who here has experienced sinking sleeves? diagnostics? what happend. how did it happen. how long. symptoms etcc. thanks !!!

 

i have heard of this
my tuner's dentist who has a built GSR turbo had that happen to him but his motor was built 4-5 years ago before there was better ways of doing it. His is now using (burning) coolant because of the problem, so he is sleeving another block to use.

what kind of sleeves do you have and what is the story--did this happen to you?

 

Phil, why are you so worried about how long built motors last? Just build one and find out. .

 

lol, hows that saying go, life is too short so just do it

 

go for it dude! i woudlnt worry about the sinking nower days

 

my motor is built. i just built it !. im gettin coolant out my exhaust. but i havent even driven the car yet. so i wanted to hear other peoples stories.

im running the new

Golden eagle " unsinkable" sleeves. im really hping its not the case. considering i just took the head off. checked the head and slapped on a new headgasket and retorqued the head studs etcc and im still getting coolant out of my ****** exhaust.

 

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im running the new

Golden eagle " unsinkable" sleeves. im really hping its not the case. considering i just took the head off. checked the head and slapped on a new headgasket and retorqued the head studs etcc and im still getting coolant out of my ****** exhaust.
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You didn't check the sleeve height when you pulled the head?

 

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i had some of my workers pull it. by the time i got back from errands head was already on.

 

are you sure its coming from the exhaust out of the head, and not the turbo?

 

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Doh! That sucks. I would pull the head again just to be sure. Even if the problem fixes itself you still won't have any peace of mind not really knowing whether or not they sank. How long was it run before the problem occured? Most cases of sleeve sinking I heard of (and I researched A LOT before getting my block sleeved) happened a little while after startup and initial tune.

 

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imma plug the coolant lines off the turbo tomarorw and see whats up . gonna do a few tests


leak down


pull coolant lines to turbo


put car on lift. see if coolant is coming out of the downpipe

if all fails.

pull manifold off and look for residual moisture.

 

if this was a D series it would make 400whp at idle phil......i bet you its the turbo, im hoping its the turbo , i dont see how the sleeves could be the problem....

 

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imma plug the coolant lines off the turbo tomarorw and see whats up . gonna do a few tests


leak down


pull coolant lines to turbo


put car on lift. see if coolant is coming out of the downpipe

if all fails.

pull manifold off and look for residual moisture.


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good luck bro, lemme know if you need anything...

 

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hahaha mark .. shut up or i wont finish your manifold !!!!


actually .. bitchin makes me finsih ****. considerinf i finished alex ( quad-damges) tubular D series its damn annoying though

im hoping its the turbo too !!! easy fix .. otherwise ill pull my hair out and shove it down the intake of my motor ... then itll feel my pain ..

 

dood gimme his tubular , that ricer wont appreciate it!!!!!

and finish my **** you *****!!! i have to leave on jan 17th id like to see the car run befor then ......going to the middle east!

and i hope its your turbo , i dont think its the sleeves seriously.

 

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and finish my **** you *****!!! i have to leave on jan 17th id like to see the car run befor then ......going to the middle east!

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yeah .. i dunno though .. cuz 1st time i had this problem i had fluids spitting out from a small gap between flange and wg.

imma work on your stuff this week. prob finish by end of the week ok?&gt;

 

end of the week sounds great!!!!!

hey if i go there , and after you leave alex's tubular manifold is gone ....it wasnt mee ok?

 

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hey if i go there , and after you leave alex's tubular manifold is gone ....it wasnt mee ok?</TD></TR></TABLE>

just like my 4 other turbos ... u stole em didnt ya !

 

ya , i melted them down to create the gt35 , the greatist turbo known to man!!!!!!!!!

 

If there is anything I can do to help, please do not hesitate to ask!!! I am hear to make sure you are happy with your purchase of our sleeved block.

One thing also to remember, did you ever get your head pressure tested like you said? I haven't heard back from you on some of the questions I asked. Get back to me when you have a chance. Thanks and I am always here.

 

I think he found out that the coolant was coming from his heater core.

 

fyi, "boostfed" has experienced several instances of sleeve sinking...PM him...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by project dc2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">my motor is built. i just built it !. im gettin coolant out my exhaust. but i havent even driven the car yet. so i wanted to hear other peoples stories.

im running the new

Golden eagle " unsinkable" sleeves. im really hping its not the case. considering i just took the head off. checked the head and slapped on a new headgasket and retorqued the head studs etcc and im still getting coolant out of my ****** exhaust.
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which "unsinkable" sleeves do you have? HD or godzilla sleeves? Just wondering, im about to start up my HD sleeved motor soon. Im not really worry about problems because Camp1320 and Golden Eagle will take care of me if there were any cracking/sinking

 

wow talk about 04 2 years ago hahah . the sleeves never sank. just a lot of air in the system. 2 years my godzilla sleeves never sank. i did blow a headgasket recently but thats from overheating and a broken radiator fan

 

I've seen it twice... In the last year. Two seperate motors from two seperate builders. We dont have the selection of experienced builders up here. Most companies will ask for the other half when your give them a Honda block.

Since then I've found a shop that is very reputable in Ontario and they took on the challenge of repairing our shops race motor, sleeves didn't sink after that. Just got a slight score when the crank broke. I am definately going to have to do some research with eagle about that.