Edahall
Newbie
Vehicle: 1999 Chevy Tahoe, 350 Vortec, 180k miles
Today, I got busy and pulled out the engine. The pictures show what I found. The previous owner said that the engine blew apart when he went to start it one morning. I believe that the intake manifold must have leaked water into the front cylinder causing the engine to hydrolock. I also found that the radiator had straight water in it and was low. I bet the thing was using a lot of water before it flew apart.
My question is should I fix this engine or replace it? It appears that I'll need a new crankshaft, 2 rods, 2 pistons, oil pan, intake manifold gasket, head gasket. The only damage I saw on the engine block was at the very bottom of one of the bores. I think just cleaning it up with a file would be all it would take. It didn't appear to have any scuff marks in the bores.
Oil pan full of metal
Damaged Crankshaft
Engine Block Damage
Today, I got busy and pulled out the engine. The pictures show what I found. The previous owner said that the engine blew apart when he went to start it one morning. I believe that the intake manifold must have leaked water into the front cylinder causing the engine to hydrolock. I also found that the radiator had straight water in it and was low. I bet the thing was using a lot of water before it flew apart.
My question is should I fix this engine or replace it? It appears that I'll need a new crankshaft, 2 rods, 2 pistons, oil pan, intake manifold gasket, head gasket. The only damage I saw on the engine block was at the very bottom of one of the bores. I think just cleaning it up with a file would be all it would take. It didn't appear to have any scuff marks in the bores.
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Oil pan full of metal
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Damaged Crankshaft
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Engine Block Damage
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