buryurfear14
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- Jun 17, 2009
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hernando,
Florida
A little back story. Bought this car a month back, and on the drive home (hour and thirty minute drive) I noticed it started overheating and that the timing belt was slinging oil. So of course, not wanting to further damage anything, I had it towed. I pressure checked the coolant system to see if the head gasket was blown or where my leak was. Found the leak and the leak down rate seemed to match the leak I found so I was a little relieved. I figured I'd go ahead and check the cyl's for coolant and check the compression again. Wellllll I've always gotten away with using standard sockets to remove plugs...until now haha. Turns out I'm going to have to weld to the socket and beat the beast out. The thing I'm worried about, is I broke the plug to be able to get my extension all the back in the socket, so I'm worried about the ceramic (right? Lol) getting into the cylinder and causing problems. I plan on using a shop vac to get as much as possible out with the valves closed and then I was thinking a squirt of oil and let it crank plug free? Do you think the left over stuff in there will just turn into ash once the plug fires a few times? I really don't want to take off the head because I'm lazy and don't want to have to have it milled and buy the head studs etc. So do you think I'll be alright?
Second question, I'm assuming the front crank seal is the oil issue, although as long as its a seal that's all that matters since I'm replacing all the seals and gaskets anyway. But I only drove it maybe 10 miles with the oil slinging and it's been sitting the residue for about a month. Do you think soaking it in soap and water while I' have the engine pulled will be sufficient? The head and belt and allll of that was just redone right before I bought the car so everything is fresh, which is why I want to avoid redoing it all.
Thanks for the help in advance! Hope I didn't leave anything out
Second question, I'm assuming the front crank seal is the oil issue, although as long as its a seal that's all that matters since I'm replacing all the seals and gaskets anyway. But I only drove it maybe 10 miles with the oil slinging and it's been sitting the residue for about a month. Do you think soaking it in soap and water while I' have the engine pulled will be sufficient? The head and belt and allll of that was just redone right before I bought the car so everything is fresh, which is why I want to avoid redoing it all.
Thanks for the help in advance! Hope I didn't leave anything out