5.3 LC9 damaged, What to do?
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Staging Lane
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5.3 LC9 damaged, What to do? I purchased this motor for the heads but decided to find out what the problem was. It appears that number 8 cylinder hydro-locked or detonated and bent the rod, then the piston struck the crank and then scored the cylinder wall in one spot, does this seem correct and if so why would this happen on a stock motor with 83,000 km?
What would you guys do with this? Scrap it? Sell it? Or what?
What would you guys do with this? Scrap it? Sell it? Or what?
It has to be worth something. i can't tell from the pictures if the gouge is too deep in the wall for a bore/rebuild. If it is too deep, i cannot image there is much value to it other than trying to sell the rest of the internals for something. If its rebuildable someone will buy it. At what price i do not know. Is the crank damaged?
As for why it happened.... I have a thread here with 300+ views and no good answer as to why my totally stock L76 had a piston disintegrate and knock a hole in my block. Only 48k miles on it. Detonation can be caused by a number of things and unless you knew the vehicle history you probably wont find out.
As for why it happened.... I have a thread here with 300+ views and no good answer as to why my totally stock L76 had a piston disintegrate and knock a hole in my block. Only 48k miles on it. Detonation can be caused by a number of things and unless you knew the vehicle history you probably wont find out.
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Staging Lane
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I would say that it could be bored pretty easily as it is not overly deep, but I don't want to spend that kind of money on a motor I don't need. The crank counterweight area by number 8 piston is a little gouged up but it seems to be true and rotates easily. The rod bearing looked to be in pretty good shape considering what happened to it. The machine shop suggested boring the one cylinder only for a cheap alternative, which I am not too fond on. The motor was carboned up quite bad (bad fuel or fuel additive?) but cleaned up fairly easily.
There was also some sludge in 3 cylinders aswell as a textured white coating on the exhaust valves as seen below (antifreeze? or?)
There was also some sludge in 3 cylinders aswell as a textured white coating on the exhaust valves as seen below (antifreeze? or?)
The aluminum 5.3 can be bored to 3.900", in other words to 5.7 liters. If the sleeve in that hole is just scored and not cracked you are good to go.
Steve
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Boring I see you are in the middle of nowhere so you are limited with local shops. You should consider sending the block out via UPS to get bored and honed. I'm sure one of the sponsors would love to sell you a set of pistons and do the work for you.
Typical price should be in the range of five to six hundred to bore and torque plate hone the block to fit a new set of pistons.
Steve
Typical price should be in the range of five to six hundred to bore and torque plate hone the block to fit a new set of pistons.
Steve
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760-630-0450
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Staging Lane
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I see you are in the middle of nowhere so you are limited with local shops. You should consider sending the block out via UPS to get bored and honed. I'm sure one of the sponsors would love to sell you a set of pistons and do the work for you.
Typical price should be in the range of five to six hundred to bore and torque plate hone the block to fit a new set of pistons.
Steve
Typical price should be in the range of five to six hundred to bore and torque plate hone the block to fit a new set of pistons.
Steve
Last edited by 95stro; Aug 19, 2014 at 07:21 PM. Reason: spelling
