Engine is dead
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Engine is dead
I did a large install and tried to start the car only to have is destroy a starter. After some searching we found coolent in the engine.
Anybody know a good place to get a cheap motor?
Anybody know a good place to get a cheap motor?
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http://www.moradpartscompany.com/
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chevy...Q5fAccessories
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cobal...Q5fAccessories
Ehhh first of all do you have a LSJ?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chevy...Q5fAccessories
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cobal...Q5fAccessories
Ehhh first of all do you have a LSJ?
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Ya this has been the worst experience ever. Friend and I installed the following. OTTP Stage 2 kit w/mps, OTTP H/E, Option B, OTTP stage 2 trans mounts. Never even got to ride in it. I assume a hose got connected wrong or something. It tooks us 2 days of cussing then 3 weeks of trial and error till we found the culprit.
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How exactly did you cause a big enough coolant leak to flood the cylinders enough to kill it? Nothing you installed should have been near the coolant. Did you take off the intake manifold or something for a dual pass and mess up the install?
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I believe coolant can damage and weaken the cylinders and stuff... But instead of taking the engine out and doing all that work, why not try to suck all of the coolant out and get the engine running? A teardown is exponentially more work. I'd chance it before I pulled the engine.
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The motor may still be good. I don't think the starter is strong enough to bend a rod, which is why it probably killed the starter. Find out where the coolant is coming from and fix the problem then make sure you flush the engine oil to remove any coolant that may be in it as well as getting the coolant out of the cylinders.
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The motor may still be good. I don't think the starter is strong enough to bend a rod, which is why it probably killed the starter. Find out where the coolant is coming from and fix the problem then make sure you flush the engine oil to remove any coolant that may be in it as well as getting the coolant out of the cylinders.
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Typically the top and bottom laminovas have the big openings out and the middle two have the small opening out. If you damaged the seals on the laminova that could cause leaking into the intake manifold as well.
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