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Advice re: engine replacement 700 1987

posted by  Volfro on  Fri Jan 23 19:55 CST 2009
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Yes, I know it's still young yet. It does have a pretty serious oil leak, but I don't think it's the RMS. It's more likely the turbo's oil return line, but I haven't been able to find the exact source.

Replaced the water pump a few months ago, still gotta do the belts. I was planning on replacing all seals from the head up--but if the head is cracked, it might not be worth it.

That's the conundrum: there's no way for me to know if it's a cracked head till I've taken it apart, and I'm wondering if it would be worth it to just source a new engine, considering the original engine's existing problems. Just wanted to know what you folks thought I should do.






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