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    NutzAboutBolts Senior Member

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    lol sorry Ray! You guys will kill it on the video, keep us posted (y)
     
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    The "New" engine is in! Hopefully back on the road tomorrow!
     

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    This is the removal of the old engine. The last picture is the deteriorating cat converter, I actually vacuumed it before we reinstalled the new engine.
     

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    Does this mean the experimenting on some components can begin:)?
     
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    Yes! I'm going to take off the intake manifold (already filled with oil) and check it out. Already inspected the ERG system, and honestly it's not super horrible like I was expecting. Sure it's got it's got a good amount of carbon build up, but I was expecting much worse.

    Took off one end of the hose coming from the PCV valve, and damn....... it was nasty looking. Not sure if it's because it had a blown head gasket or what. The tube was almost completely clogged with nasty sludge. I'll take off the whole valve soon and inspect more.
     
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    Job complete! Took us about 16 hours start to finish. Not bad at all!

    The engine started and runs smoothly. Took it on a drive and averaged 57.00 MPG. Can't even notice it switching from electric to gas!

    The odometer is at 195,xxx miles now. I had no idea she put SO many miles on the old engine while it had a blown head gasket. She went on a few road trips, and drove more than a 100 miles a day. The old engine really put up a good fight! At least 15-18k miles on a blown gasket! She just kept adding coolant and oil. you could tell on the dipstick that oil and coolant had mixed big time.

    Happy and proud to have that accomplished!
     

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    Same here, the map sensor was also covered in wet sludge. That's why I was stressing the Oil Catch Can to prevent this built up of oil being sprayed all over. Your cats and egr system should be a whole lot cleaner as well. I never had to remove my hood or my manifold during the engine replacement. Great job.
     
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    Maybe we can get one installed. We had to hurry since my sister uses her car for a living. Yeah with the good, it was super easy and took two minutes and we were glad we did. More light down there!
     
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    Update: it's been on the road for a week now. It's even done a small road trip since she's been back. Getting in the mid 40's mpg. Fantastic for my lead foot sister, and having 17" wheels! Everyone is happy :)
     
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    Cylinder number one. Removed intake manifold
     

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    :eek:

    What did the intake manifold look like?
     
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    Honestly just oily and some carbon
     
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    How much oil/ liquid was underneath the throttle body?

    Thanks for the pic and keeping up updated (y).
     
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    Well it had a pool of oil down there. Most of it was already mopped up at this point so not a great photo opportunity.

    Yeah updating this thread! The EGR system actually didn't look all that bad.

    Also, wanted to remove the PCV valve but didn't have the extended socket I needed. The PCV pipe was all nasty and filled with muck
     
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    Yes, please make a better video. "Shakey Jake" is too hard to follow, plus can't really see what he is disconnecting.
     
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    I have the equipment but not yet certain we have someone to operate the camera. I can't touch the camera with my grease-covered hands.
     
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    I'm sure there will be 3 of us there.

    If no one else is there or willing, @Pedal Logic wouldn't mind helping out with the electronics ;).
     
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    IMG_3697.PNG Took off the PCV, and the plate it is connected to. Here's a pic for you. The PCV seemed kinda clogged and funky.
     
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