Two dead cylinders... I need help....

[RIDE THE]

That sucks. Like you said, at least you know what it was.

 

[bda1855]

Well, I just got done talking to Rick and they figured out what's wrong.... #5 has bad piston rings. They scoped it and did a leak-down and all cylinders checked out except #5. It's not holding pressure and Rick said that they could hear air bleeding off into the crank case. The valves are fine. They're gonna pull the engine after they get done with another engine project and then I'll know the extent of the damage. Hopefully it just needs new rings and that's it. But if the block needs to be re-honed, Rick has a good engine guy in Atlanta that will take care of it.

This sucks, but at least now I know what the problem is...

THAT SUCKS!!!!

i got a similar issue, all my plugs are soot covered on the drivers side... if i pull the head and discover the motor is toast im gonna cry... LOL

But then again i can get rods pistons and rings from Leathal right now for $1200 with the holiday deal...

then again my soon to be in 4 months wife would kick my ass!!!!

"sorry honey i spent our honeymoon cash on a built motor..." haha

good luck with the repairs...

 

[Derek2001]

So what causes that?

 

[SWThomas]

Hopefully it's just a ring swap.

 

[bda1855]

Hopefully it's just a ring swap.

YUP!

Im hopping its something easy in my motor too...

IE the 97K mile Chain tensioner failed and cause the timing chain to jump, or the cam gear crack and slipped... something simple...

 

[SWThomas]

UPDATE:

I just got off the phone with Rick at ATS and he said his engine guy just finished pulling the block apart. He said that everything from the crank to the pistons looked beautiful and there is no signs of damage to the block. This means that there is definitely something boogered up with the drivers side cylinder head. So my block is going to get some new bearings and new piston rings and my heads are getting shipped to JDM tomorrow. I'm going to have them overhaul both heads and build them to their spec's. I've never heard anything bad about JDM's heads and I'm currently running their block that was just proven tougher than my heads. So I trust that JDM will work wonders with my Patriot heads.

 

[runs2rch]

Jim will probably just take his sweet time doing them.

 

[Derek@Amazon]

good to hear spence! im sure jim and the guys will take care of you!!!

 

[FordFanStan]

Good news IMO. Alot less costly than what it could have been. Best of luck on the rebuild Spence... Stan

 

[SWThomas]

Thanks everyone. I'm sure it will still be expensive in the end. But like Stan said, it could have been a lot worse...

 

[LightningFast00]

Good Luck... I think I'd send them to JJ, Fox Lake, or TEA... No matter what that beast will roar sooner or later

 

[Derek@Amazon]

Good Luck... I think I'd send them to JJ, Fox Lake, or TEA... No matter what that beast will roar sooner or later

foxlake FTMFW!


but id be curious to see what the new JLP heads do.