Brian P Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 ooh!! I didn't see you had an LS1 car too. Noice. I would just rev it for a minute max then let the engine get to operating temp, or at least close to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genEus Posted August 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 I revved it up, held it for a minute... same story. Same knocking So... yeah. I'm stuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genEus Posted August 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 IT WENT AWAY!!! I basically let the car run and REALLY warm up. Revved it up once again for about a minute and then the noise got quieter and then totally disappeared!!! =) Thank you everyone, especially Brian P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian P Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 whew!! Glad it worked out. I've done so many of these gasket jobs and most of them did this to some effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockfangd Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 wow. it is very good to be better safe than sorry, at least it worked out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPX Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 IT WENT AWAY!!! I basically let the car run and REALLY warm up. Revved it up once again for about a minute and then the noise got quieter and then totally disappeared!!! =) Thank you everyone, especially Brian P. Congrats! I feel so good for you. That's a huge job. It's great Brian could pass that experience on so you could succeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderw31 Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Awesome, glad to hear that! BTW, I totally blanked on the fact that this was a 3100 and not the 3.1MPFI I knew there had been oiling changes made for the GenIII motors, but I didn't know exactly what they were. Thanks for that bit of knowledge brian! That sure does explain the lack of oil flying while running with the covers off, though I gotta think the cam and valvetrain would wear a lot faster in that setup. But that is a different subect for another thread. Just glad to hear it is running right... I love the feeling when you successfully complete a project like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genEus Posted August 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 I love the feeling when you successfully complete a project like that. Yeah the thing is, now that I did it and had all this hassle, I feel like I could do the whole thing again in a day - forward and back. I've already had to take off and put back on a lot of things not once but twice and figure out how to just remove the covers without removing anything else. I think it was a good experience. And also knowing that any garage would have stripped me of at least $650 to do this job (and would probably use the plastic gaskets, not the metal ones), kept me going. I didn't finish closing it up last night, I will tonight, and will take it for a spin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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