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Another LS14 Project.
quick pics from this mornings partial dissasembly.
i tell you one thing. these motors come apart and put back together a hell of alot easier than most 4 cylinders.
pulled the oil pan and wasnt to suprised with the results. milky ice cream oil but no one shard or flake of metal!!!
pretty dirty
someone left ice cream on my pickup :p
big ol rear main seal
final result is bottom end loks pretty solid. im very confident to say the motor didnt run with wtaer in it and that it more than likely leaked in from rain into the meteorite impacted valve cover
i tell you one thing. these motors come apart and put back together a hell of alot easier than most 4 cylinders.
pulled the oil pan and wasnt to suprised with the results. milky ice cream oil but no one shard or flake of metal!!!
pretty dirty
someone left ice cream on my pickup :p
big ol rear main seal
final result is bottom end loks pretty solid. im very confident to say the motor didnt run with wtaer in it and that it more than likely leaked in from rain into the meteorite impacted valve cover
going to pull main caps and rods to check bearing wear and size up some replacements and drop off the crank and rods sometime next week to get cleaned up and have bearings fitted etc. i need to go ahead and order some ARP rod bolts since lately everyone seems to be spinning bearings like crazy
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Yucky! To be honest I think the engine is okay you just need to flush it out. Since you're walking the walk now, I am at service to my advice on AIM hahaha. Rod bolts, bearings, grind crank, hone block, heads and cam and youre ready to rock!
Originally Posted by Slo_240sx
Yucky! To be honest I think the engine is okay you just need to flush it out. Since you're walking the walk now, I am at service to my advice on AIM hahaha. Rod bolts, bearings, grind crank, hone block, heads and cam and youre ready to rock!
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eeeeeeeeeeeew frothy goodness.
at least you got time to rebuild it, yeah isnt it cool how fast the LS1 can be torn down and rebuilt? pretty impressive. just remember to NOT lube the rear main seal upon reassembly!!!!!!!!!!!
at least you got time to rebuild it, yeah isnt it cool how fast the LS1 can be torn down and rebuilt? pretty impressive. just remember to NOT lube the rear main seal upon reassembly!!!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted by owen v8litew8
eeeeeeeeeeeew frothy goodness.
at least you got time to rebuild it, yeah isnt it cool how fast the LS1 can be torn down and rebuilt? pretty impressive. just remember to NOT lube the rear main seal upon reassembly!!!!!!!!!!!
at least you got time to rebuild it, yeah isnt it cool how fast the LS1 can be torn down and rebuilt? pretty impressive. just remember to NOT lube the rear main seal upon reassembly!!!!!!!!!!!
Also remember to use three if not four .002" feeler gauges around the outside of the crankshaft to that of the oil pump before tightening it down or you'll be rebuilding the engine again sometime soon when the oil pump goes out! 
Last edited by Ted J; Oct 30, 2006 at 08:54 PM.
Originally Posted by Ted J
Also remember to use three if not four .002" feeler gauges around the outside of the crankshaft to that of the oil pump before tightening it down or you'll be rebuilding the engine again sometime soon when the oil pump goes out!
Originally Posted by datboibrad
so i would assume there has to be a gap of .002 between the oil pump and the outside are of the crank shaft after touqred down?