New to me 1997 SL2
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New to me 1997 SL2
Hi Everyone,
I just bought a 1997 SL2 that the owner said had a blown head gasket. The car has fairly low miles at 93K, faded gold paint and torn leather seats.
I hope to use this as a father daughter project. I have a few questions.
How hard is it to change the head gasket on the DOHC engine? How do you keep the camshafts in time when removing the head?
Has anyone used the radiators from e-bay? This one looks like it leaked and overheated the engine. I live in Arizona and you need a good radiator.
Thanks for everyones help getting this project going,
Dan
I just bought a 1997 SL2 that the owner said had a blown head gasket. The car has fairly low miles at 93K, faded gold paint and torn leather seats.
I hope to use this as a father daughter project. I have a few questions.
How hard is it to change the head gasket on the DOHC engine? How do you keep the camshafts in time when removing the head?
Has anyone used the radiators from e-bay? This one looks like it leaked and overheated the engine. I live in Arizona and you need a good radiator.
Thanks for everyones help getting this project going,
Dan
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From: Anniston, AL
I'd recommend getting #1 piston up to TDC and make sure the timing marks are all lined up properly before disassembly. As long as you don't rotate the cams or the crank, then you should be pretty much good to go when you put it all back together. I did that with a Mitsubishi 3.0 and it worked out for me.
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From: Riveria of America
After you manually turn the engine to TDC, and before you start to tear things apart, look at the face of the camshaft gears. There should be a TDC mark at the 12o'clock position on each of the gears. Also, there is a TDC mark on the crankshaft gear as well (also at 12o'clock)
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From: Peoria AZ
My suggestion would be to go by O'Riellies or Autozone or Pep Boys and buy a Chiltons/Mitchells or what ever service manual for the thing. That would be the best $20.00 bucks spent.
Overhead cam engines can mess with your mind, the more the cams the more the messing.
With instructions they are not hard.
As far as radiators from e-bay, it probably is a crap shoot. I'm not sure why you would want to anyway, there are multiple auto parts stores available and Radiators galore locally. Some one mentioned AZ, there are a bunch of us around and probably some one close. Personally I have never really found E-bay to be a value to me when I have looked for things, but I don't look that often either. I need two radiators for cars I am refurbishing and a heater core and the odds are I will buy them locally. That radiator has plastic side tanks and are prone to failure eventually. One point about buying locally, it is hot here, radiators are failure prone, the odds are you will buy a better quality radiator locally if for no other reason than it is important to have one, some one selling junk does not stay in business long.
Overhead cam engines can mess with your mind, the more the cams the more the messing.
With instructions they are not hard.
As far as radiators from e-bay, it probably is a crap shoot. I'm not sure why you would want to anyway, there are multiple auto parts stores available and Radiators galore locally. Some one mentioned AZ, there are a bunch of us around and probably some one close. Personally I have never really found E-bay to be a value to me when I have looked for things, but I don't look that often either. I need two radiators for cars I am refurbishing and a heater core and the odds are I will buy them locally. That radiator has plastic side tanks and are prone to failure eventually. One point about buying locally, it is hot here, radiators are failure prone, the odds are you will buy a better quality radiator locally if for no other reason than it is important to have one, some one selling junk does not stay in business long.
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