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If I were the owner here, I would request a return number, and send it back. If the shop gave me any resistance, I’d remind them that social media posts with pictures and shop names could really hurt business. After the refund, I’d go somewhere else. There’s no telling what’s wrong in the rest of the engine.
If I were the owner here, I would request a return number, and send it back. If the shop gave me any resistance, I’d remind them that social media posts with pictures and shop names could really hurt business. After the refund, I’d go somewhere else. There’s no telling what’s wrong in the rest of the engine.
I wouldn’t trust that shops work. Probably just slapped it all together without measuring and torqued with a battery powered Dewalt. If you have non factory head bolts, pull the valve cover and see if the head studs or bolts are torqued to spec. Heck maybe see if any of the bolts are torqued to spec valve covers, front/rear, valley covers. That’s just sad attention to details.
If I were the owner here, I would request a return number, and send it back. If the shop gave me any resistance, I’d remind them that social media posts with pictures and shop names could really hurt business. After the refund, I’d go somewhere else. There’s no telling what’s wrong in the rest of the engine.
Agreed. He's calling them today to discuss. I told him we could install new heads if they refunded him a big portion of the bill, but the lower end might still be suspect and would likely void any warranty they'd have provided.
I wouldn’t trust that shops work. Probably just slapped it all together without measuring and torqued with a battery powered Dewalt. If you have non factory head bolts, pull the valve cover and see if the head studs or bolts are torqued to spec. Heck maybe see if any of the bolts are torqued to spec valve covers, front/rear, valley covers. That’s just sad attention to details.
I can tell you the intake was not torqued. When I went to take it off a few bolts felt torqued, while others I could turn with my fingers and the extension.
This has to be one of the poorest examples of a "professionally" built engine I have EVER heard of. Sad. If it was me, I'd send the whole thing back, and ask for a total refund. Then take your business someplace that has a good reputation. My good God, I was better with a wrench at 12 years old than these idiots......
Any more pictures of the engine?
Is it even an aluminum block?
I wouldn't doubt if they just sold you a cleaned up and painted junkyard Lq4 with a cam in it.
Any more pictures of the engine?
Is it even an aluminum block?
I wouldn't doubt if they just sold you a cleaned up and painted junkyard Lq4 with a cam in it.
It looks like it's an L92 aluminum block. It has 12584724 on the back of it, which comes up as an 6.2 L92, which is what I believe he was expecting to get.
I did put a scope in to check out the cylinders and they look freshly honed and the pistons look clean, so I do think it's a fresh rebuild. Whether it was done right and with the right stuff I don't know. It's supposed to have forged rods, though without getting if off the pallet and pulling the pan I can't really confirm. I'm not going to take that step unless, for some reason, he ends up still with this engine.
The tag that came on the engine says "Stock GM". It was delivered the last day of November though we only fully unwrapped the engine a few months ago as we started the actual build. We did check through all the paperwork, accessory boxes, etc., and took enough plastic off to verify the belt drive looked right, mounted accessories looked good, etc, but not enough to see the wrong heads were installed. Lesson learned apparently . . .
04-17-2022, 07:58 PM
