Joining the bandwagon, my 4L OHV build

[jd4242]

I was off anyways so it would have sucked!! Omg i was at ralleys monday and a lady had a heart attack right before i pulled into line.she was at advance and floored it across both parking lots and smashed into the wall of ralleys right in front of where i would have been in line!!!

 

[jd4242]

Leave the rockers and pushrods in,i wanna check and see the wear if any

 

[Xeek]

wow. i drive by it every morning, except on the other side. tomorrow im gonna look to see if theres a hole/dent lol

 

[jd4242]

It didnt look like it did anything to the wall,it TOTALED her car tho.front bumper to the glass,had to pull her out the back

 

[Xeek]

autozone almost sold me cork valve cover gaskets.. im lucky i opened it when i did....

i dont know whats going on but i cant find IAC gaskets. autozone is out, and their warehouse doesnt have any. and advanceautoparts doesnt have any? :/

 

[Willard]

If I'm not mistaken those are nearly impossible to fine. I think the one time I needed one I bought some gasket material and made my own.

 

[Xeek]

i can find them on online stores no problem, just have to wait on shipping tho.
i just used black rtv. seemed to work, but id rather get the gasket

 

[jd4242]

I think i have one

 

[Xeek]

what dont you have stuffed in the back of your truck? lol

 

[jd4242]

Ummm idk

 

[Xeek]

you dont have a spare tire!

hoping the pushrods get here today. if not ill have to make a trip to work monday to get them

 

[Xeek]

yay! they got here! ups: $9 and 5 days to get here. usps: $5 and takes 3 days to get here. :/ lol
i hope 0.025" makes a big sound differnece!

 

[jd4242]

If it doesnt then there may be other problems, like low oil pressure from worn lifters or cam bearings!!

 

[Xeek]

cam bearings? i didnt know there was any? i just shoved that thing in there. ?

 

[jd4242]

it takes special tools to do those

 

[Xeek]

learned something new lol
hell if those went id just sell the engine and get a 302 and supercharge it

 

[jd4242]

Dont think they are bad just worn like the lifters,i think its just the pushrods though and the 328 will help with worn stuff

 

[Xeek]

ok. i had didnt feel like playing around the intake to get the covers off so i took the intake off. it reeks of fuel and on the inside theres slimy liquid thats clear-ish. get it with my finger and it kinda smells like oil.
pcv valve was covered in assembly lube/oil, so much it was seeping out around the rubber ring on the valve cover.
pulled the drivers valve cover....................................................................
and saw this baby **** green/tan slime(thick, i havent turned the truck on since sunday night and its still on the inside of the cover like that) coating the inside of the cover. a little bit on the head/rockers. and the rest on the head/rockers looked like normal used brown oil.

im very nervous right now........

 

[jd4242]

Ewwww not good!!

 

[Xeek]

is that what coolant in oil looks like?


for some reason i want to say because my seals are bad(why im doing this in the first place), if oil got past the valves to the pistons, maybe fuel went up into the heads the same way?