Corse
06-27-2021, 10:42 PM
1995 RT/10
Well, some not so great news. Came back from autocross and the car was knocking/clacking.
Pulled the oil pan, very fine glitter in the oil. No chunks though, which is good. Didn't feel any play in the rod bearings and didn't actually spin a rod bearing.
The previous owner, or a previous owner at some point, used a lot of silicon instead of a pan gasket in a manner that allowed for so much silicon into the pan
that it was getting sucked up and basically starving the engine slowly but surely.
However, my next step is going to be to remove the heads. I have a shop manual but wanted to ask for anyone who has done the heads on them before:
* are there any specialty tools that would have made it easier?
* are there any rubik's cube steps to this car on taking the heads off?
* anything you would have done different when you removed them?
Want to get ahead of the gotchas before I dive in this coming weekend.
Well, some not so great news. Came back from autocross and the car was knocking/clacking.
Pulled the oil pan, very fine glitter in the oil. No chunks though, which is good. Didn't feel any play in the rod bearings and didn't actually spin a rod bearing.
The previous owner, or a previous owner at some point, used a lot of silicon instead of a pan gasket in a manner that allowed for so much silicon into the pan
that it was getting sucked up and basically starving the engine slowly but surely.
However, my next step is going to be to remove the heads. I have a shop manual but wanted to ask for anyone who has done the heads on them before:
* are there any specialty tools that would have made it easier?
* are there any rubik's cube steps to this car on taking the heads off?
* anything you would have done different when you removed them?
Want to get ahead of the gotchas before I dive in this coming weekend.