Well this explains a great deal

[Specvengeance]

Day - 1 I finally got around to cracking the valve cover on my 240 today and look what I found.....









Day - 2 Ok I am pulling the block apart now and there is no Sealent around the HG at all, it is just kind of sitting there..











So where do I start fixing this thing!

Day - 3 Ok I may have found the culprit here, The Copper Gasket where the IM meets the Block was rusted through where the coolant flows out of the block, That means that coolant was freely seeping into the intake charge on Cylinder 1. Also that would explain the rust on the Cylinder 1 intake cam.

[S13xCrazy]

Day - 2 Ok I am pulling the block apart now and there is no Sealent around the HG at all, it is just kind of sitting there..

There is not suppose to be sealant around the headgasket....at all....

[Specvengeance]

I realize that now, at the time I was thinking there was supposed to be so at least i didn't start rebuilding the motor and put GM there..

[MastaYu]

wow

[Black on Gold]

Looks like someone went mudding inside the motor

[pungkiteater_671]

damm looked just like my homies engine when he blew his but his s*** looked worse lol

[gtc_240sx]

So how much did you pay for the car?

[Specvengeance]

3800 a few years ago

This only happened recently, Now I get to rebuild the motor

[n240sxfnatic]

There is not suppose to be sealant around the headgasket....at all....

Um yes there is, pick up a fsm.

[Kalypso]

seems like a manageable rebuild

[Uberck]

ohhh dayum that is nasty looks like someone took a s*** in there. those cams are fuxxed time for stage 2 crower's lol

[S13_love]

Wow....

Good luck man

[Fibre guy]

Junk that block and head and find another one. I've seen that oil color before on a waterlogged jeep motor. All the clearances were fudged up.If you want to have a reliable motor rebuild a different one. KA blocks are extremely cheap and readily available. Good luck.

[24j0hn]

no offense, but that seems to be the most fugged up block and head i have ever seen!

+1 for just buying another KA

nice radiator tho

[95silvia14]

thats what i did when my timing guide rubbed threw my front cover and the block filled with water. got a whole short block for 50. spent 35 and a machine shop. new bearings, rings, gaskets, timing set and oil pump. now im rocking

[Specvengeance]

That is exactly what I am going to do, I am trashing this block, cleaning the bay repainting th whole car and starting from scratch. I have a turbo kit that needs a T28 that I am going to slap on her when I am all done with paint as well.

[EchaKqulo]

Looks like you have a little work to do!!!

[fender-startocaster]

i wish i had pictures of the engine my car came with.

[pj]

s*** man clean it down, put in new gaskets, torqe it to spec, run it in the yard, sea foam it and change the oil twice, clean the pan, re instal and fill with good oil/new filter.and run its a**.

[i240sx]

i though mine was worse..looking at yours relief me a bit...

[Specvengeance]

Lol that doesn't comfort me at all lol.

[slidestyle69]

Dude your motor is a scat lover, there's s*** everywhere

[Justin35ll]

Thats pretty nasty I would just find a new block and head

[JVkouki]

looks waaay nasty....I would just find a new one.

btw, off topic but that camera is amazing!