Pulled the Mess that was my Timing Chain....
Got to work only a fraction of the time I thought I was going to get to. However, we managed to get the camshaft out easy and the lifters with a light tap. Yes, those lifters were heavily varnished; except for one, suspiciously from the same place that the new push rods were found too.
And this is where the fun keeps rolling; upon doing a leak-down test, we found that the lowest percentage of leaking past the pistons was 44% from #5. The worst, found in about 3-4 of the cylinders was around 76-80%. That's where we halted work, and where I need to make a decision. Either I can take this engine to a shop and they will completely rebuild, machine, and clean it perfect for about $1600 (with an attached 75,000 mile warranty), or go hunting for another slant for cheaper. The risks with that is obvious, where a problem could show up at anytime with a used engine.
Just some pics below of the wear in the block from the cam sprocket, lifters, and cam themselves. The new and old one should be pretty clear.
EDIT: I should put this here before I forget. Upon removing the cam, the oil that collected on the front cam bearing was mixed with some silvery stuff...? I am guessing that it may be from the oil pump that we removed, after seeing some sort of silvery lube on the shaft. I didn't get a good picture of it, sorry.
Got to work only a fraction of the time I thought I was going to get to. However, we managed to get the camshaft out easy and the lifters with a light tap. Yes, those lifters were heavily varnished; except for one, suspiciously from the same place that the new push rods were found too.
And this is where the fun keeps rolling; upon doing a leak-down test, we found that the lowest percentage of leaking past the pistons was 44% from #5. The worst, found in about 3-4 of the cylinders was around 76-80%. That's where we halted work, and where I need to make a decision. Either I can take this engine to a shop and they will completely rebuild, machine, and clean it perfect for about $1600 (with an attached 75,000 mile warranty), or go hunting for another slant for cheaper. The risks with that is obvious, where a problem could show up at anytime with a used engine.
Just some pics below of the wear in the block from the cam sprocket, lifters, and cam themselves. The new and old one should be pretty clear.
EDIT: I should put this here before I forget. Upon removing the cam, the oil that collected on the front cam bearing was mixed with some silvery stuff...? I am guessing that it may be from the oil pump that we removed, after seeing some sort of silvery lube on the shaft. I didn't get a good picture of it, sorry.