Did the Head Gaskets on a gm 3.8

[Bryankkkk]

Buddy bought a 98 olds with a 3.8 for scrap, was putting more water into the oil and shooting out the tail pipe than you wouldnt believe lol. Thought he would put some 100 bucks into gaskets and see how it went.. mind you we wanted this to be as cheap as possible just to drive around town, yes corners were cut.

Thought you guys would enjoy the pics, the car had 233k on it.

Lets begin
Smoke show

These are from the rear cylinders,

omg where do these all go!!!!!!

Used Felpro Head gaskets and intake gaskets

Front bank being assembled

Almost done

Oil change

Who can tighten the filter the most

Yummy

Yay done!

Started up and took it down the highway, runs good, see how long it lasts haha

 

[Drew99GT]

Great pics! The oil filter....was that one you took off??? Did it require a pipe wrench or something from overtightening?

 

[Rand]

Interesting, thank you for taking the time to take pictures and post it here.

my problem dirty hands = no camera.

 

[Bryankkkk]

My Note 3 was COVERED in stuff, plus i have a white case, lets just say it isnt white anymore haha!!!

Yea whereever they took it must have supermanned it on!

 

[Trav]

Very rare a HG goes out on these even at that mileage. Coolant in the oil and cyl is normal when the intake gaskets fail on these.
Head gaskets very rarely dump coolant into the oil and even rarer to dump it in the oil and the cyl.

Looks like you did it fine and it should last now.

 

[Donald]

Could he have just done the intake manifold gaslets?

 

[bullwinkle]

Did you put the "death" cool back in it?

 

[Bryankkkk]

Originally Posted By: bullwinkle
Did you put the "death" cool back in it?


Sadly he did......i told him put the green in since the cooling system was basically water after flushing it.

We did the intakes first then went from there, the coolant resoivor was bubbling like crazy, it was puking coolant out, water was pouring out the tail pipe, smoking, it was definitely head gasket.

 

[dishdude]

Only a GM 3.8 could take that much abuse and still run!

 

[SatinSilver]

How much time did that take? Glad to hear it runs well.

 

[Bryankkkk]

Originally Posted By: dishdude
Only a GM 3.8 could take that much abuse and still run!


Idk sir, my other 3.8 threw a rod lol.

http://imgur.com/a/ICSN4#12

We started tearing down at 530pm, had the intake off, new gasket on by 8, discovered wasnt the intake, tore everything back down. Was done by 130am. Long day for me D:

 

[285south]

+1 on photos, every one loves pics no matter what it is on the car.

 

[bullwinkle]

I like the "steam-cleaned" inside of the valve covers-can't believe the rod bearings aren't gone. My MIL has a '90 LeSabre with the same motor-thing refuses to die, although the body is slowly rusting off it.

 

[bigt61]

Nice pics. That car now looks front line ready...................for Afghanistan!

 

[eljefino]

Intriguing.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[xxch4osxx]

I bet that motor will run for quite a while longer. I'm guessing he will do a couple quick oil changes with cheap dino to clear out any water or coolant in the sump.

 

[Bryankkkk]

Originally Posted By: xxch4osxx
I bet that motor will run for quite a while longer. I'm guessing he will do a couple quick oil changes with cheap dino to clear out any water or coolant in the sump.


The oil didnt look to bad, popped in a new temp sensor last night, no more check engine light. Hopefully I'll get him to change the oil next week >.>

 

[Bryankkkk]

Lol the idiot never changed the oil again even though i told him countless times, it started knocking and threw a rod he said on the phone. You wouldnt believe how many times i said lets change the oil quick.

hahaha