| How NOT to flush engine oil! |
Subject: How NOT to flush engine oil! by Danspeed1 on 2013/9/15 17:34:48 My father picked up a new project. I stopped by yesterday to help him pull the engine out so we could take a closer look. Car is real nice; or should I say "was" real nice. 1990 with 35K original miles, a ZF6 and the owner really took good care of it. Interior looks like the day it rolled off the show room floor. The owner didn't have time for the car and put it away for a couple of years. As I am told, this past year she removed the car from storage and brought it to a Chevy Dealership where she was handed an astronomical bill for maintenance work to get the car back on the road. From what I can tell, all the car would have needed was an oil change and battery to run, but I don't have to imagine too hard the service adviser trying to make a whole months shop time on it. She didn't want to pay and took the car home. Apparently she was contacted by one of the technicians who told her in his free time he could get the car back on the road for her as long as she paid cash on the side. So she had the car towed to his house. Hours later she received a voice mail on her phone from the technician stating there had been an "accident" while changing the oil and the car went up in flames. The fire department had to respond to put it out (with dry chemicals thankfully). Upon our inspection we found the engine crank case was filled with gasoline. Apparently this guy decided rather than doing an engine flush with the proper additives he would just use gas. Engines run on gas, but not as a substitute for oil! You would think a GM tech would know this. So from what I was told she came to pickup the car, the technician wasn't even around, she had it towed away and hasn't been in contact since. She couldn't be bothered with the hassles of court so she put the car up for sale as parts... My father purchased it for parts but has since decided its too nice to part out and would like to restore it. Yesterday we pulled the motor out, which was a heck of a job! Motor was unbolted in less than 2 hours, and took 5 hours to separate from the ZF6 WTF? But we got it out. The engine compartment isn't horrible, the firewall worked! However, the wiring harness for both the engine and heater controls are gone! Not really sure what to do about this one. Looking for advice on how to tackle this project. Thoughts? DG       |
