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Old May 2, 2005 | 02:51 PM
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an ls motor was in an accident and at one point was upside down. after that it had started to buring oil. has this motor gone to **** or is it just buring oil cause of it being upside down
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Old May 2, 2005 | 04:08 PM
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not unless it was running while upside down
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Old May 3, 2005 | 03:07 PM
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when it flipped, it probably still ran, even while it was upside down. rebuild time.
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Old May 3, 2005 | 04:20 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 95lstegman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">when it flipped, it probably still ran, even while it was upside down. rebuild time.</TD></TR></TABLE>

They usually die because the fuel won't flow in the head like it does right side up. You probably have some oil in your intake manifold that needs to be cleaned out.
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Old May 3, 2005 | 07:34 PM
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Try seafoam..
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Old May 4, 2005 | 09:01 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by skunked &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

They usually die because the fuel won't flow in the head like it does right side up. You probably have some oil in your intake manifold that needs to be cleaned out.</TD></TR></TABLE>

when i flipped my integra back in the day it ran upside down until it cut itself off

Chris
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