the parts stores, made by dorman.

Well thats kinda up to you, you can take the heads off if you think it might have blown a headgasket, but its hard to say if it did.

The motor be saved for sure, just make sure when you get everything back together that you must do atleast 2 oil changes right away within in 15-20 minutes of run time to get all of the coolant out of the inside of the motor.

I would change all the spark plugs and wires too.

this guy is special scotty!! also too check your mounts make sure they are good even tho its a 10 min job to change them lol.