Long story short- Rebuilt top end, put back together, headgasket blew.
I spent the past couple days putting my engine back together. I had the head rebuilt after the timing belt broke.
I put all new parts onto the engine.
Victor rienz gasket set throughout
I got the got the car running. It fired up first shot.
I had a slight overheating issue, which ended up being i switched two coolant lines which ran to the throttle body. I fixed this issue and the overheating issue went away.
I had also adjusted the valves.
The valvetrain did sound a bit noisy, but i chalked that up to it being the m20 and it needing some fresh oil. Which I was going to change right away.
I took the car out and it felt fine and drove well.
I got a couple blocks away when the car started to sound really bad, like a valve was hitting. I babied it home coasting as much as I could. the car would not stay running at this point, but it would run.
Stopped the car, popped the hood and smoke came pouring out. I could see oil quickly draining out of the engine, and found the leak right at #3 cylinder on the passenger side. Pretty heavy oil flow.
What did I do wrong?
How bad is the engine going to be?
what should I do?
I spent the past couple days putting my engine back together. I had the head rebuilt after the timing belt broke.
I put all new parts onto the engine.
Victor rienz gasket set throughout
I got the got the car running. It fired up first shot.
I had a slight overheating issue, which ended up being i switched two coolant lines which ran to the throttle body. I fixed this issue and the overheating issue went away.
I had also adjusted the valves.
The valvetrain did sound a bit noisy, but i chalked that up to it being the m20 and it needing some fresh oil. Which I was going to change right away.
I took the car out and it felt fine and drove well.
I got a couple blocks away when the car started to sound really bad, like a valve was hitting. I babied it home coasting as much as I could. the car would not stay running at this point, but it would run.
Stopped the car, popped the hood and smoke came pouring out. I could see oil quickly draining out of the engine, and found the leak right at #3 cylinder on the passenger side. Pretty heavy oil flow.
What did I do wrong?
How bad is the engine going to be?
what should I do?
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