Enjin
08-17-2006, 10:53 AM
I recently went to change my headgasket.
and then I see that there is a problem with my head in one of the journal bearings.
it looks like a little oil starvation, killing the head and cam to the point where I just said, "ok Ill get another head and another set of cams"
so I did.
I had it sent to the shop where a good friend of mine works. plenty of sr20det experience.
he intalled the new gasket, the new headstuds, the new head, made everything perfect. he even gave me a new timing chain, timing chain guide, and oil pump.
I spend about 12 hours a day for 3 days putting everything back together. new clutch, new flywheel, putting manifolds back on, redoing oil pan gasket, putting the motor in by myself, (spending like an hour getting the new pilot bushing in lol and another hour trying to get the tranny crossmember on lol geez I hate those). its 100 degrees.
prime the oil pump just as if I just got the swap (unplug cas and attempt to start... you know what Im talking about)
start the car... it runs like ass. whyyyyyy? so I check the timing and it says that the lowest I can go is 25* so I call my friend who worked on it and asked for a tool to turn the crank. he says "I put the motor together, just drop the car off at the shop and Ill do it"
so I wake up to him calling to tell me this morning "whatever the problem you had with the oil is in the block... because Im sitting here looking at your motor and there is metal shavings everywhere and your cam BROKE"
all that time. all that money. all the emotional stress that I thought would pay off in the end. the motor is gone. yeah. I cried. yeah... kickboxing is going to have a little more emotional aspect tonight. no, I cant make it out of town to my girlfriends birthday.
I dont even know what to do.
and then I see that there is a problem with my head in one of the journal bearings.
it looks like a little oil starvation, killing the head and cam to the point where I just said, "ok Ill get another head and another set of cams"
so I did.
I had it sent to the shop where a good friend of mine works. plenty of sr20det experience.
he intalled the new gasket, the new headstuds, the new head, made everything perfect. he even gave me a new timing chain, timing chain guide, and oil pump.
I spend about 12 hours a day for 3 days putting everything back together. new clutch, new flywheel, putting manifolds back on, redoing oil pan gasket, putting the motor in by myself, (spending like an hour getting the new pilot bushing in lol and another hour trying to get the tranny crossmember on lol geez I hate those). its 100 degrees.
prime the oil pump just as if I just got the swap (unplug cas and attempt to start... you know what Im talking about)
start the car... it runs like ass. whyyyyyy? so I check the timing and it says that the lowest I can go is 25* so I call my friend who worked on it and asked for a tool to turn the crank. he says "I put the motor together, just drop the car off at the shop and Ill do it"
so I wake up to him calling to tell me this morning "whatever the problem you had with the oil is in the block... because Im sitting here looking at your motor and there is metal shavings everywhere and your cam BROKE"
all that time. all that money. all the emotional stress that I thought would pay off in the end. the motor is gone. yeah. I cried. yeah... kickboxing is going to have a little more emotional aspect tonight. no, I cant make it out of town to my girlfriends birthday.
I dont even know what to do.