ThatOneGuy
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Jul 23, 2017
- Messages
- 522
- Reaction score
- 575
- Points
- 93
- Location
- South sound
- Vehicle Year
- 1983 1993
- Make / Model
- Ranger Explorer
- Engine Type
- 4.0 V6
- Engine Size
- Explorer is 4.0 ranger is 2.3 soon to be 4.0
- Transmission
- Manual
- 2WD / 4WD
- 4WD
- Tire Size
- 235/75/15
- My credo
- Let the universe take you where it will !!!
So I've been cleaning up some engine parts for the 4.0 today which has not been an easy task one of the nastiest engines I've ever torn down so much sludge everwhere. Any way once I got the intake 99% clean I started going over the sealing surfaces. The p.o. must have owned stock in permatex it was everywhere. I fact strips of it were in the oil pickup when I tore the engine down. Well once I got them clean I wish I hadent. What do you think caused this damage. Cavitation?, poor castings. Here is the question though should this be sent to the great foundry in the sky, or do you guys think it's salvageable. I currently don't have a gasket to compare the damaged areas too.