[TRMIN8R]

Aw c'mon Omar, you can have it torn down in a day.

 

[jlewis02]

Pull it and rebuild it sucks I know but it will be cheaper to fix it now than to wait to fix it.

 

[NITROUSNYQUIL]

Omar... you should run 20w-50 or sae 50 in that bitch all the time. Blower motors and Nitrous motors tear oil the **** up. I wouldn't doubt you made contact with thin oil dropping the clutch. I've never had a problem with wix filters and the "Auto-zone" Valvoline 20w-50 "Racing" oil.
That will put another year on your bottom end.

 

[buffhomer]

I know, and I always run Mobil 1, even in my nitrous engines. This is the only time I've ever had regular oil in for any length of time more than say, 200 miles.

Goddamn blowers!

 

[buffhomer]

So I went ahead and buttoned it back up with the heavier oil and drove it several miles, no noises or anything and it seemed to run fine. Didn't get on it real hard, just a little roll-on in 2nd and 3rd, only made about 5psi.

Still, I'm gonna go ahead and park it and start tearing it down and see what's up. No sense risking the good parts.

 

[buffhomer]

Motor out, got the pan off, here is the main culprit. My dad was right and I was partially right. All you car guys were dead wrong!!

Still need to tear apart the bottom end and check the bearings though, ya'll still could get in your 2 cents before it's all over.



You can see in the second pic that the 3 pieces are the roller itself, it had been ground flat before it just broke into pieces. Don't bitch about the pic quality, cameraphone.

 

[TTop50]

that sucks, looks like an easy fix though. Happy wrenching!:smile:

 

[buffhomer]

Well, still gotta see about the bearings and everything else. At a minimum, new cam and lifters, possibly a pushrod or two, likely the oil pump as well.

Probably gonna get a new clutch, the King Cobra the car has is a raging pile of shit. Insane hot spots all over the pressure plate and flywheel.

 

[hand1222000]

Dang,

Glad to hear you found your problem. Hope to see you on the road soon!

 

[buffhomer]

Better shot, the lifter got trash into the lifters next to it and they were starting to go, it severely jacked the cam too.



Also pulled the other head on the good side, lo and behold, this woulda been a problem too!



There was indeed one bad bearing, the #3 main. Also found that the timing chain is pretty stretched, the intake gaskets were blocking the ports a bit, and a few other things. Have a list of parts I'm gonna get ordered up tomorrow.

 

[Teknotard]

Damn Omar....your engine went to hell in a hand basket fast didnt it. Good to see it didnt trash the block or the internals

 

[5.0 clunker]

Damn Omar....your engine went to hell in a hand basket fast didnt it. Good to see it didnt trash the block or the internals

LOL wow way to make him feel better about it.

 

[Whipplecharged]

I was gonna say rebuild it but obviously I'm late.

 

[Teknotard]

LOL wow way to make him feel better about it.

My bad....but i dont recall if he built it himself or not. Either way..yeah that sucks that the motor took a shit. Im sure it will be back up and running again soon though. No bull maybe?

 

[buffhomer]

No I didn't, that's the only part of the car I didn't do myself.

 

[Teknotard]

That sucks....but now you get to do your motor this time so you know whats up with it.