Long term update V8 swap up date.

Great update. Hope your back for good this time.
Your extremely knowledgable, and we still have soooo many questions on the swap.
 
20034RunnerV84x2 said:
Please post a pic of under the good!
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Only pic i have .

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man it's good to see your user name pop up in my email notification, only person other than millerPKA that i missed on the forum. welcome back
 
1985taylor1925 said:
x2 for a sound clip of the engine and exhaust.

This kind of gets me worried because when I pull off my oil cap you can some sludge built up in there. I actually posted a picture of it a few months back. I ran seafoam a while back through the pvc valve and I change my oil every 5k or less, so Im hoping that it will be ok.

By the way I like your truck with the running boards on! It looks very complete.
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Get a flashlight and look inside the oil cap area. You need to see past the baffle and should see the top of the head. If it is has no sludge on it, you are good to go. Do not mind the baffle as it will always have some sludge on it. It cools down first and the oil vapor seams to condensen to it giving it a sludgy appearance.

After dealing with what i delt with, I am a firm believer of SeaFoam. If you see any sludge- Seafoam it.

Before changing the oil, pour an entire container of SeaFoam into the crankcase. Depending on the severity of the sludge, drive around about 20 minutes. If you see your oil pressure light flicker on or your oil pressure gauge read low, stop and change your oil.

After the initial flush, add new oil and then poor another container of SeaFoam to the crankcase oil. Then change the oil at the normal oil change interval.
 
Singtoe said:
Get a flashlight and look inside the oil cap area. You need to see past the baffle and should see the top of the head. If it is has no sludge on it, you are good to go. Do not mind the baffle as it will always have some sludge on it. It cools down first and the oil vapor seams to condensen to it giving it a sludgy appearance.

After dealing with what i delt with, I am a firm believer of SeaFoam. If you see any sludge- Seafoam it.

Before changing the oil, pour an entire container of SeaFoam into the crankcase. Depending on the severity of the sludge, drive around about 20 minutes. If you see your oil pressure light flicker on or your oil pressure gauge read low, stop and change your oil.

After the initial flush, add new oil and then poor another container of SeaFoam to the crankcase oil. Then change the oil at the normal oil change interval.
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Thanks for the advice. I'll definately take a look at it tomorrow. When I ran the seafoam through the pvc valve I actually did like 2/3 there and then added the rest to the oil. Im getting close to my next oil change. But my oil still looks really clean on the dipstick. But Ill look for that sludge tomorrow to be sure.
 
1985taylor1925 said:
Thanks for the advice. I'll definately take a look at it tomorrow. When I ran the seafoam through the pvc valve I actually did like 2/3 there and then added the rest to the oil. Im getting close to my next oil change. But my oil still looks really clean on the dipstick. But Ill look for that sludge tomorrow to be sure.
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When I pulled the valve covers off my part out truck they had that same build up of old cruddy oil but the heads were exceptionally clean.
 
Nice Rig! Next move I would do is match front window tint to back (if law allows it). It will make the truck more complete. Did 20% to mine even though the law is 35%:reddance:
 
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