Carolina Horsepower - My 2001 Tahoe LQ4 swap saga (lots of pics)

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Originally Posted by yota (Post 135345)

The other motor is yours if you need it.

that oil pressure scares me. should be a solid 40psi at idle if healthy.

oil pressure was good in first vid. hmmmm

not near enough oil pressure, sounds like its knocking

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Originally Posted by Carlrx7 (Post 135351)

that oil pressure scares me. should be a solid 40psi at idle if healthy.

yeah... me too... looks like this motor will be coming out

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Originally Posted by BigdaddyDupree (Post 135359)

oil pressure was good in first vid. hmmmm

yep... not so good on the second... ive literally put about 15 miles max on this motor... guessing more shit has come loose inside and is starting to clog the pickup... its hard to hear in the video but also sounds like some rod knock or similar going on in there, even at idle... definitely no good

just sent this pm to the guy i bought the engine from... i honestly cant WAIT to get a response from him...

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Originally Posted by 83yota

the motor is junk... it runs but after less than 15 miles is knocking... at one point, it was locked up- which you are already aware of due to me calling you when i found out about it, we sprayed 3 cans of pb blaster in it and let it sit overnight, got it turning, finished the install... had a slight setback due to an incorrect o-ring on the pickup, that was my fault, but we got that sorted out and got oil pressure... when we pulled the pan to look into the oiling issue, there was so much junk in there it looked like someone threw a handful of top soil in the engine, it was disgusting... we cleaned it all out, reassembled it, ran it for a couple minutes, changed the oil again, checked it and it looked pretty clean... drove it today for the first time and oil pressure seemed good at first... i drove no more than 15 miles on this engine and it is knocking and wont hold proper oil pressure already... here is a video of what i'm dealing with:

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to say that i'm not happy with the engine would be an understatement... when you pull plugs that look like the pics below from a locked up motor, you know it isnt going to be good... in this case it just got worse as we progressed... i honestly feel like the motor is not what it was represented to be and i should get some money back... right now i'm out the $700 i paid you, the $150 i spent coming to get it, $100+ in fluids and filters, 3 days of my own personal labor/time, $375 in shop costs, and so far a whole week without my truck... i dont know, or really care honestly, if you knew the engine was bad when you had it, but the fact of the matter is, you sold me a junk motor... thoughts?

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Perfectly reasonable PM I'd say.

How many miles did the engine have on it? I dont know much about ls stuff but that plug gap looks huge. That leads me to think the engine has well over 100k miles and was in need for a rebuild which is why it ended up in the junkyard.

Hope you dont take that the wrong way, not trying to be an a$$

i was told less than 100k on the engine... lsx gap is around .050-.060 from what my research said and iirc we gapped my new plugs to .050... no offense taken, i already know i got screwed and pending his response, i will hopefully know how badly soon...

Well...you still remember where he lives?

yep... sure do... have his address and everything...

just got this reply from him... are you kidding me?

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arron i hate you are going thru all this trouble and if i knew anything was wrong with the motor i would'nt have sold it to you...fact is i bought it from a person in which got it from a salvage yard(still has the salvage yard writing on the motor)so it had to be running when it was crashed like i told you when i met with you...i never took the plugs out or anything and it had all the accessories on it,so i could'nt look inside the motor itself...but i do understand how fustrated you are and i'm sorry you're having problems....but on a side note from listening to your video and paying close attention to some details in your pm i have established that your check engine light is on and your truck is ildeing to low which would count for low oil preasure(it looks like its idleing at 500 and surging if my eyes and ears are correct)which would cause the low oil preasure and cutting off especially when you turn into places at idle...and on another side note your exhaust is making alot of the noises i was listening to in the video(but i'm listening to the video and not standing beside your truck also)so you might want to have some one else listen to it because your truck will sound different to you since you never ran it with headers before...and i would be curious to know how long you ran it also without oil preasure since you installed the o-ring wrong also....but in my opinion you need to check what is making the truck idle low and then let someone listen to it that has a un-biased opinion on the nosies its making and go from there because you might or might not be jumping the gun alittle(like i said before things are going to act and sound different when its idleing low and has a brand new exhaust on it)...i'm not saying thats what the problem is but thats what i would do from watching and listening to the video...thanks billy

shawnboys fault. shawnboy did it. kill shawnboy.

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Originally Posted by ShawnBoyMoody (Post 135396)

shawnboys fault. shawnboy did it. kill shawnboy.

Ive found this is the easiest/best solution to every situation.

Wow that sucks man. Sorry to hear it.

Well if you have to rebuild it, what you gonna do? Forged 408? Stock rebuild?

Stick the 5.3 back in. Pay shawn boy some monies and keep the 6.0 for a rebuild later down the road. Or put the 5.3 back in and give the 6.0 to shawnboy plus a little scratch.

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Originally Posted by MonteC (Post 135430)

Stick the 5.3 back in. Pay shawn boy some monies and keep the 6.0 for a rebuild later down the road. Or put the 5.3 back in and give the 6.0 to shawnboy plus a little Rub and Tug.

Fixed

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Originally Posted by MonteC (Post 135430)

Stick the 5.3 back in. Pay shawn boy some monies and keep the 6.0 for a rebuild later down the road. Or put the 5.3 back in and give the 6.0 to shawnboy plus a little scratch.

Troof.

i promised shawn a motor, i at least owe him that... even if it is a worthless 200k mile motor :hysterical:

jaime, i may be in touch with you guys again on monday for a speedy turn around motor swap... just a heads up... waiting on the bank to get back with me :) sending you a pm now...

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Originally Posted by PapaBear (Post 135426)

Wow that sucks man. Sorry to hear it.

Well if you have to rebuild it, what you gonna do? Forged 408? Stock rebuild?

i will eventually go to a 408 or similar... in all honesty, probably boosted too... that being said, uncle sam is going to have to sling a few more pay checks and bonuses my way first ;) give me a year and i will be gapping more than half of this board with a 4800+ pound pig :poke: