What Else?
#1
What Else?
So I'm replacing the Head Gasket and the Heads what else should i look at replacing since I'll have it broke down? Its a 96 P38 with 172,000. I'm doing the head gasket b/c my no 6 cyl is missing, when i pulled the valve covers I saw a ton of sludge, which leads me to believe that miss is due too carbon on the exhaust valve. Other than the miss on the 6 cyl it runs fine.
#2
Are you sure you need to do that? Could just be a coil pack, spark plug, or lead. Btw, a little sludge is normal. My parts under the valve cover are tarnished but not covered in that oil pudding crap. There is also the possibility that you bent a push rod.
If you adamant about taking off your heads, I would take the valve covers and heads and let them soak in some carb and choke cleaner. that will really clean things out . Get your heads machined too. While you are waiting take the oil pan off and clean out the sludge in the crank case too.
If you adamant about taking off your heads, I would take the valve covers and heads and let them soak in some carb and choke cleaner. that will really clean things out . Get your heads machined too. While you are waiting take the oil pan off and clean out the sludge in the crank case too.
Last edited by LRScott; 11-24-2009 at 10:17 AM.
#3
I had tons of sludge. I replaced the Spark plug wires, spark plugs, and checked the coil for spark. I can hear a miss plus I'm getting codes 1314 1316 306 300 and the right bank knock sensor sometimes. I tried seafoam induction and all the other snake oils. I recently bought this as a project and thats what its been. I have all maint records from 1 to 102,000 miles but nothing from 102000 to now. I'm betting it had irregular oil changes and ran on 87. I was thinking of soaking the injectors in seafoam.
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