Originally Posted by Ol*Geezer2018How many total miles are on the eng...? Curious,. what showed as valve problems ?..

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motor has 171,000 miles on it
the valves didnt really show an issue

I was loosing coolant, did a cold pressure test and found the gasket was blown
likely happened last summer when it over heated and had to be towed in
hit thermal shut off in August, had it towed to the shop
the lower end looked good with the heads off
you could still see the crosshatch in the cylinder bores
bottom of the motor is tight as a drum
not a drop of ANYTHING leaking out of it


put it all back together after 2 weeks in the machine shop with the heads
they had a machine go down that was required to surface aluminum heads
so I had to wait! put fresh mobile one in it then, its been the only oil in it
as far as I am aware 0w-40
had it at the track 2 weeks ago pulled a 1/4 mile in 12.54 sec on street tires
so I am pretty sure the motor will be ok, but like to know what the oil says