TURBHOE

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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

phasemaster1

iTrader: (11)

What engine is that 4.8? Dont recall seeing that cross that shows on the pistons. Love the "NUT ROASTER" box in the background.

MikeGyver

iTrader: (5)

I'd like to know, too.

Silver-Dollar

iTrader: (1)

I want to be the first to comment on the nut roaster. Only 10 minutes for glazed nuts.

1989k1500

iTrader: (23)

Nut roaster.

TURBHOE

iTrader: (4)

the motor is a 5.3L. i knew i would catch **** 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

silver-mod-o

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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....

phasemaster1

iTrader: (11)

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.

TURBHOE

iTrader: (4)

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?

phasemaster1

iTrader: (11)

Sorry 4.8T I thought you might be doing head swap for some reason. No idea how to check them.