finally took "blown" motor apart

[mac10chap]

Started taking the old motor apart finally and found out what was wrong with the old motor that was supposedly blown. Turns out a retainer on a valve spring on the front passenger side broke off. The spring just fell out when I took the valve cover off. Valve was stuck open.

I guess a replacement of the retainer is all it would have taken to fix the old motor but it already had almost 100K miles anyways.

Anyways, got the whole motor torn apart today. Going to get the heads P/P, forge the bottom end, ect. Going to be a drawn out process but I cant wait to get started.

 

[JeremyH]

Sweat at least the valve didnt fall in the engine and you can use the block still.

 

[Bullitt3478]

Good news.Amazing thats all it was,I know you had some procharged miles on that motor making really good numbers.That says a lot.

 

[mac10chap]

Good news.Amazing thats all it was,I know you had some procharged miles on that motor making really good numbers.That says a lot.

it really does. I figured there were gonna be some metal chunks missing on a piston or something. To think all it was is a spring. Could have been fixed cheap and still be running. lol

 

[GB10]

Sounds good man, and sounds like it was a good excuse to build up a motor for your car. Should be a fun project; good luck.

 

[zxmarekxz]

wow, glad there was an up side