Took the car for a bath after I replaced the turnsignal housing. After that, I went to the gym and obviously the car was dirty by the time I was finished. Promise the stripes on the parking lot arent from me lol

 

Good looking car.

 

The WS6 store sells the front plate filler and Afterthoughts auto sells the fuel rail covers. You can also try ebay.

 

Looks good!

 

Question for you guys. I parked my car in the driveway yesterday and and came out this morning and noticed small oil spots coming from I guess what is called the cross member. Its not in one spot, but a couple small spots on the driveway. It's never leaked oil before and it's just about due for an oil change.

I've seen that these car will leak from the rear main seal, but I don't think the leak is that far back. I think its the oil pressure sending unit. Would that be a proper position for a leak of that sort?

 

Upon second look, it's looking to leak after the car is parked and not a constant leak. So my guess is the sending unit.

Anyone correct me on that?

 

If you get under it with a good light and shine it up above the oil filter and see oil flow, it's the sender. Beautiful car, btw!

 

Thank you sir. The car was parked on the angle driveway, and it showed oil. But when the car is parked on the level street, it doesn't drip a single drop. I'm confused lol

 

why can't i find a good buy like this, looks great!

 

Took 4 years of patients and looking. Keep your eyes open and the right one will pop up eventually! Thanks for the complements

 

LOL, I hear ya, I had that with my 96 Ws6, thats gonna be the car I should have never sold, but it was to nice, now I want something I can drive to work and not feel guilty about it

 

Well bad news. I noticed some coolant under the car when I took the car out one day and took the car to the nearest dealership to get the coolant system pressure tested. Got the call back a bit a go and the head gasket is leaking on the back of the driver side. They quoted me $2600 to do the job and take the heads to a machine shop to make sure they are in good shape. I don't know what to do at the moment. I really can't swing that right now.

I know there is a member here that has a lot of experience working on these cars. I might give me a call and see if he can help me out.

 

congrats on the car man, I saved for a LONG time and finally got a 2000 M6 TA last april. I LOVE my car its been ups and downs this year but were working through it haha. I wish you and the new car nothing but good things!

 

getting the heads off these cars isnt too much harder than anything else I've seen, and gaskets and studs aren't too expencive. Have you considered doing the work yourself?

 

gaskets and head bolts are bout $100 total for factory from NAPA giving the head to the machine shop always a good idea they dont charge to much for checking them here in cali its like $60 and then some priceless hours of bitching about who manged to fit this engine in here and broken knuckles good as new. id also recommend getting the exhaust manifold seal kit comes with the egr seals as well was $35 i think. all other seals should be reusable.

 

oh and almost forgot the oil pressure send unit is behind the intake and really easy to break so take your time getting the intake off or you'll be out another $40-50 for a new one. (yes i broke mine doing this last month)

 

Time for a H/C swap

 

I only have basic hand tools with me here at school and no garage to work in. Only a small parking lot. I have someone willing to do it for me and let me help him.

One day I had hopes in doing a cam swap, but have barely researched the idea. I only want to do bolt on mods to the car at this time, so I'm not sure which cam I should go with. A friend told me to go with a 223/223 cam.

Any suggestions?

Thanks for the input guys.

 

Well guys, my friend agreed to work on the car. But I'm looking to upgrade a bit. I'm definitely going to get an LS6 intake manifold, but I'm also looking for LS6 heads.

Do you guys have a recommendation for a cam using LS6 heads and intake with exhaust?

 

I found a set of LS6 heads with a fresh port and valve job with LS6 springs. He wants $550 for them. You guys think that is a good deal?