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Originally Posted by TC Johnson (Post 970098)

One question I have is concerning evidence of Nikasil issues. The car has 93k, and clearly still has the original engine. Should I see something in the cylinders that shows that specific problem? I would have thought it would have raised itself before that mileage.

The first engine serial number with steel cylinder linings is 0008181043, which translates to August 18, 2000. (borrowed from a testpoint thread) Although you have it torn down enough by now to where you can see whether or not you have the linings.

The conventional wisdom is if a nikasil engine has made it this far, it should be OK. Gasoline composition was the issue back then and now we have different blends.

Resistance turning the crank

Thanks for the response. I won't worry too much about Nikasil issues, then.

However, I was reading another post from someone encountering a locked up engine, and one of the posts talked about being able to turn over the engine with a 3/8 stubby wrench. My engine takes a strong pull on a 24" breaker bar to rotate the crank. I just assumed this was a normal function of all the bearings and 8 pistons moving in the bores.

Should I actually be concerned about this? There was talk of bottom end issues with this car. I have squirted oil in the bores to keep thigs a bit lubed, but now I wonder about more problems.

TC