well as some know my cars been sitting for a long time btw its a BONE STOCK 94 LS so yea dont know how the previous owner took care of it.. yet its prolly my fault since i left it sitting for so long .. and i warm it occasionally theres seems to be A LOT of water and white smoke shooting out of my exhaust... and i mean a LOT my neighbor told me its a bad gasket.. maybe a leak or something... sucks cause i saved so much money for other things and now i got motor problems.. hes telling me I COULD change the gasket and everything in the head.. but he said it would cost a lot.. might as well get a new engine.. what do you guys think??

1. is it worth fixing the head blah blah ??
2. how much would option 1 cost???
3. expletive and buy a gsr motor / better LS engine
4. ls long block??


Modified by Fliplm0de at 11:59 AM 8/12/2006

 

headgasket maybe???

 

If it only needs gaskets, and not new piston rings, or bearings, it'd be pretty easy.

How many times have you ran it, and it smoked?

 

well i couldn't drive it around because i had no brakes but i started it up and there was alwayys this weird smell coming from the exhaust.. plus white smoke and lots of water i thought it was normal since its been sitting long but i guess the smoke said it was the headgasket and would take about over 1K to fix and said i was better off buying a whole new one to avoid problems.. i DROVE it once today for like 3 mins then it SMELLED real bad so i pulled over into the garage and it was shooting smoke and water like crazy.
another problem is iono if my pistons and what other internals were damaged but he said the HG is prolly cracked and leaking

 

You know a Headgasket is less then $100?
And if you can do it yourself with a couple buddies, it's really not that hard.

 

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i see i wonder why he told me i would need to fix a lot of things in my head.. he told me valves and all that so i would be charged 1k+ if i took it to a shop...

so just replacing the headgasket would solve my leaks?? i should prolly inspect the head for any more damage but i wouldnt' know i'll prolly take pics fo ryou guys to tell me

 

Valve seals would be oil, So I don't really know what you would need to change in the "head".

How much mileage is on the car, and do you know when the last time things were changed,
such as, waterpump, timing belt, etc?

 

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i see i wonder why he told me i would need to fix a lot of things in my head.. he told me valves and all that so i would be charged 1k+ if i took it to a shop...

so just replacing the headgasket would solve my leaks?? i should prolly inspect the head for any more damage but i wouldnt' know i'll prolly take pics fo ryou guys to tell me </TD></TR></TABLE>

change the headgasket first...
it wont hurt to try.

you never know....that might be it...

 

109k mileage on the car dont know when stuff were changed.. but before i had my car fully running sicne its still halfed painted and blah blah need some new stuff for it.. i was gonna do a full tuneup to hope things would run better.. seems like things are ruff prolly from stuff building up from sittin so long.. SORRY im very new to engine work as this is my first car and im only 17 and i try to learn so much from HT.. i just dont wnana spend so much money on the head and i run into more problems..

i should prolly run a compression test.. dont know how lol. but i heard you can just buy/rent from local autozone or something.. what are normal #s it should be throwing.. thanks for you help CleanLikeJDM

 

I would think 180-200, the problem is when you get cylinders far in range from each other.
Make sure you pop out the fuse for the Dizzy, and Injectors, when doing the Comp. Test


If you haven't already, look through the FAQ thread at the top of this section,
There will be plenty to read, so make sure you have some extra time

Also, if this isn't your DD, just pick up a new HG, and do it when the time is good.

 

thanks any more input out there??

 

If your head needs as much work as you were told it does I would look at it as an excuse to upgrade and consider getting a good b16 head. However if you're new to engine work you need someone that really knows what they are doing for this project.

 

yea i asked him bout the head and he said just get a new motor in some way i wanna look into a new head or a new long block

 

brign to a shop and ask them whats wrong, if its a gasket you can fix that, if your head is expletive up, get a new head. if you need a new swap let me know

 

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what swap you got phong hahaa... might try to get a new head/long block maybe even swap if its all F'd up

 

b20 with ls head, drop in and still use your tranny, or my friend got a gsr depend what you want. come take a look if you want too.

 

or if you wanan save money, drop a single cam lol

 

waht do you think i should do .. start it up everday or just leave it and wait till a mechanic can see it?

 

is up to you. if your looking for a motor, i'll ask around see if i can find you a decent 1.

 

well i dont wanna expletive it up more then it could be right now.. would starting it up cause more harm cuase maybe i can still fix the head

 

haha doubt anything gonna happen if you dont drive it, but just wait for your mechanic, gl.

 

fix the head

 

checked around today and my coolant was real low.. so most likely im burning coolant.. the smoke seems to be white i do have a vid that i wanan post up to show you guys however the oil looks good there isn't no milkly looking substance

btw i have a leak from the bottom of my car seems to come from the catalytic converter.. it looks like water but it dries up orange?? i was thinking from rust but im probably wrong


Modified by Fliplm0de at 1:41 PM 8/13/2006

 

vid up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO1qeVfikcM

 

A) Either the headgasket

B) Buy a LS longblock from HMO and just swap it quick and boost it.

C) B18C1 Swap.