tomorrow i plan to look at a s5 jdm turbo2 motor, what are some things to check and to look out for. i plan to take pics and post them on this web site. any tips will help thanks

 

do a compression test

 

compression test is always at the top of the list. if it passes after that, use a flashlight and verify that all parts are there and their overall condition. also make sure it is really a s5...

 

how do you ID motor 2 see if it is an s5 motor

 

i dont have a tester but i was just gunna try ansd see if has 6 pufffs of air, and the ecu is a n370

 

if i has an electrical OMP its a S5. s4 is mechanical

 

^Son of a... beat me to it... Look for the oil metering pump (electric=S5 has wires, mechanical=S4 has a rod to the throttle body) and the exhaust manifold (short and square bolt pattern=S5, angled and not square=S4)

W/o a starter on the engine its going to be hard to get a good compression reading... turn it over a few times and pull the plugs and look for coolant (green fluid) turn it over after pulling the plugs and see if anything comes out (water/rust=no good)

Good luck!

 

As well, though it'll probably be a dry engine, look in the oil and see if it's gritty, chunky or milky.

Part of that inspection can be accomplished by simply pulling the oil-fill and wiping a finger around that ridge.

Other than that, pulling the drain-plug would be a primo.

 

k so i check it out to day and after sping it over by hand i didnt get any puffs from the front rotor, really strong puffs from the rear none form the front. glad i dint by it at that point, so i put some atf in the front rotor on all 3 seals. looked around more check things out it for shure was a s5 - e-omp. came back to the rotor turned it over and got 3 lil puffs not like the rear but more that what we started with, thinkin maybe some seals stuck? idk, i got a bunch of pics, trying to put them up but super slow comp

 

 

 

well from the last two pics it appears to be s5. the others are too tiny to tell. and also when checkin out a motor an easy way to tell its got bad coolant seals is just a smell. everyone here has to know what im talkin about. cooked oil and coolant have a very distinct smell

 

yeah sorry about the pics,iam gunna retry later, what do you think about the motor it deffintly didnt have coolant in the houseing look dry and no rust, the atf made it have some puffs ima call the dude back in a few and see if the atf is doing its trick, he said it sat there for a wile