SmoothSteve3 Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 Ok, so my friend has been giving me shit all week about this: My 3.1 is running just fine the way it is right now. I just passed 100K miles, and I've never had an oil leak. So I'm preparing to do an upper engine rebuild this summer (I've got brand new heads, upper, and lower intakes). My friend keeps laughing at me because he claims that I'm gonna get oil leaks all over the lower half of my engine that I dont rebuild. Do ya'll think this is true? I understand the concept of newer vs. older gaskets, but is it going to matter enough to cause oil leaks? SmoothSteve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gp90se Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 your friend is a moron, dont sweat it, theres a lot of em. As long as u change all the gaskets (head, intake, o-ring, plenum), you wont leak at all. -Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfewtrail Posted February 22, 2004 Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 You shouldn't have any leak problems for a while, I vote on valve covers as the first oil leak to spring up and then your lower intake gasket is likely going to be the next culprit. I've got a junkyard 3.1/4T60-E in my 93 GP at the moment w/ close to 180K on it, nothing at all wrong w/ the motor, these motors last quite a long time without needing any major engine work if you do proper maintenance on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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