Thread: Hello everyone, new member, engine swap question

Originally Posted by TwiztdWun

I would also toss in front and rear main seals and an oil pan gasket....check to make sure timing cover and rear crank case housing gaskets aren't leaking while you are there. Some guys say to forget that stuff, but, every time I try to cut a corner, it bites me in the buttocks.

I will definitely be replacing any gaskets that appear to be leaking, and I'm going to degrease the new engine and clean it up before putting it in. However, I'm on limited funds (I'm trying to keep this engine swap under $500 including the engine, otherwise it might take me until next payday, and dad wants his garage back lol) so replacing an oil pan gasket and main seals would be an added expense I can't really afford at the moment. I guess I'll have to see how the engine looks when I get it, if there's any damp spots on the engine I'll just have to replace the gaskets that appear to be leaking. Oil pan gaskets are pretty damn hard to replace in-vehicle on the 3800 lol.

Originally Posted by Below Average Joe

Understood. I would just do what I said and I forgot to check the upper intake around the TB. They tend to break since they are plastic and fail and cause your engine to hydro-lock. Read this thread from Bill on how to fix that issue permanently......

http://www.grandprixforums.net/threa...w-to-Mod-a-LIM

I checked out that post, that's extremely helpful and I might have to look in to doing that with the new engine - although, as stated above, I'm on a budget and somewhat limited with time - If possible, this all needs to be done by this weekend.