Hi all,
I am about to pull my 98 Disco (170k mi) into the garage for some engine work. It's been parked in the yard since the radiator let go 11/09. I bought the new radiator at that time, but when I looked under the hood carefully to see how I was going to install it, I noticed coolant leaking from the front of the left bank.
At that point I knew it needed head gaskets.
There's valve train noise on the same side as the gasket leak and the engine leaks oil from below somewhere.
I drove the thing for six years before it broke, so it owes me nothing and right now I'm into it for the radiator, a bunch of coolant hoses and a thermostat - $700 or so.
Here's my strategy: Push it pull it tow it drive it? into the garage, pull the motor and start tearing it down before I spend another penny on parts.
Assuming I still have a good motor on my hands, here's my punchlist:
head gaskets (and every other gasket I can find)
Have machine shop rebuild & resurface heads
probably a new camshaft
front/rear main seals
timing gears & chain
oil pump rebuild
cylinder liners
rings
(at least) inspect the crank
I know my way around the shop and motors in general, but I'm going to need some guidance on the liners (whether they're dropped or whatever) and what to do about it even if there is no obvious movement since I'm going to be spending some serious money to get this thing back on the road. Should I get the "top hat" style liners? Who is going to install them for me. How hard is it? That sort of thing...
Any comments on these points would be much appreciated.
Off to the garage....
I am about to pull my 98 Disco (170k mi) into the garage for some engine work. It's been parked in the yard since the radiator let go 11/09. I bought the new radiator at that time, but when I looked under the hood carefully to see how I was going to install it, I noticed coolant leaking from the front of the left bank.
At that point I knew it needed head gaskets.
There's valve train noise on the same side as the gasket leak and the engine leaks oil from below somewhere.
I drove the thing for six years before it broke, so it owes me nothing and right now I'm into it for the radiator, a bunch of coolant hoses and a thermostat - $700 or so.
Here's my strategy: Push it pull it tow it drive it? into the garage, pull the motor and start tearing it down before I spend another penny on parts.
Assuming I still have a good motor on my hands, here's my punchlist:
head gaskets (and every other gasket I can find)
Have machine shop rebuild & resurface heads
probably a new camshaft
front/rear main seals
timing gears & chain
oil pump rebuild
cylinder liners
rings
(at least) inspect the crank
I know my way around the shop and motors in general, but I'm going to need some guidance on the liners (whether they're dropped or whatever) and what to do about it even if there is no obvious movement since I'm going to be spending some serious money to get this thing back on the road. Should I get the "top hat" style liners? Who is going to install them for me. How hard is it? That sort of thing...
Any comments on these points would be much appreciated.
Off to the garage....