Talk about running HOT!

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Originally Posted By: Brons2
Hmm. Does shipping to Kuwait exceed the labor cost savings?

That's an unbelievable deal by US standards.


LOL!

On a serious note, shipping charges are ridiculously expensive. If they can't get you on the weight, they get you on volumatric weight - whichever is greater. You end up paying anywhere up to $15/kg.

Originally Posted By: Thermo1223
My apologies I keep forgeting you are in Kuwait, considering the part of the world it looks fairly good then.

At least you know when you have an oil leak right away! All dust sticks to that spot instantly

No worries. The dust does certainly prove helpful for leak detection.

 

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Some pictures on the process. Let me start off by saying this 62 year old gentleman certainly puts me to shame, being able to lift a cast iron block and cylinder heads all on his own. He spent 3 hours cleaning up/sanding the block last night, after it came back from the machine shop where it was cleaned in a tank:

Mahle piston rings and Sealed Power connecting rods and main bearings:

Victor Reinz head gaskets:

After 3 hours of cleaning he finally started installing the crankshaft, followed by the pistons:

He wasn't too pleased with the camshaft, so he stopped and said he was going to get a new one before going any further:

 

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How the heck does that happen to a roller cam????

(rhetorical question, but holy poo does that look bad!)

 

[Klutch9]

Originally Posted By: Thermo1223
You should kindly explain the theory to keeping an engine bay clean as well.


I used to do this, but it's too much work for something that seldom gets seen. Unless you take your car to shows and always have the hood up, having a clean engine bay really serves no purpose. My engine runs just as well no matter how dirty my engine bay is.

 

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Originally Posted By: OVERK1LL
How the heck does that happen to a roller cam????

(rhetorical question, but holy poo does that look bad!)


It was running rough before the overheating, and I always thought the distributor was faulty. Now we found out what the actual cause was.

 

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Originally Posted By: Klutch9
Originally Posted By: Thermo1223
You should kindly explain the theory to keeping an engine bay clean as well.


I used to do this, but it's too much work for something that seldom gets seen. Unless you take your car to shows and always have the hood up, having a clean engine bay really serves no purpose. My engine runs just as well no matter how dirty my engine bay is.


It probably depends on the environment also. I live almost two miles off the highway and getting to my house means driving on a gravel road. Probably at least 25% of my driving is on gravel roads and it is impossible to keep the engine bay or the exteriors of my vehicles clean, especially this year when we've had about an inch of rain total for the last three months.
If the engine in the photos is in Kuwait, who knows what conditions it has experienced. I've got a few marine buddies who've been there and told me some horrendous stories about sand and dust storms. Not everybody lives in the inner city where the grass is green.