My car wont start *Now 323 GTX Engine Swap!*
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Edit: confirmed, need the 3/8 NPT tap and the bit that goes with it. Do you happen to have a M12x1.5 tap for the sensor? A friend of mine locally probably has it but i'm not certain he has anything larger than 10mm.
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Well let ME double check what I have. Brb.
Edit: Ok, I have 37/64 drill and the 3/8NPT tap to go with it, but only M12x1.25. My drill chart doesn't even show M12x1.5, only 1.25 and 1.75. I thought I did since I drilled and tapped my spacer for the sensor, but I must of left that out of my box when I quit, cause it doesn't seem to be there now...
Edit: Ok, I have 37/64 drill and the 3/8NPT tap to go with it, but only M12x1.25. My drill chart doesn't even show M12x1.5, only 1.25 and 1.75. I thought I did since I drilled and tapped my spacer for the sensor, but I must of left that out of my box when I quit, cause it doesn't seem to be there now...
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Hmmm interesting. I'll check my buddy's shop and see if he has the 12x1.5.
Go ahead and send the rest of it! Doesn't have to be anything special, flat rate might not be the cheapest way. Any way you ship it it will be here overnight i'm pretty sure.
Go ahead and send the rest of it! Doesn't have to be anything special, flat rate might not be the cheapest way. Any way you ship it it will be here overnight i'm pretty sure.
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Ditch the pcv, hook both ends to a catch can. Does that block have a port with a cap down near the oil filter?
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Anyway, I got called into work so I couldn't do any more troubleshooting (also my excuse for not calling you but right before I took off for work I coudn't resist taking it for another spin around the block. No smoke this time, but it wasn't immediately obvious last time either, it took a little bit of driving it around before I noticed it.
Anyway, now I have a horrible leak between the mani and head so I have to get this bitch resurfaced for sure. I'm just affraid that its not resurfacable which will mean I have to weld on a new flange which means even more downtime. How are the exhaust mani gaskets suppose to go on? Does the flat side go toward the head or does the embossed side go toward the head? I might have installed it wrong.
Edit: No, this doesn't have the block port.
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Went for another drive this morning. Looks to be happening mostly under decel. Seems like vacuum pulls oil into the combustion chamber, then when i stab the throttle it puffs smoke like crazy. I dont see any smoke in my mirrors while i'm accelerating in boost although I cant pay much attention since this thing accelerates pretty quick at 14psi.
Other than the oil smoke and the leak at the manifold, its running as well if not better than ever.
Other than the oil smoke and the leak at the manifold, its running as well if not better than ever.
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I'm not sure which is more likely but i'm going to go pull a charge pipe and see whats up. If there isn't any oil in the charge pipe i'm going to assume valve stem seals. There is definitely oil between the head and manifold where its leaking.
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More news. Charge pipes are clean, its not the turbo. Its the rings in number 3. The spark plug is covered in oil. It is blowing oil out of the breather filter on the driver side valve cover so i'm definitely pressurizing the crank case badly.
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No idea. Probably many years in the back of bob's garage. I hope your crazy idea has something to do with getting rings unstuck from the piston after sitting a long time. I tried soaking the piston in ATF overnight but that hasn't helped :(