I have no idea what happend to my other thread, theres no words in it at all. I'll try this again. Got swap running about a weekago, haven't revved it up past 3k or nothing like that. It only burns some degreaser off the outside of the turbo, no smoke out from the exhaust. I'm gonna assume that my motor is gonna go real soon so I don't put my hopes up. Would it be rebuildable or are my housing done when it does this?, I was thinkin about selling it for $cheap just to get an FB (a waste of $3000 swap, $3500 car ) Could I just replace all the coolant seals, and o-rings, leave the apex,corner,sideseals in? Motor runs fine....for now.

 

you could just rebuild the engine i did a rebuild for approx 530 bux

-ra apex seals
-ra o ring kit(this kit includes oil rings too)(if you are unexperenced with ra coolent seals u may wanna get some oems.)
- ra install gaskets....

thats the bare bascis and thats prob only 3** dollars


i hope this helps in some way


peace


dustin

 

I just went outside and was taking a look at my engine. I popped the overflow bottle and it was dirty as hell due to me forgetting to clean it. There was like brownish water and it was kinda oilly due to my old n/a engine starting to go, it also was below the min line. I pop'd the top off the radiator when it was hot before I saw the oil in the rad and it shot a bunch of coolant into the tank. Would having contaminated water in the overflow tank make my coolant all shiny when I took the top off? The radiator still has nice green coolant except for that oil prob. Theres not any water on my dipstick, oil still seems thick. Could due to reusing a $4 o-ring for the LIM (I'm a dumbass) cause this aswell? Motor runs fine except for the lumply idle due to a vac leak. Doesn't smoke at all anymore, starts up after 1sec.