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  1. #21

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    Quote Originally Posted by stevo8
    It wasn't a seal. The oil pump cover was just REALLY loose :?

    The timing belt should be fine. I hit it with simple green and clean it up the best I could directly after starting the car.
    Damn, that's really odd for a motor that was supposedly unmolested before. I'd be super paranoid and go over every single bolt on the motor. After all the motor troubles you've gone through, I say it's better to be safe than sorry!

  2. #22

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    Quote Originally Posted by MarkSAE
    Quote Originally Posted by stevo8
    It wasn't a seal. The oil pump cover was just REALLY loose :?

    The timing belt should be fine. I hit it with simple green and clean it up the best I could directly after starting the car.
    Damn, that's really odd for a motor that was supposedly unmolested before. I'd be super paranoid and go over every single bolt on the motor. After all the motor troubles you've gone through, I say it's better to be safe than sorry!
    Yeah I did. Sat there last night with the manual and a torque wrench going over everything. It was all fine except the three bolts that were loose on the oil pump cover.
    Eat me

  3. #23

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    Quote Originally Posted by stevo8
    Quote Originally Posted by MarkSAE
    Quote Originally Posted by stevo8
    It wasn't a seal. The oil pump cover was just REALLY loose :?

    The timing belt should be fine. I hit it with simple green and clean it up the best I could directly after starting the car.
    Damn, that's really odd for a motor that was supposedly unmolested before. I'd be super paranoid and go over every single bolt on the motor. After all the motor troubles you've gone through, I say it's better to be safe than sorry!
    Yeah I did. Sat there last night with the manual and a torque wrench going over everything. It was all fine except the three bolts that were loose on the oil pump cover.
    that's weird...

    good luck with #5....
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    Default Re: Stevo8's motor #5 RUNS!

    Quote Originally Posted by stevo8


    Yeah I did. Sat there last night with the manual and a torque wrench going over everything. It was all fine except the three bolts that were loose on the oil pump cover.
    Where there tool marks on the three bolts on that motor that was pulled from a car and stored for 5 months?

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    Quote Originally Posted by joshesh


    Now don't let Bryan blow it up, make him do a super-conservative-don't-blow-this-time tune.
    Lol that's what it had last time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stevo8
    Yeah I'm pretty sure it's bryans fault for not checking the "don't break timing belt" box when he tuned the car.
    I've been telling people this all along!

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    Congrats

    Good luck with this one stevo!
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  8. #28

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    Quote Originally Posted by bryan@GST
    Quote Originally Posted by stevo8


    Yeah I did. Sat there last night with the manual and a torque wrench going over everything. It was all fine except the three bolts that were loose on the oil pump cover.
    Where there tool marks on the three bolts on that motor that was pulled from a car and stored for 5 months?
    yep...

  9. #29

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    Hey look! It moved!!!!

    Eat me

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    Was that shot with your new lense? If so it looks like it needs an alignment.

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