cmiller8006 Winter build
Are you breaking it in on conventional oil?
Its a break in oil.
Last edited by cmiller8006; Apr 2, 2011 at 08:38 AM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
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From: winder
well everything was good. Last night the car started making a funny slapping/ticking noise. Today I went and bought a new timing chain tensioner and pulled the old one out. It was blown apart inside the motor, thankfully only the c-clip actually fell into the motor, the rest fell apart as I was pulling it out. Crazy thing is that was a brand new one when I put it in. Now I am in the process of pulling the front cover, I think that's where the c-clip will be. Wish me luck lol.
Well I found two little pieces of a clip lol. Prolly drain the oil and maybe pull the pan to get as much as I can. Unfortunatly it will be a couple days before I can get back on it.
my uncle builds engines and a few companies have told him in seminars he has been to that new rings take a very very short time to break in with all the new technology and stuff. I would throw the 5w30 in by now just dont get on it to hard yet. The break in oil is just really high in zinc to help the break in, thats the big difference between the two.
i ran brad penn for like 300 miles and then switched over
i ran brad penn for like 300 miles and then switched over
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From: Marshalls creek PA
Car is done and drove it for awhile today. I had a little coolant leak but it was just the hose that went to the heater core, got that fixed up and all is well. Dont know what it is but the car has a deeper tone to it than before. I know I havent heard it in a while but I know it is deeper now than before. Sounds good, also a really awsome feeling knowing it is all working right and me being the only one that worked on it, except for the engine builder doing his part.
Starting to get the rest of my parts together to build a complete engine. I have a very low mile 2.4 Gen 2 block. LNF crank ,K1 rods,88MM Weisco pistons, Complete new 2.0 LNF head ,bearings, new intake and TB , exhaust manifold. I almost have everything I need except ARP bolts and studs and a turbo kit.
Starting to get the rest of my parts together to build a complete engine. I have a very low mile 2.4 Gen 2 block. LNF crank ,K1 rods,88MM Weisco pistons, Complete new 2.0 LNF head ,bearings, new intake and TB , exhaust manifold. I almost have everything I need except ARP bolts and studs and a turbo kit.
