New "oem shortblock" probable spun bearing with less then 10 miles on the motor :/

[Trab]

SHIT i forgot to put in my cam bearings...

JK ... Anyways yeah look at the rod bearings and report back...

[92RT-TT]

Here is what mine looked like according to the guy...Block.jpg

I didnt get all of them off, I ran out of time, but the rod bearings I did take off looked good. And for the cams not having a bearing, I meant to say a cap or whatever that holds them in. But until I take the valve covers off and finish checking the rest of the rod bearings I wont know anything more :/

[Trab]

Yeah that's pretty much what my shortblock looked like, except cleaner...

[Tsi_shinobi]

now im worried about mine too, i have a new engine on the stand ready to go in, fully forged and rebuilt heads and what not... i think i might install a brand new oil cooler too... whew....

[Trab]

My problem is i bought new stainless lines and a 25 row oil cooler to go with it. Problem is i cannot get the 25 row to fit. My FMIC piping makes the space to tight... Anybody know the cheapest place to get a new stock replacement cooler?

[92RT-TT]

I have another OEM one that came from a stealth TT car I parted out. Had 87k miles on it. No spun bearing or anything. PM me if interested.

[Chris@Rvengeperformance]

good possibility the lifters are full of metal and that is what you are seeing in the pan.

[92RT-TT]

Ah icic. Yeah I'll have to check that out. I haven't worked on it since last weekend. This weekend we are installing a 9k lb 2 post car lift at my shop so I probably wont get to work on the vr4 at all unless I get lucky.

[92RT-TT]

Update:

Took a look at the rod bearings and they look fine, so there are no spun bearings in the motor. I'm starting to wonder if it was a bad lifter that was making noise because the bottom end is solid looking. I'll hopefully get to work on it more this weekend so I'll know more then

[TT Eric]

Good news!

Eric