Piglet's Rebuild Of His Busted Tomei 2.8
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Finally back on the ground and once around the block for the first time in 2+ years -
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Ok a solution was found. I had left the factory oil temp sensor in and it was hooked up. My car never had the triple gauges. Apparently when you delete the factory pressure and leave the temp sensor connected it triggers the oil light on the dashboard. Disconnected the temp sender, no more light. I still haven't gotten around to look at the diagrams to figure out how/why they are tied together.
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By TurboTapin · Posted
If your head gasket lifted, you should have seen a coolant pressure spike. There's no need for a copper gasket/fire rings at 30psi. An MLS with perfectly clean/flat mating surfaces should suffice. -
I can see between the water jacket and cyl 3 there wasn't a hard line of combustion gas. It certainly appears that the issue is coming from there. Yes, checked the tension. All at 100ft lbs where I set them 5 years ago. These blocks can crack but generally when they have been over bored. Mine is only 0.5mm oversize at 89.5mm. They break between cylinders around the 91mm mark. No sign of that with mine. My gut feeling is the head gasket lifted a while back when the studs stretched and i bandaided it by retorquing the studs. It's finally let go.
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