Venompower
Active Member
To say I have gone through a range of emotions since Saturday would be an understatement... when doing the first oil change since purchasing my Mustang I found glitter in the oil, no large flakes, or chunks, but everything I have read has been doom and gloom. Trying to figure out the best way to move forward, the engine isn't ticking or knocking... there is a slight miss at idle but I associated it with the tune as it's slightly lean at idle.
I requested a test kit from Blackstone, hoping that it will at least point to what the glitter came from so I can narrow the search.
Would love feedback about what you would do in this situation, as well as get some feedback on how difficult it is to assemble a 4.6 DOHC long block...
If it does need a rebuild I'll be trying to keep costs down and use as much as possible from the current engine, basically have the heads inspected/freshened and new springs added, and then have the block bored and forged rods and pistons added. Depending on cost I'd prefer to have the shop reassemble the engine, but if that becomes prohibitive based on cost I may need to try and tackle it myself???
I requested a test kit from Blackstone, hoping that it will at least point to what the glitter came from so I can narrow the search.
Would love feedback about what you would do in this situation, as well as get some feedback on how difficult it is to assemble a 4.6 DOHC long block...
If it does need a rebuild I'll be trying to keep costs down and use as much as possible from the current engine, basically have the heads inspected/freshened and new springs added, and then have the block bored and forged rods and pistons added. Depending on cost I'd prefer to have the shop reassemble the engine, but if that becomes prohibitive based on cost I may need to try and tackle it myself???