Help Needed Asap!!

timbo666 · #1 08-23-2007, 03:28 PM

so i went to check on a noisey fuel injector in my 92 lsl, and thought hey, ill check the oil, much to my surprise smoke is coming out of the filler neck, no oil to be seen on the dipstick, went to the pvc valve, smoke coming outa there too. i feel f-ing stupid cuz i just got outa school for auto tech so take it easy on me, i feel stupid enough, but i need to fix this cuz i can not afford to get fired, my plans are all new engine gaskets all around, new piston rings, all that good stuff.

thoughts, ideas, advice, anything would be GREATLY appreciated.

ridered777 · #2 08-23-2007, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by timbo666

no oil to be seen on the dipstick

Are you leaking oil? Check in usual spots (oil pan, around the heads, oil drain plug, etc.)

I'm slightly confused. You're saying the problem is you are leaking oil I'm assuming, hence the new gaskets all around. I'd say the trick is to plan on more, because while it sounds good in theory that all you have to do is reseal the engine essentially, there is a chance you fried something while running it without enough/any oil.

I don't think there's enough info to know what to do yet. I always plan for the worst though. Open 'er up and see what ya got...

longassname · #3 08-23-2007, 05:40 PM

The noise was probably just a lifter cause of the low oil. Fill her back up with oil and hopefully you are ok and back on the road.

If you need to start on your oil leaks on the cheap your likely biggest offenders are luckily the easiest to get too. The intake cam caps which you wouldn't even think would leak since they aren't a friction seal and your valve cover gaskets. You can replace the intake cam caps without getting into taking off the timing belt etc..just the side timing covers. It's tight removing the valve covers on the car but it is doable. Be carefull installing them and dont let the gaskets pop out during install.

If you toasted your engine building it is going to be tough to do on the cheap. You'll need to hone your cyllinders and you will get piston slap with a sidewall clearance of more than 3 and a half thousanths so you will have to get oversized pistons. I think the factory pistons are around $360 a set. I can supply you hastings rings at I think it was $150. I can also supply you rediculously good main and rod bearings at $250 (coated high silicon aluminum bearings developed for our race engines). You'll need the factory overhaul gasket and seal set which is close to $300. That aught to do it. That adds up to what $1060 in parts? You can glean the info on what to pay attention to on the machine work from the engine build threads in mod mania.