2.3L ('83-'97) Blown rings or worse

[bobbywalter]

...its worth making sure the valve events are correct.

at 250 k with a fresh head i can see the rings being a problem....might be a failed piston outright...wasted land or something...

its free to gawk at the timing.

 

[Jtrussell1890]

...its worth making sure the valve events are correct.

at 250 k with a fresh head i can see the rings being a problem....might be a failed piston outright...wasted land or something...

its free to gawk at the timing.

Well it's only been 25k (roughly) miles since the head job and I know the engine had well over 250k when I got it 2 years ago. The old thing is tired and needs to be retired. Probably still don't serviceable life left in it somewhere, but to me it would feel like spinning my wheels on a dead end road lol.

 

[bobbywalter]

Well it's only been 25k (roughly) miles since the head job and I know the engine had well over 250k when I got it 2 years ago. The old thing is tired and needs to be retired. Probably still don't serviceable life left in it somewhere, but to me it would feel like spinning my wheels on a dead end road lol.

if the tensioner wobbled or something...aftermarket shit is not what it used to be.

 

[bobbywalter]

trust me....i would move the lima out as soon as it bogged on a hill going to work...or push air through it...