817Borla

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ok so i just finished my h/c, anyways i go under the car to clean up the oil pan and i see this


looks like one of the bolt holes still had coolant in it, kinda weird since i didnt feel any resistance when i was torquing them.
anyways whats done is done and im guessing the block is no good right?
well i found an complete LQ9 with 43k miles for 1500, i did a bit of searching and from what i understand everything
should swap over or are there some exceptions? i have PRC stg1 ls6 heads, Polluter Cam, Ls6 ported oil pump, LT's,
Fast intake 78mm (will be porting to 85) and 25% UDPulley.

demonpixel

iTrader: (19)

Not to sound dumb but can you not magnuflux that?

SS02

ouch !!

LS1MCSS

iTrader: (18)

Magnuflux is for finding cracks. You don't need it to see that one.

slowandrichws6

iTrader: (2)

if you didnt have any resistance while you were tourquing them you had a problem.

Beau@SDPC

iTrader: (14)

Magnaflux = only works with things that can be magnetized....alum = nonferrous

alum pieces are pressure tested.

817Borla

iTrader: (5)

so.... would my heads work good with the lq9 or should i get new heads?

HUNTER02SS

iTrader: (24)

The problem is you should NOT be torquing your head stud's only the nuts. The studs are hand tightened into the block and you only torque the nut's!

Jimmy P

iTrader: (177)

Yup. We usualy hand tigthen the studs to the block until they can't go any further, then go a quarter turn back. The studs shouldn't be touching the block, and deffinantly shouldn't be torqued to the block.
When I bought my car used, the previous owner had done the same exact thing. The block was cracked, but I didn't find out about a year later when I took the block to a machine shop to get a bult bottom end. Oddly enough, it wasn't giving me any problems, atleast not that I knew off..I ended up buying a new block just to be on the safe side.

JUNK

Also, it is not enough to just blow the holes out, u have to use a tube and blow from the BOTTOM of the hole to get all coolant out.

817Borla

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you think i should run it like it is or go ahead and get the lq9 to be on the safe side?
i was about to order me a performabuilt lvl2 tranny but found that dam crack and it changed my plans quite a bit lol.

mikey

iTrader: (6)

You didn't get all of the coolant out of the bolt holes and when you forced the studs in, the coolant took the easiest way out.