corbenB
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I do not have a welder, is there any way i could rent a tool for it? I'm trying to look around for one but i cant find one. any help would be appreciated.
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That's wild haha. At this point, I might just throw it back together and see what happens. At least now I can say I got all of the pieces cleaned out. Worst comes to worst, I have a couple of friends who work with GM engines, so I can probably source a LS from there. Also have some friends who have lots of TDI Jetta engines/trannys, and I think that could be a cool swap as well lol.
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I took the bolts out, however the cap wouldn't come off. I have the whole engine in the car still, just with the oil pan off. Is there a particular way I have to go about this? Thanks!
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What do you think? looks fine to me personally. I was really hoping it was this to be honest, cause it seemed like an easy fix.
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Thank you, I've actually just come down with some sort of flu/cold, but once I'm over it i will be sure to check that and update.
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the stuff draining out of the filter was just oil, that is an older picture. After finding those bits I changed the oil and filter and drove it some more for roughly a week to see if it was just like a one time thing, but when i changed it again, i still found some more flakes. And i havent looked at the timing chain yet because i have been doing all of this with the engine stil in the car due to limited space.
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Hey guys, im currently in the middle of taking out my rod bearings after finding some non-magnetic metal shavings in my oil (i believe them to be copper). I have pulled 2 rod caps, and the bearings both looked like this. This looks like particulate wear to me, and the shavings I saw i feel were much to big to be from these bearings. i havent pulled all of them yet, but i figured i would just ask what you guys thought. I had no rod knock or anything, but my instinct told me it must be bearings. Was I wrong? I have attached a picture of the bearing, as well as two pictures of the shavings. Thanks in advance!
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Pulling the trans as well as the engine wouldn't be any easier than just pulling the engine, right? Just to make sure.
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Hey guys, I'm planning on getting started on my rod bearing replacement in a couple days here, and I wanted to see if anyone has done it by dropping the subframe and replacing them with the engine still in the car, and if they would recommend that vs. pulling the whole engine. Ive never pulled an engine before or done actual engine work, so this is all new to me. Thanks!
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It’s a 75 280z. Was quoted a pretty high amount for a rebuild from a shop, decided because I found the copper in my oil before I had knock, all I would need to do is replace the rod bearings, and would save my self a load of money. Haven’t done real engine work like this before but looking at videos of people doing it made it seem pretty doable. Don’t know if I’ll be able to pull the engine though, because my dad insisted that I didn’t pull it in his garage. We will see though. Thank you guys!
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Trying to drop oil pan to replace rod bearings. Figured that if that wasn’t something as integral as the oil pump, then it would be easier than having to take off the cross member. And yea things not being done right are a common theme on this car lmao. At least the body is straight.
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I’m trying to drop my oil pan and this is in the way I think. Is it a coolant drain? How would I go about taking it off? Thanks!
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Honestly I don't really burn any oil, it may be cause i don't hit highway speeds often or anything, but i've never checked my dipstick and it said anything below full. But yea this is my current plan, it doesn't have any misfiring but I'm still planning on doing a compression test. My reasoning for not changing the oil was that I hadn't hit 3000 miles on the cycle yet, but it had been sitting on and off for a year cause I had a series of electrical issues. But thank all you guys for your advice.
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Car has a N42 Fuel injected L28 with around 136000 miles on it. It was the previous owners first car in highschool, and he bought it from some guy in nevada. I'm assuming he kinda beated on it in HS because there was a lot of shitty electrical work done to it when I got it. Car had some tick but I know these are pretty noisy engines so i never really worried about it too much.
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Hi, first time poster here, I found copper flakes in my oil last week, despite having no rod knock. Car seemed to be running fine when I did the oil change. I was wondering if because I found out my bearing was going bad before it had "spun", should I try and attempt to just replace the bearing, whether it was main or rod, and move on? or should I just be looking for a new engine entirely. I took it to a shop for them to look it, and they quoted me at like 6500 at the high-end for repairs. I'm assuming that that's if the damage is extremely bad and pistons/block need to be resurfaced? I don't know where to go from here, so any advice is welcome. Thank you!
