The Stupid Engine Questions Thread

[Erik the Awful]

If you keep the old engine for anything, magnaflux it. My son overheated the crap out of my Suburban, and it never seized up, but both heads were cracked. I replace the heads and rebuilt the engine, and it still pushed combustion gas into the coolant. I'm pretty sure it cracked the block, and I sold it cheap.

 

[ben2go]

If you keep the old engine for anything, magnaflux it. My son overheated the crap out of my Suburban, and it never seized up, but both heads were cracked. I replace the heads and rebuilt the engine, and it still pushed combustion gas into the coolant. I'm pretty sure it cracked the block, and I sold it cheap.

My son is gathering parts to restore the truck and he plans to do a complete rebuild of the engine that seized. I'm pretty sure it has one more rebuild in it. The guy we bought the truck from is a friend of mine. We put a reman in the truck back in 1997. As soon as the weather calms down, and we can work on it, we will know more. I want to diagnose the current engine while we look for another one to swap in.

 

[SUBURBAN5]

Does anybody know why my ht383 came with pf454 filter??

 

[SUBURBAN5]

Does anybody know why my original oil dipstick is longer then the 383 oil dip stick???? Vortec 5.7 btw ht383e

 

[HotWheelsBurban]

Does anybody know why my original oil dipstick is longer then the 383 oil dip stick???? Vortec 5.7 btw ht383e

Are the dipstick tubes the same length? Could be what it is. I've heard of that before on some Chevy small blocks.

 

[SUBURBAN5]

Are the dipstick tubes the same length? Could be what it is. I've heard of that before on some Chevy small blocks.

Both are different. Different lengths and different dipsticks

 

[ben2go]

I have the same dipstick issue. After adding five quarts after an oil change, the dipstick reads two quarts over full.


An update to the seized engine. The engine seized due to a stuck valve when the engine overheated. I have the valve train apart and spark plugs out. The engine turns over by hand very easily. I'll be pulling the heads and having them checked out before making repairs.

 

[1ton-o-fun]

Does anybody know why my original oil dipstick is longer then the 383 oil dip stick???? Vortec 5.7 btw ht383e

Maybe to make it more of a "universal" replacement?

 

[SUBURBAN5]

Maybe to make it more of a "universal" replacement?

There so far off I almost want to call and say they sent the wrong part..

 

[1ton-o-fun]

There so far off I almost want to call and say they sent the wrong part..

Well, that was a lot of hard earned money you spent. I'd say there's no shame in contacting them. You'll probably have to escalate it a couple of levels, so be mentally prepared. Lol