Spanky414
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- North Bay, Ontario, Canada
Ok some of you have seen my threads on my old engine thats coming out.
Oil still not getting to the rockers.
So I have another engine out of my parts XJ, same engine same year. 1988 4.0, except this one was taken care of at least over the last year of its running life as I have reciepts from oil changes he did. The problem is its been sitting without running for about 2-3 years now.
Its been sitting full of oil and coolent.
I want to get my jeep back on the road so bad I'm tempted to just slap it in (only vehical, Canadian winter coming up fast) but I figure while its out I should inpect it and change some seals.
I was thinking of getting a full gasket kit and timing chain set. Tear down and inspect then just reassemble with the new parts. Then start running it on full synthetic and high quality filters so what happens to my last engine never happens to this one.
Any thoughts?
Oh and as much as it sucks pouring money I don't really have into my jeep the one thing this whole situation has done is taught me alot about the oiling system in engines and that I should always have a bit of money saved up for vehicle emergencies, so I guess thats a silver lining.
Oil still not getting to the rockers.
So I have another engine out of my parts XJ, same engine same year. 1988 4.0, except this one was taken care of at least over the last year of its running life as I have reciepts from oil changes he did. The problem is its been sitting without running for about 2-3 years now.
Its been sitting full of oil and coolent.
I want to get my jeep back on the road so bad I'm tempted to just slap it in (only vehical, Canadian winter coming up fast) but I figure while its out I should inpect it and change some seals.
I was thinking of getting a full gasket kit and timing chain set. Tear down and inspect then just reassemble with the new parts. Then start running it on full synthetic and high quality filters so what happens to my last engine never happens to this one.
Any thoughts?
Oh and as much as it sucks pouring money I don't really have into my jeep the one thing this whole situation has done is taught me alot about the oiling system in engines and that I should always have a bit of money saved up for vehicle emergencies, so I guess thats a silver lining.