Aussie Frontier
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Ok am after some words from the wise.
I bought my son a N16 Pulsar Q with the genII QG16DE engine. I should have known better but anyway. When I bought the car the guy told me the head had just been done because it overheated and blew a head gasket. Now in looking back I should have thought better of it as I wouldnt really know if they fixed everything .Well looks like they only did the head and didnt do anything else and it appears they really cooked the motor when they overheated it.The motor runs clean and doesnt drop any oil but its using about 1 litre per thousand kms.
Have been advised an easy fix is use thicker oil.
Realistic fix is new pistons rings and bearings but dont have that kind of coin at the moment.
Will running thicker oil actually do anything ?
New GEM engine is $5k, short rebuild is just shy of $3k .Can get new pistons rings etc from the US for about $500 delivered if the bores arent scored
Other than that its about $1k for an engine from a wrecker
thoughts?
I bought my son a N16 Pulsar Q with the genII QG16DE engine. I should have known better but anyway. When I bought the car the guy told me the head had just been done because it overheated and blew a head gasket. Now in looking back I should have thought better of it as I wouldnt really know if they fixed everything .Well looks like they only did the head and didnt do anything else and it appears they really cooked the motor when they overheated it.The motor runs clean and doesnt drop any oil but its using about 1 litre per thousand kms.
Have been advised an easy fix is use thicker oil.
Realistic fix is new pistons rings and bearings but dont have that kind of coin at the moment.
Will running thicker oil actually do anything ?
New GEM engine is $5k, short rebuild is just shy of $3k .Can get new pistons rings etc from the US for about $500 delivered if the bores arent scored
Other than that its about $1k for an engine from a wrecker
thoughts?