so someone hates me.

Billybo455 · Post by **Billybo455** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 11:27 pm

story is on Old Europe. here's what was in my oil pan.

i'll find out tomorrow if the motor is shot. but i already ordered stuff to rebuild it

might finish my other header and put the turbo on.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 11:53 pm

so someone hates me.

I couldn't have guessed.

In other news, my Fiero is sitting in my driveway, doors unlocked, and I have to drive it to work tomorrow morning. I'm pretty confident I won't have any problems.

Xanth · Post by **Xanth** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:09 am

Aaron wrote:
so someone hates me.
I couldn't have guessed.

In other news, my Fiero is sitting in my driveway, doors unlocked, and I have to drive it to work tomorrow morning. I'm pretty confident I won't have any problems.

That doesn't mean nobody hates you :thumbleft:

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:11 am

Just means no one's got the balls to do anything. Or that I don't piss off the wrong people.

Shaun41178(2) · Post by **Shaun41178(2)** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:24 am

like others have said change your oil and flush it out.

Seriously man I bet it was from all the rain we had here in florida. 30 inches in some places. That TS produced a ton of rain.

You had your decklid off. I guarantee it was the rain.

Don't tear it down. THe motor is fine. Drain it out. run fresh oil, drain it and run more fresh oil. It will be ok.

UIts $30 in oil or thousands to tear it down. Just try adding oil and getting the water out of it before spending thousands. If not for you, do it for me.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:26 am

Because apparently rain can get through a watertight system.

Weird, I washed my car and engine the other day, with a pressure washer nonetheless, and my oil looks fine.

Shaun41178(2) · Post by **Shaun41178(2)** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:29 am

maybe his system wasn't watertight. No way for you to really know since you weren't there right?

We had rain coming in sideways last week. I don't know anything about it since I live in florida and everything.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:31 am

I guess I just assumed it would be considering how much better it is than mine, and mine's watertight.

Shaun41178(2) · Post by **Shaun41178(2)** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:33 am

take your decklid off, leave the motor not running, pay a bum to squirt high pressure water at your engine for 3 days straight without stopping from all directions.

Then get back to me.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:36 am

Why would I take my decklid off? My swap fits under it just fine.

My car works perfect in the environment it's placed in, which is, ironically, one of the most demanding for automobiles you can find in the US.

Shaun41178(2) · Post by **Shaun41178(2)** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:37 am

we are talking about being watertight.

So take it off, or leave it open and pay someone to spray water from a hose over it for 3 days. You want to do that? I know you won't, because even you don't trust how watertight you claim it to be.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:41 am

It seems to handle a few feet of snow just fine, so, I'll take my chances.

Billybo455 · Post by **Billybo455** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:42 am

haha, system is water tight. not to concerned. everything for the rebuild will be shipped tuesday if in stock. car wasn't exposed to the storm. no to concerned. i'd be willing to bet my car knocking is faster then yours

i keep my deck lid off because this is a new deal to me so i want easy access at all times. i'm always finding stuff to move or change the more i look at it.

i'm not concerned. i have a pretty good idea who did it. he's just trying to get even with me for making him look like a bitch in front of his g/f.

Shaun41178(2) · Post by **Shaun41178(2)** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:57 am

Seriously, why not just try using new oil and seeing what happens? Whats the worst that would happen? it would run for 5 minutes and quit? Or run for 20k more miles as is?

Honest Don · Post by **Honest Don** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:49 pm

second for trying new oil, and more new oil. what do you have to lose?

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 1:00 pm

I would try as well. As bulletproof as you say the 3800 is, this shouldn't be that hard on it. There are a lot of motors that can run for some time without any oil at all, and once oil is added, have no lasting affects.

Billybo455 · Post by **Billybo455** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 3:26 pm

well i think i found some clues!!!

does anybody else think that looks like washer fluid? found some bits of aluminum in the pan. so it's coming apart.

btw arron. just because a motor can take hp doesn't mean it can run on water. that's a pretty ignorant statment.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 4:24 pm

My oil looks a lot better than that.

If you're going to piss people off, at least protect your stuff. Maybe that means building your motor to fit under the decklid. Mine does.

Billybo455 · Post by **Billybo455** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 4:53 pm

Billybo455 wrote: i keep my deck lid off because this is a new deal to me so i want easy access at all times.

once i was satisfied with it i would have put the decklid back on. this just means i'll be a bigger dick to shit heads.

p8ntman442 · Post by **p8ntman442** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 9:25 pm

Billybo, drain your oil, get drunk, and go out and crank it over for 20 minutes, then add oil, and say its fine. Then brag houw your setup deals with the harshest environments in the USA.