Hi All,
I recently bought a 97 LC with over 300K miles. When I saw the listing the price was extremely low so I knew there had to be something wrong with the vehicle. Once I inspected it, I saw it had triple lockers, so I figured it was worth the risk. The previous owner was only able to run it for a few seconds since the radiator was missing the top plastic portion. PO stated that the radiator started leaking and tried to fix it but decided to just sell it (I suspected a HG issue). We both agreed on a price which I still think was a hell of a deal since this baby has absolutely no rust on it (TX truck).
Anyways, I replaced the radiator with a CSF, and low and behold, it has all the signs of a blown HG (missing coolant, bubbles in reservoir when engine is running, oil looks cloudy when I pull the dip stick after running it.) The engine runs without any knocks or strange noises which is surprising since this thing has over 300k on the odo.
I did manage to do a compression test and these were the numbers I pulled (1-171, 2-165, 3-180, 4-178, 5-169, 6-169).
Obviously budget is a concern, but I'd be willing to pay for a full rebuild if required. I plan on keeping this LC for years to come.
Would you guys recommend just a HG job and keep it running? Do these compression numbers look good for an engine with that many miles?
Thanks!
I recently bought a 97 LC with over 300K miles. When I saw the listing the price was extremely low so I knew there had to be something wrong with the vehicle. Once I inspected it, I saw it had triple lockers, so I figured it was worth the risk. The previous owner was only able to run it for a few seconds since the radiator was missing the top plastic portion. PO stated that the radiator started leaking and tried to fix it but decided to just sell it (I suspected a HG issue). We both agreed on a price which I still think was a hell of a deal since this baby has absolutely no rust on it (TX truck).
Anyways, I replaced the radiator with a CSF, and low and behold, it has all the signs of a blown HG (missing coolant, bubbles in reservoir when engine is running, oil looks cloudy when I pull the dip stick after running it.) The engine runs without any knocks or strange noises which is surprising since this thing has over 300k on the odo.
I did manage to do a compression test and these were the numbers I pulled (1-171, 2-165, 3-180, 4-178, 5-169, 6-169).
Obviously budget is a concern, but I'd be willing to pay for a full rebuild if required. I plan on keeping this LC for years to come.
Would you guys recommend just a HG job and keep it running? Do these compression numbers look good for an engine with that many miles?
Thanks!