Thread: Donk replacement

Originally Posted by DAMINK

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Hey side note, My car is a 1994 build, The engine i picked up is a 1997 build. That cant be a bad thing right........

Hopefully.
Been reading up on later V8s and from what I can gather, some of the issues with the 3.9/4.0 litres overheating could be due to bad castings of the block, where the internal coolant gallery is not centred in the metal wall.
So the aluminium cracks .. seemingly looking like a liner problem. This issue appears to be with the later motors(but I think this means more likely D2 V8s less so D1 era .. dunno).
But later doesn't always equate to better. Hopefully in your situation tho it will!

Engine is in and bolted to box. New mounts in and bolting some last things on. Expect to be firing up the bugger tomorrow all things going well.
Got a question if i can.

There is a spacer behind the power steering pump and between the head on these isnt there? Like a lifting point and spacer in one.

Cheers Andrew.