Ive recently stumbled upon 600$, and I recently found a solid amount of bearing shavings at the bottom of my oil pan in the middle of doing the oil pan gasket. After I seen that, I kept the pan off and its just been sitting. Ive sprayed it with wd40 so nothin rusts, but I cant stand to see it sit anymore. I bought standard sized bearings, and im going to try to swap out the bearings to buy some time (yeah im plastigaging). Id like to do a full rebuild, but getting the crank miked (cuz worst case scenario it needs to be) seems like too much work and replacing any other broken thing I find while rebuilding. Id replace the big stuff obvy (Bearings, pistons, rings, gaskets) but im worried of what else I could find broken on the motor while rebuilding like i said earlier and itd be a money pit more than it already is. I have found some motors being sold out of state, but that comes with its own problems regarding getting it over here. Theres a good amount of options on car-part.com, and they are a little cheaper than a rebuild would be, but im just kind of confused on how that would all work. No local options for parts cars.
so basically
Rebuilding
pros: experience and knowledge for later work, same motor and can build the motor with more quality parts, bragging rights?
cons: could find more things wrong with it, money pit, worst case scenario I do something wrong
Buying
pros: complete working motor, can drop right in, low mileage options
cons: pretty much just finding a way to get it here and finding what to do with the motor
I just need an opinion(s) on what I should do from some people that have done rebuilds, and people that make good decisions. Thank you guys very much for any help and feel free to ask any questions.
also mind the green colored oil in the photos, was using UV oil dye to find my oil leak
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