lnkncontiverto
Feel my Pacifists-of-Fury
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So I blew a head gasket last fall, and just now have gotten around to the repair. The HG blew less than a mile from home, and it has been sitting in the garage ever since. Unfortunately, I was new to the GN scene when it blew, and I was running with antifreeze. I took an oil sample a couple of weeks ago and sent it off to be analyzed. The results came back today and mentioned I have higher levels of copper/lead/iron than average, which are likely coming from the bearings. Curiously though, there was no antifreeze detected in the oil. I thought that was what causes the bearings to fry
My questions are what bearings are going to be in need of replacement, and how big of a job is this, compared to the head gasket repair? What kind of carnage would ensue if I were to put the car back together and wait to see how the oil analyzes after another 500-1000 miles, in the case that during my wrenching on the top end, some of this debris had fallen into the oil before I had drained it to collect my sample?
Thanks!
My questions are what bearings are going to be in need of replacement, and how big of a job is this, compared to the head gasket repair? What kind of carnage would ensue if I were to put the car back together and wait to see how the oil analyzes after another 500-1000 miles, in the case that during my wrenching on the top end, some of this debris had fallen into the oil before I had drained it to collect my sample?
Thanks!