ishnish
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- Jun 26, 2011
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Modesto,
California
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I believe it was a mixture of both man. Oh just wait, the next updates I post you'll get a much better idea of how bad it was. Idk what the last owner put in for cooling but I wouldn't doubt tap water being usedWow man, what was in your cooling system? Is that orange stuff all Rust or is it sludge?
If you need any EXTRA vacuum ports, now is the time to drill and tap for them. My EVOIII intake has 2 extra brass barbs next to the original one up by the throttle body on the engine side of the manifold, where there is a boss that is flat that you can drill and tap. I am glad they are there on mine. Think out what you may need and prepare ahead of time! Just a tip.
I'm assuming this may have been from the valve stem seal leaks I had. Intake cams pitted like a mofo.
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I posted an update of it not being as bad as I first thought, but now you have me worried as well. When I drained my clean oil from my car when first tearing this all apart, the oil was completely clean. No issues with it as far as I remember.Cams are pittted from water contamination, or oil starvation, possibly both if the milk shake clogged the oil valve in the head.
Your current oil pressure issues have me a bit worried about the oiling system being contaminated. I almost want to suggest dropping the pan to inspect the oil pickup for debris.
I posted an update of it not being as bad as I first thought, but now you have me worried as well. When I drained my clean oil from my car when first tearing this all apart, the oil was completely clean. No issues with it as far as I remember.
It's a bit odd to have the intake side be so pitted. As long as you can take off the oil cap and see the intake cam slinging oil with a little rev it should be fine.
Yeah that's definitely water in the cooling system. You're going to want to perform a few flushes this summer when you can run distilled water and flush through the system for a few days
Right?? My exhaust cam was perfect! I have no idea why the intake cam was like that. I'll do that next thank you.
Should I perform the few flushes asap or can I wait until the summer? Being that I have a brand new waterpump installed.
You can do both. The way the flush concentrate bottles read, for maximum effectiveness you want to drain the cooling system, pour in the flush, and fill with water and run the car to operating temps for at least 45 minutes. For extremely contaminated systems it says you can leave in for an extended period of time for the best results.
My heater core was clogged and my head and block passages were clogged, with nasty head gasket repair stuff. I ran blue devil cooling system flush with distilled water for a week or two and drained and filled the system after that.
I ended up replacing all of the radiator and heater core hoses with the silicone hose kit on eBay for $55 and now my heater finally works again