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Everything posted by porcupine73
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What leak are you experiencing? Just external? Or are you having the exhaust blowing into coolant/oil issue? How many miles do you have on? (concerned as I too have an '00obw!) As far as tools to replace the HG's yourself, you probably need an engine hoist, optionally an engine stand, and of course a good assortment of hand tools. Harbor Freight has engine hoists and stands on sale all the time.
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Hm...the '92 is fuel injected right? I think I looked at those units before and they weren't rated for fuel injection use (pressure too high) (though it might have been something else I was looking at). I ended up going with these Canton/Mecca Racing spin on fuel/water separators. SummitRacing has PermaCool filter mounts that will fit this thread. The filters have a repaceable filter element in 1 micron or 8 micron size. (The only issue is they told me for the 1 micron size it should be plumbed to flow inside out, but that doesn't work too well for the water separation.) Prior to that I had a PermaCool fuel/water separator installed, but the filters tended to leak. They said they were good for fuel injection use, but the hose that came with it was not fuel injection hose. I had to seal the bung with JBweld every time to prevent a leaky filter.
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Nothing special required for an Optima battery. Just tell Sears you want the biggest, meanest one they can cram in there. You might also consider the battery terminal quick disconnect so (if you are able) you can disconnect the battery when the vehicle will sit for long periods of time. The Optima red top is a starting battery; just like any other such battery if it goes dead or into deep drain often it will have a short lifetime. The Optima yellow top is a deep cycle battery. You can completely discharge this battery without having an adverse impact on it's lifetime. The Optima blue top (marine) is also deep cycle.
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Hey that's a cool idea buying that engine. Maybe that leak is from the o-ring in the cam (retaining?) cap (from what i've seen in another post). At first I thought the leak was coming from the cam seal but I don't see any oil in the timing cover. I'm interested in knowing which seal/o-ring that is too as I'm about to do the t-belt on my '96 2.2 and it appears to be spraying a little oil in that exact same area.