This is so fucking retarded. My engine oil turned white again. 2ndGenGuy mentioned about stretched head bolts which made sense. Except I don't see spending about $70 for 10 bolts, new headgasket, machining the head, and that would cost about $150 total easy. I did however retorqued the head bolts to 60lb/ft and milkshake disappears on the dipstick but theres still traces of them on the head:
That can't be residual since I went for a long drive (about 200km total) and it should been running warm and long enough to burn off any old moisture in oil. I also lost about 2 liters of coolant.
I don't know if trying to fix this cursed thing is a good idea at all. I mean I already spent so much money on engine oil alone - 4 oil changes in less than 1000km, new rod bearings, 2 new headgaskets, 2 new intake and exhaust gaskets, oil pan and vc gasket, misc bits and pieces and that totals around $250 easy. AND ITS STILL NOT RUNNING RIGHT
Went looking for a replacement engine and found this mint low mileage A18A from an Accord. Except I now realized that it has different intake ports than my ET so simplly replacing the old carb and shit back on the new long block is not gonna be an option. I am looking for a quick and easy drop in swap without having to deal with any BSes except thats not going to be the case here. They also wanted about $600 for the long block alone.. which is a ripoff. I was trying to just ignore the price and get it because it was so mint and worth the money since I wouldn't have to worry about anything for at least another 120k miles easy except nope my fucking luck.
Can't find any other ET for sale here either -__-
Whats even worse is I found a 3g front clip with automatic B20A.. for about $1k. Except I don't have that much money and its gonna involve me fucking with some shit. Unless I can reuse the axles from the Accord? Its also an auto so thats a huge turnoff for me. If it was a manual then I'll just grab it and worry about the fi conversion and axles and crap later except its not. MY FUCKING LUCK.
I swear this thing is cursed from day 1. Theres a reason why it was free though.
Took bunch of pics last week but I'm not in the mood to post them all. Here's one though
If you guys remember how I wanted to quit with the Accord before.. this is one of the times where I just want to get rid of the car and probably stop working with anything with an engine or 4 wheels again. I always seem to have the worst luck with them People told me to get the car checked at a real mechanic. nope this mechanic told me that knocking noise was the intake/induction noise and I shouldn't worry about it. I then showed him the worn bearings and hes like "oh". HOW THE HELL AM I GOING TO TRUST THEM WITH MY SHIT? Having trust issues is not helping at all.
/fucking rant mode off
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