thats where it seems to be coming from actually. i'll look into it better. and thats why i parked the car for 2 years, i was sure it was blown. but then the damn thing fired right up after sitting there for so long. and i can get a complete Felpro upper-end gasket kit and new timing belt kit for$70While you are there get those valve seals changed, much easier to do with the head off and for the valve cover gasket make sure you pay the extra coin for the steel reinforced gasket. Heck for what these engines go for used in the jy you could probably get another engine, do everything you want to it, maybe toss in a turbo reciprocating assembly for future use and then sell the engine in there now to recover cost when complete. Ive done this many times in the past to ensure that I can drive the car right up to the engine swap, then swap the engine in a day or two and have minimal down time, I have done engine replacements in these cars and I will say that I can get the 2.3 out and another in its place faster than what I had to spend doing headgasket, etc. I would be concerned knowing that it had seized up in the past. Just my .02 and good luck with whatever route you take. Edit: The oil smell could just be the valve cover leaking, it is common for them to leak at the PS rear corner and then to get down into the exhaust.
Yea, I could never get mine to seal properly, switched out to the steel reinforced gasket and never looked back. Alot of places dont have it in stock, I had to order mine online. Be advised they are quite a bit more than the average gasket, if you dont feel like dropping the coin ive had luck with the cork gaskets just as long as they are torqued properly, the ones to stay away from are the felpro rubber gaskets that have the metal spacers at the bolt hole locations and no steel reinforcement. They seem like a good option but all they have ever done for me was spill oil all over the engine bay.
Mine started leaking like crazy from that location, never messed with transmissions before so I took it to a shop and cringed. Ended up costing $58 after tax for them to pull the tailshaft and reseal everything, so it was alot cheaper than I expected suprisingly.
Yea, it was leaving a rather large puddle in my driveway and was driving me crazy, started out with a couple drops here and there and within a month it was dropping a quarter quart in a night.
thanks bud, im also reclassing so ive got 7 months of training ahead of me. and im REALLY preying to get stationed here in Texas, or close by. FT Sam Houston is my #1. its hard to get it, but since im medical side it will be a bit easier. next up are FT Hood, FT Bliss, maybe even FT Sill. my mom has health issues so im trying to stay as close as a can. i'll be at FT Benning for 3 months then FT Sam for 4. whats your MOS?You wont regret switching to active. I was active Army, finished my contract and then enlisted in the Guard just to see how it was and absolutely hate it. You know where your going yet? You should hit up Ft.Bragg if you can still choose, its a great location, Myrtle Beach 2 hours away, Raleigh 45 minutes away, the list goes on. Just do not hang around Fayetteville place is a craphole full of woman who want your money and health insurance.
im hoping to deploy atleast once while im active. havent decided if im going to stay active more than 4 years, but if i dont im going to stay Guard or Reserves after. my Guard MOS is 38B, but am re-classing to 68W. if i re-up i will probably change to 11B or another CA branch, there just weren't any spots for any at the moment. but i will get a good bit out of 68W while im in itThat makes sense. I hear most of the bases in Texas are pretty nice. But depending on how long your going active expect to PCS to a different base after a couple years or deploy unless you are close to your ETS. I am 11B, just so your wary I did 3 deployments in 5 years. Some active duty guys get the shaft, get back from a deployment and have PCS orders waiting for a new base, show up to the new base who is deploying in a month. Sometimes guys also go their 4 years with no deployments at all, so it really is just luck of the draw. So hopefully for your sake you can get hooked up.
OK, so we got the head on and everything bolted up! it had a high idle around 2K RPM's, but has since settled to where it was oroginally. getting great compression and starts right up, and the knocking from the lifters filling up has almost completely gone away as well. the engine has only run for about 5 minutes though. HERES THE PROBLEM: were getting throttle response issues. it will rev, but takes a good bit of time to return to idle. its not cable related, we had the lever held closed. intake or vacuum leak possibly?
its possible, i havent checked. im not shooting any codes, is there another way to check/test for those? the idle has since evened out, so i would lean more towards the TPS. but would still like to trouble shoot opposed to throwing parts at itCould you have something as simple as a faulty TPS or IAC motor?
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