If you need bearings it would be almost certainly due to an oil pump failure, at which case the whole block needs to be cleaned and gone through. Was there glitter in the oil pan or something that gave you that idea? If there is no oil pump...
I contemplated what all I need to do to it while it is apart. Finding the issues that I did was not disappointing. I figured with the age of the car I would have numerous issues bc it was still all stock. This just gives me an excuse to rebuild...
Oil on the intake side like that is common when there's no catch can and the PCV is routed directly to the IM. That's why we install catch cans.
Poorly made cans with no baffles or catch material that can condense oil vapour is almost as bad...
I have a lot of oil in my intake manifold ports. I have not yet tried to trace it back bc it has been storming the last few days since I got the head off. I would feel better replacing them while they fairly easily accessible at this point. I...
I retract my statement. I put them in my cart and am looking for the rings. I went to cart and saw where they are on backorder. Guess I will just buy the ACL bc I need them asap.
I hear you, however I bought it 14 months ago. The car smoked a bit at idle when I went and looked at it. I made them do a compression test while there and it checked out. The only reason I was tearing the engine apart anyways was bc I'm about to...