LOOK what I Found.. NEW 3.2L

[Off Road SHO]

Don't open it up! The people that assembled that engine were experts at it, don't mess with factory.

Remove spark plugs, squirt automatic transmission fluid into each cylinder, let it sit over night. If you're really good with mechanics, find an oil galley plug and make an adapter to fit an oil pump to the galley. You can then pressurize at 10 to 25 psi oil through the entire engine to pre-**** it and check for cracked front and rear main seals and camshaft seals.

Drain crankcase oil out, send sample to be analyzed with a written note explaing where the oil came from. If it comes back as clean with no high moisture content, re-fill crankcase with thin oil; 0 or 5 weight.

With spark plugs still out, turn over the engine by hand, slowly at first. What you will be feeling for is binding of the camshaft to the towers and binding of the pistons to the cylinder walls. If you feel or hear parts rubbing metal to metal, STOP turning. Then you will have to open it up and basically tear it down and re-assemble. However don't mistake normal pressure required to depress valve springs for friction.

I'm 99.9% sure you wont hear or feel any friction.

That is a great find even though expensive. If you document everything you do with that motor, the car that it goes in will be worth more in my opinion.

And to put everything into perspective, a junkyard Accura TLS 3.2 motor that you know absolutely nothing about will cost 5-7 THOUSAND dollars if it has low miles ( less than 40,000).

Good luck and be careful.

Tom

 

[NotSoSlowSHO]

I hope for the sake of this motor that my hunches are incorrect. Tom provided some useful tips, but again, the chance remains.

The LAST thing I want to hear about is another 3.2 dying in your hands.

ROB L:

As for NotSoWhatever boy, I don't have time for your ignorance, so keep your wasteful comments to yourself.

wasteful? Yeah, try re-reading your responses to my posts. Wasteful.

grow up. and take care of this motor.

Im done.

 

[ROB L]

Thanx for the Good Tips Guys

Tom..

The Company I bought it from said they simtested it to pressurize the oil in the motor.

Does this sound to be a positive thing, I mean this type of test should have shown any seal problems correct??

Thanx Again

 

[svtman]

Nice find! Since you've got a warranty on the engine you should be fine if any problems arise. I'd at least crank the engine over for 10-20 seconds to build up some oil pressure before hooking up fuel before it is started the first time. Is the engine going to be shipped with oil in it? If so, I'd also pull the plugs and make sure that there is no oil in the cylinders that could cause the engine to hydraulic. As for the seals - if you're going to have problems with them they should start leaking well within your warranty period if they have deteriorated (if they are even covered under warranty).