Hello everybody thanks for reading, troubleshot down to a head gasket problem. I pulled the head and this what i found. This was already a replacement engine and trans i had put in a while back. Did timing belt, water pump, and a bunch of seals. Not sure what to do now. Alot of surface rust in the last cylinder wall. I have the original motor still which also had a head gasket problem. I never touched it, just swapped it. So now I have 2 motors, 1 trans. I believe the original block would be in better condition than this one. both have around 150k. I was pulling heads to have them resurfaced, check for bent valves, ect. and relace the gaskets but now im not sure. Any help would be appreciated.

 

 

I've rebuilt a few junkyard motors that looked bad at first. Get the heads and block washed, checked for cracks, straightness, then go from there.

 

Yeah I hear you. I got the other motor I'm gonna pull a head off and see what condition that one is then go with the better block and redone heads.in the meantime I need a whip is a 2010 tl sh for 6k a good buy?

 

The tl has 130k. Also since I'm going that deep what else should I change? Piston rings and a hone, crank bearings? What should be done to the heads besides resurface and valve job? Just want it to last after all this work.