After 6 attemts at fixing my oil leak/burn problem ther dealership is putting a new short block in my 01 GSR. I have a drag III kit that has been sitting on my bedroom floor for weeks and it's killing me!!! How long or how many miles should I wait to make sure everything is okay and not going to leak or burn oil again? I know I should at least go like 1,ooo to break it in again but should I wait like 2-3,000 miles just to make sure. I'm guessing the new short block will 100% fix the problem?

 

if you are using stock pistons, you will know within 100 miles if the rings have seated or not. Yet, to seat the bearings correctly you should wait 1000 miles.

 

So after waiting 1,000 miles I dont' notice a leak/burn of oil then my problem is fixed and I can install the turbo?

 

tell you what jamal, i'd go out and get some lower compression forged pistons and take advantage of the free install

 

Yeah, actually I asked them about that cause I have a set of eagle rods and they said that they are putting in the whole engine except the head so they actually aren't tearing it down. I"m kind of confused because they told me a short block was going in and I thought that was the block minus pistons/rods/crank?

 

yeah the short block is just the block with no internals, so they are going to have to strip your block for the crank the rods pistons etc. Most likely they dont want to help you out, but maybe if you speak with the owner and offer to give him a little chash they'll go for it. saves you taking the whole motor apart in the future.

 

Typically, a dealership will not bust the mission of re-assembling a shortblock w/ internals, what they'll prolly do is order an entire shortblock w/ pistons/rods etc already installed to reduce install time and just drop it in... and send back your old one. Plus even if you wanted to drop in the eagles, you will NEED aftermarket pistons as the eagles can't mount to stock Honda pistons.

 

Yeah, I know I'd need pistons too, I wouldn't put aftermarket rods w/ stock pistons anyway. That's exactly what they're doing anyway, just ordering the entire short block and putting my head on it. I've been dealing with the service manager and he said they would gladly put in my pistons and rods but I'd have to sign a waiver so they wouldn't be at fault if something happened. I guess I'll just make sure everything is working okay for 1,000-2,000 miles then bolt on my turbo then worry about re-building later on

 

Drive to York PA or half way across the state and back some weekend.... change the oil and bolt the turbo on...


Friend of mine drove his new car to vegas and back in a weekend to get it broke in.... dropped the turbo on and he was all set...

 

That's a good idea, I want this turbo on BAD, it's been sitting in my room and I gotta look at every day when I get home!!!!!!!

 

That's not a good idea at all... There is a break in procedure you will need to follow to properly seat the rings and work out all of the 'bugs' in the motor. You should also never hold constant rpm with a new motor and that kinda drive would require holding rpm.

Break in procedures should be done on regualar streets with no highway driving until 500-600 miles on the OD.

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