 Sludge under valve cover 20V Blacktop, is this a bad sign |
 Feb 24, 2013 - 4:32 PM
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Enthusiast  Joined Sep 6, '12 From Holland Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%)  |
Hello,
I bought myself a 20V Blacktop yesterday and today we decided to strip the engine and take the cam cover off. Under the cam cover we saw sludge sludge and sludge all over. The bearings and cams seems to be okay, but i'm afraid to take the head off  What do you guys think? Return the engine or just check the bottom and when there's no damage to the pistons, rings, cylinders, etc keep the engine? The oil filter looks very clear, so that could mean two things. 1) The bottom is good and no sludge over there or 2) (I don't hope so) the oil passage is blocked. Well...here are the pics: Engine complete:  Cam cover itself:  Underneath the cam cover:     Tomorrow we are going to put the starter and brackter back on and check compression. I think this is possible isn't it? Valves are closed now and inlet/outlet is open and plugs are out. Should've done that right away. before stripping it :S -------------------- |
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Feb 24, 2013 - 5:53 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 11, '06 From Way South Chicago Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Tear down, clean, measure, replace as needed, hone, re-ring, re assemble.
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onnaj Sludge under valve cover 20V Blacktop Feb 24, 2013 - 4:32 PM
Syaoran Years of pure negligence.... that's like oil p... Feb 24, 2013 - 4:45 PM
onnaj QUOTE (Syaoran @ Feb 24, 2013 - 10:4... Feb 24, 2013 - 4:48 PM trdproven that can either be from poor oil maintenance, bad ... Feb 24, 2013 - 5:02 PM Syaoran QUOTE (onnaj @ Feb 24, 2013 - 5:48 P... Feb 24, 2013 - 5:51 PM njccmd2002 that engine might need rebuild, it sucks bro, pure... Feb 24, 2013 - 5:51 PM njccmd2002 QUOTE (Bitter @ Feb 24, 2013 - 4:53 ... Feb 24, 2013 - 6:08 PM Smaay QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Feb 24, 2013 - 3... Feb 24, 2013 - 6:16 PM enderswift My 3s looked like that when I got it. I decided to... Feb 24, 2013 - 6:28 PM richee3 I'd either take Smaay's advice and tear th... Feb 24, 2013 - 6:29 PM soulshadow I would send it back and ask for a refund, unless ... Feb 28, 2013 - 1:50 AM kevinpetch It's very common for 4AGE BT engine.
Only if y... Mar 4, 2013 - 8:38 AM rave2n That looks ruff Mar 4, 2013 - 9:40 AM onnaj The engine doesn't look to bad at all.
Check ... Mar 4, 2013 - 5:46 PM onnaj Just FYI.
The engine bottom was perfect! You ... Mar 22, 2013 - 10:19 AM Bitter Better safe than sorry, it's like having a new... Mar 22, 2013 - 7:22 PM onnaj QUOTE (Bitter @ Mar 23, 2013 - 1:22 ... Mar 23, 2013 - 3:14 AM Bitter 2ZZ-GE territory there, very manageable on pump ga... Mar 23, 2013 - 12:23 PM |
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