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well, i finally got around to taking the head off to get to the lifters i thought were bad. how do you know if they are bad or not? the only thing i could tell is that when i took them apart, the one i thought was bad had half or less the amount of oil as one i'm pretty sure was good.
i took pics of the pistons as best i could. i didn't get them all whipped down dry so some are wet one is dry.
i also took pics of the head gasket and head to see if anyone can tell if it pushed water.
head
one gasket side
other gasket side
the motor is a 5.3L. i knew i would catch shit for the nut roaster. it was given to me and I laughed when i seen it too. gotta love glazed nuts!!!!! it was the center of a bunch of new "deezz nutts" jokes
Can't see really good but it doesn't look like its pushing water badly if any, but #7 looks suspect to me.... Not cooked, but not real healthy either....
How many miles? I guess depending on mileage and being suspect to having a bad one I would replace them while the heads are off with ls7 lifters. Thunder racing has them for $140 set of 16. Thats me Id hate to get back in there after all that work.
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2003 RCSB 5.3
D1SC 216/220 60# Mototrons Built 4l65e 3000 Pi vig OBX shortys Borla XR1 Yukon posi 3.73 18x9.5. Sounds like a Big-ole choo-choo train
silver-mod-o that is the even bank. so are you talking number 2? i think it just had oil and water spill on it. i will look at it better in the morning.
phasemaster1 i took this thing apart to replace lifters. 140 is high for the ls7 lifters. they sell for $119 from patriot or sdpc. its got 80,000 or somiles btw.
so does anybody know how to check and see if a lifter is bad if they all look good?
took off head got pics.
