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Just had to share my joy: I bought a '78 280Z Black Pearl this past Saturday, never heard it run (bought it because the body was in great shape), the former owner said it had a broken piston ring and didn't run anymore.
I posted several questions on this board asking about options for replacing the broken rod or getting a replacement engine, even drove to Motorsport Auto in Orange and asked them. But tonight, just as I was putting it on a lift to start tearing the engine apart, I decided to do something ridiculously simple and check the oil. Not a drop on the dipstick.
I put in 3 quarts, pulled the plugs and cleaned them (the car's been sitting in a driveway for a year, the gummed-up plugs smelled like varnish), replaced a leaking (squirting) fuel hose (dry rot), and fired it up. After about 5 seconds the knocking disappeared and it runs like a charm (except it has an exhaust manifold leak).
And to think, I thought I'd have to replace or rebuild the engine, something I have neither the time nor money for right now. I'll sleep a lot easier tonight.
I posted several questions on this board asking about options for replacing the broken rod or getting a replacement engine, even drove to Motorsport Auto in Orange and asked them. But tonight, just as I was putting it on a lift to start tearing the engine apart, I decided to do something ridiculously simple and check the oil. Not a drop on the dipstick.
I put in 3 quarts, pulled the plugs and cleaned them (the car's been sitting in a driveway for a year, the gummed-up plugs smelled like varnish), replaced a leaking (squirting) fuel hose (dry rot), and fired it up. After about 5 seconds the knocking disappeared and it runs like a charm (except it has an exhaust manifold leak).
And to think, I thought I'd have to replace or rebuild the engine, something I have neither the time nor money for right now. I'll sleep a lot easier tonight.