Potential Rebuild Need Advice
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Potential Rebuild Need Advice
Hi everyone, i have a 5-speed 91 non-turbo that has a blown coolant seal. The car itself is in awesome condition with next to no rust. I want to try and do a temporary fix by using the block weld, since it is cheap and i only need it to work for a few weeks. After that I would like to rebuild with a good friend of mine, whose dad is a GM Mechanic and has a very nice shop. I would really just like to get the car running well without messing with it too much. Ive read other coolant seal posts and most people just say to rebuild the entire thing, but whats the difference between rebuilding it, and just fixing the seal? Also, if anyone could suggest where to buy rebuild kits/videos that would be great. Any other suggestions would be appriciated.
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I have the same problem...and I don't have the money to buy a full rebuild kit. I was just gonna try and change the coolant seals also. I don't see why it would be a waste if the rest of the engine is fine. and if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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My coolant seal is bad too, but a thing of stop leak and driving easy on it is keeping me from burning coolant at startup or it pushing coolant to the overflow as it heats up.
My only problem with replacing everything when i do pull the motor is that i have only 58k miles on it, and the only reason i can see going with the full rebuild is if the previous owner had overheated it quite a bit. I'm going to do a compression test and see how it is, though.
My only problem with replacing everything when i do pull the motor is that i have only 58k miles on it, and the only reason i can see going with the full rebuild is if the previous owner had overheated it quite a bit. I'm going to do a compression test and see how it is, though.
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Alright, thanks for the advice. I think im going to first try the temporary fix because the problem doesnt seem to be that severe at this point, but it is putting exaust into the cooling system and im pretty sure that is a tell-tale sign. One thing i was wondering still was which "overhaul package" i would get to rebuild it, or is it dependent on when i take it apart? Since there is a 400 some difference between the master and basic.
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