hey h-t

this weekend i plan on goin to check out an ls swap

but i wasnt sure wat to look out for

i want to make sure this is engine/tranny is in good shape

wat should i be lookin at?

any help would be really appreciated

thanks

 

if its in the car take it for a test drive...also do a compression or leak down test,check for white or other color smoke,look at spark plugs,check for clean oil,no oil or coolant leaks and make sure tranny goes into gear smooth and doesn't grind...!!!

 

koo

wat if the engine is not in the car?

 

then there isn't a whole lot you can do besides a basic visual inspection

 

alright thanks

 

check if there water in the oil

 

alright koo

 

Pull out the dip stick and check to see if the oil is fresh... Why you ask??

Because most shady bastards put fresh oil in the engine (when they are out of the car) so you wont think 2 times about bad rings etc..

 

also pull the pin on the tranny to see if the gears will move. and pull spark plugs to see there condition, it could tell u alot about how it was running. oil like stated and pull the valve cover if allowed to see how it looks like in there, should be relativly gold like good oil, if really black and crappy it could b a bad sign. hope this helps

 

cool thanks for all the help

hopefully everything goes well
thanks

 

how does bad rings make the oil any darker than it will already become during normal usage? the only thing someone might try to hide is oil shards or chocolate milkshake oil from a blown hg. regardless, if the engine is out of the car, and the oil is brand new, then something fishy is most likely going on.

 

gl....the ls motor i bought had bad injector..leaky water pump..was sitting for over a year..lol....its good now!

 

hope the engines legit like the seller says it is =/

 

My play civic had bad rings and the color in oil was very different to my DD. Nasty jet black.