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I sold my S10 and bought this back in April... Don't think I'll be buying anything else for quite some time, which is why I'm so pissed at my truck. No matter what I do, it's going to be very expensive, and likely a big pain in the ass, but still cheaper than a "new to me" truck...

 

 

 

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With my research, I can buy a stripped down rebuilt long block from advance/autozone/similar for around 2 grand but doesn't have a timing cover, oil pan, etc like most "typical" long blocks. Other places sell a more "complete" longblock where you just bolt the front accessories, intake, etc to it and you're done, but they're typically $800 more... I don't want a junkyard motor, I bought this truck with 60K on it, and who knows what the hell was done to it before I got it... they may have changed the oil every 10.000 miles, same for any junkyard motor. There's too much work involved for the little bit of savings a motor with 50-75K+ miles will save me.

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So I have an update. After being sick, I finally got the truck back together. I also had to order an in-lb tq wrench. Nobody carries one in stock (that was reasonably priced) that has Tq ratings that low, (22 in-lbs) it's barely even hand tight...

 

Anyway, I watched this video on youtube about cleaning the lifters. I removed the DS rockers and rods to check for bent rods, all looked straight and clean with little wear. I then sprayed B12 into the rods down into the lifters, put it all back together and ran an engine flush.

 

 

 

Not 100% but WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY quieter. As in, zero noise at idle, and none or very quiet under light to moderate throttle. Even under heavier throttle it's pretty quiet. To best describe it, it sounded like a bad ticking exhaust leak inside the cab, now I can barely hear it. SO. I'm going to keep running marvel mystery oil in it and do another valve cover removal/cleaning in a few months, next time to include the PS, although the noise seems to be limited to cyls 1 & 3, you never know and do another engine flush.... then since there's no codes, the truck runs great, I don't see any wear in the valve train and no particles in my oil... I'm going to just drive it until it blows, which may take a really long time, especially considering I only put about 5K/yr on the truck the past few years (was about 15-20K when I first got it!)

 

Thanks all for listening.

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