Afternoon all. I’ve got a 96 LX450 engine with only 84,000 original miles. It was pulled because it ‘started to knock, so we parked it and checked the oil and it was too full.’ They claim the oil cooler cracked. I realize it could be HG or something else as well. It was still driving and never overheated according to them.
I’m not out any money on this. I just wanted to get the LX.
Would it be worth tearing into it to replace my tired 260k ‘93 1FZ? I’m planning on a diesel swap someday, but it’s not an immediate plan. I’m inclined to think it would be worth it.
What is the likely list of stuff to replace?
From my reading of a bunch of threads with knocks and such over the last week or two, it seems that I’d be doing BEB’s, maybe machined/replaced crank, maybe con rods, hope the bores are good, may as well pull the head and do the gasket/make sure it’s still straight.
Obviously I’d pull the oil cooler first and pressure test it to see if it’s the actual culprit or not. That would tell me a lot about the head hopefully. Possibly another thing to do first off is bore scope it, to see if all cylinders are good still.
I’d appreciate any thoughts or additional things that could need to be replaced. Kind of want a ballpark price breakdown to see if it’s worth it to me.
Thanks, Michael
I’m not out any money on this. I just wanted to get the LX.
Would it be worth tearing into it to replace my tired 260k ‘93 1FZ? I’m planning on a diesel swap someday, but it’s not an immediate plan. I’m inclined to think it would be worth it.
What is the likely list of stuff to replace?
From my reading of a bunch of threads with knocks and such over the last week or two, it seems that I’d be doing BEB’s, maybe machined/replaced crank, maybe con rods, hope the bores are good, may as well pull the head and do the gasket/make sure it’s still straight.
Obviously I’d pull the oil cooler first and pressure test it to see if it’s the actual culprit or not. That would tell me a lot about the head hopefully. Possibly another thing to do first off is bore scope it, to see if all cylinders are good still.
I’d appreciate any thoughts or additional things that could need to be replaced. Kind of want a ballpark price breakdown to see if it’s worth it to me.
Thanks, Michael