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Re: Seeking advice - rebuilt engine failed within 1,000 miles
This is a great post about awareness of what your "rebuilder" is doing to your engine. Some rebuilders will buy a rebuild kit for 300 on ebay and call it done. Sure you may have new rings, bearings, and gaskets, but if you didn't have the block and heads magnifluxed you threw money away. Radiators are cheap and I would have changed that when I did the motor. I blew a lot of head gaskets not changing that. On these motors after 86 the heads crack easily, when they overheat. My 93 blew the intake gasket. When I removed the intake there was a lot of corrosion that had to be addressed or it would have leaked again. A good machine shop is your best friend, especially if they let you check in with them as they progress through the process. Crate engines have gotten very inexpensive and I might go that route on the next project. But if you don't fix the cause you will blow the new motor
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