Over revving issue

[Halon]

Cool. Now that I finally saved your number in my phone, maybe I'll give you a shout Wednesday evening, probably somewhere around 5-6pm. Thanks man :) Plus I want to see your new setup!!

[GsXtUrBo98]

LOL! I'm glad you finally saved the #! My setup isn't anything too special... I might be changing most of it soon... but we will see.

[Gravy]

Sucks to hear about the car, were you winning when it happened? Would only make things worse, but gl figuring it out. I miss working on a 4g63, i know them inside and out, the stealth is kinda new to me still, havn't had to tear it down.

Hope the fix isn't too spendy for ya.

[FattyBoomBatty]

Why would you pull the head for a tranny problem? I'd say pull the trans, check crank endplay and if it's good, just change the oil, and toss 'er back together. Maybe the tranny bearings took a dump and you got fluid on the clutch?

[asshanson]

Sucky dude, hope you get everything fixed soon and with minimal damage.

I agree with Fatty though, why would you pull the head and pistons and all? Just to be extra safe? Going to put in all new bearings and rings etc? Thats a lot of extra work, when it could just be a transmission/clutch issue.

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

I agree with Fatty and Andrew, you don't need to rip the motor apart again unless you see oil on the clutch. Sucks to hear about your problem though, and good luck getting it back together! If you need an extra hand on Wednesday I could help out a little before I go to work.

[Halon]

I guess I didn't make this clear, and is the part of the picture you all are missing.

I was already planning on removing the head this week, even before this issue happened. I have new L19 head studs I'm installing, and I wanted to get the head re-checked for flatness because I've been pushing coolant damn near all season long. That is why the head is coming off. Not because of the over revving issue, but because this was pre-planned maintenance I already had on my to-do list for this week. Also the timing belt as many have seen is shot, so it needs replacing as well. Hence the reason I've been slowly acquiring everything I need over the past month (L19 studs, new t-belt and tensioner, new HG). This was pre-planned, relax :) Now it just turned into more then what I had originally planned.

Now, since the head will be off, and I plan to drop the pan because I want to check my rod bolt torque (recommended to me by very knowledgeable individuals after something like this occurs), I'm going to take the little extra time to just remove them and inspect them to make sure they weren't affected by this mishap. It'll cost me what, an extra hour in the end maybe? My question back to you then is, why not? Why not take the extra hour for that better peace of mind, or catch something that didn't quite fail yet but is about to?

[Pushit2.0]

It will cost you another re-torque on the rod bolts, which if you do not have the original length of the bolts then after 3-4 torques it is recommended to replace them. But if you have the original length measurement and they have not stretched over X amount, the spec is different per company, then you can re-use the rod bolts.

~John

[FattyBoomBatty]

If you're doing that, will you install all new bearings too?

[s1ngletracker]

I'd definitely say rule out any tranny issues before pulling the rotating assembly.