This is what i have been up to the past 2 days.
My buddy has a 96 z24 with 170xxx miles on it! And was hard driven most of its life. Here is what it looks like as of now
It spun a rod bearing
Excuse the picture quality it is from a cell phone.
Funny thing is the oil was just changed 43miles ago!
Here is the mysterious peice we found along with lots of bearing shavings inside the oil pan..
If anyone knows where this goes or what it is.. Please let me know hhahah
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bullet shell casing
I guess the Obama's new trucks gotta be more careful when they let off those rounds
hahah were pondering what its for..
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That is the bottom of the Dip stick that you broke taken it out!
100% sure....
Schnupper wrote:hahah were pondering what its for..
to kill any body who tries to attack the president derr
don't sneak onto the closed course next time and you will still have an engine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nug5FZgxuk
Schnupper wrote:hahah were pondering what its for..
to kill any body who tries to attack the president derr
don't sneak onto the closed course next time and you will still have an engine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nug5FZgxuk
I kid I kid
but I honestly don't know what its for
someone will likely know soon enough
i wouldnt be discouraged..... beating the hell out of it for most of its 170,000 mile life means it lasted real good.
do a 2.3 oil pump swap and spun bearings should be a thing of the past.
Needing 2.3 oil pump stuff? PM me...
Yup. we are going to measure out the crank and order bearings!!! We took apart the oil pump and checked all the clearences of the gerotor and its all good! So were just waiting to figure out where this goes. LOL
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maybe this will help
8 psi with m62 and IAT under 100
haha i think thats what it is.. Weird haha
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haha i wonder how it broke>?
8 psi with m62 and IAT under 100
Its very common for them to break there. I just use RTV on mine now.
I wouldn't RTV it cause it is like 15-20 bucks to fix. Nothing like a piece of metal in the pan if it ever falls off again. Just about everyone that does a header on a 2.4 brakes it taking it out .
With as often as my dipstick tube comes out I would go through 2-4 a year. I just put the tube back in with RTV. Never said anything about putting the small broken piece back in. Why should I spend $15 on a new tube when I have an open tube of RTV already in front of me?
I thought you where tryin' to hold both parts together with RTV! I guess that could work since it is bolted in up top, but I just didn't trust it to do for my car to maybe loss of pressure
I have blow out the o-ring several times, the RTV never failed.
mitdr774 wrote:With as often as my dipstick tube comes out I would go through 2-4 a year. I just put the tube back in with RTV. Never said anything about putting the small broken piece back in. Why should I spend $15 on a new tube when I have an open tube of RTV already in front of me?
Very true.
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z yaaaa wrote:i wouldnt be discouraged..... beating the hell out of it for most of its 170,000 mile life means it lasted real good.
do a 2.3 oil pump swap and spun bearings should be a thing of the past.
That is not a fix for that. There have been cases with the 2.3L oil pump and spun bearing. But the 2.3L pump will take care of issuses if you plan on passing the 6500 redline.
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Well as for the 2.3 oil pump were not going to do that he doenst have money for it
Thats why were just replacing the bearings
Not my way to do things but thats all he has the money for right now. The crank is in pretty damn good condition! Very little imperfections can bearly feel anything with my finger nails. It all measured out in spec with the micrometer. As for the dip stick i dont see that the broken piece serves as.
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We got the bearings ordered up! only 68bux
all the journals measured out to spec
WOOT only bad thing is the 3rd journal has little imperfections in it. So persionally i wouldnt reuse the crank without machning but he doesnt have the money at the moment
So were just going to give it a shot and when it fails again in a couple thousand miles he will have the money to do it right!
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*Update*
We decided to actually get a new crank
So now heres a question for everyone. Have you ever tried to pull the 2.4 with autotranny out without taking the trans out? It looks do-able. Or did you just take them out together out the top?
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Schnupper wrote:*Update*
We decided to actually get a new crank So now heres a question for everyone. Have you ever tried to pull the 2.4 with autotranny out without taking the trans out? It looks do-able. Or did you just take them out together out the top?
Yes, ive taking my 2.4 out 2 times with the auto tranny still in. Very easy. Just sucks getting it back in because of all the hidden tranny to block bolts. Nothing but a couple hours, not too bad.
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