JDM Engine issues

[baja1]

oh man I feel your pain...:faint:

 

[TheDurk]

Is there anything I could've hooked up wrong to cause that much smoke? Or is it most likely an issue with the engine itself

Well, there was a guy on my BMW board who hitched a coolant line where a vacuum line should go. THAT would do it. He managed to hydrolock the engine that way.

That was one of those all-time great threads.

 

[TP Superstar]

That was one of those all-time great threads.

Got a link?

 

[pclausen]

I just started on a JDM engine swap as well.

Got it from JDM Engine Zone. They claim their engines have 62k or less on them. Here's what it looks like under the valve covers:

And for comparison, here's what my current engine with 196k looks like:

Don't meant to hijack this thread as I got my own one going here but was curious if the condition of the heads on my JDM engine is pretty typical.

 

[Harleydoc]

I just started on a JDM engine swap as well.

Got it from JDM Engine Zone. They claim their engines have 62k or less on them. Here's what it looks like under the valve covers:

And for comparison, here's what my current engine with 196k looks like:

Don't meant to hijack this thread as I got my own one going here but was curious if the condition of the heads on my JDM engine is pretty typical.

You will see that a lot with JDM motors I was stationed in Japan and the oil they use it way different then what we use. I replace a valve cover gasket on a car I had over there 25k was on it and it look all gummy inside. I don't think they put very much detergent then there oils


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[ZukesMcGee]

Umm did you hook up the vac hose on the Throttlebody in the right place and hook up the coolant lines to the right place in the Throttlebody? Had a buddy to that one time and ran about like that


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This ended up being my problem, thanks for the help everybody she's running great now.

 

[Harleydoc]

This ended up being my problem, thanks for the help everybody she's running great now.

Glad you got it up and running


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[jgue467]

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Got it from JDM Engine Zone. They claim their engines have 62k or less on them. ...

seems like almost 62km on One oil fill. Tells me to steer in a different direction when the time comes..... :cowboy:

 

[phattyduck]

seems like almost 62km on One oil fill. Tells me to steer in a different direction when the time comes..... :cowboy:

Last time I posted about how some JDM engines are of questionable quality, I got shot down around here. That pic is proof that they aren't all good!

My 275k mile engine looks better inside:

Regular dino oil every ~5k until 260k, now on its third Rotella T6 fill.

-Charlie