After a couple years of waiting.......I get to start my GSR build
I'm made of meat!
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From: Richmond, VA
I will agree that it looks like there's some flakes. Indeed you did the right thing cutting the oil filter open. It's ALWAYS the right thing to do (I did it with your old cx's motor
) whenever you build or rebuild an engine. The only 2 places that THAT color material could come from is 1) main bearings 2) rod bearings 3) valve guides. That's it. Verify that the flakes aren't part of the filter material by taking a toothpick or razorblade and try to flip them around on the filter material. If they move and are not part of the filter material, start cussing.
start cussing= pull the pan and do what tony suggested. Bearing failure sux. Bore gauge and micrometer for all measurements. Make sure they're properly calibrated by checking them both against something with a known measurement. * Make sure the thing you're measuring for references is the same temperature when testing against another tool *
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Driving a Turbo 2L Terror
Joined: May 2002
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From: Stafford, VA
The Problem is the Number 1 Main bearing. The oil leak is from the oil pan gasket.
^ number 2 main ^ number 1 main
^ number 3 main ^ number 5 main
^number 4 main
Number 1 main
number 2 main
Number 3 main
Number 4 main
Number 5 main
Number 1 rod cap
^ number 2 main ^ number 1 main
^ number 3 main ^ number 5 main
^number 4 main
Number 1 main
number 2 main
Number 3 main
Number 4 main
Number 5 main
Number 1 rod cap
Last edited by HatchVX; Nov 2, 2008 at 07:33 PM.
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