(Questions at bottom if you're not interested in the back story lol)

First up, whats up ya'll, new here, got a 1995 Eclipse GS very light mods (intake / headers / tip and little here and there) everything else is cosmetic -


Anyway, long story short, old engine bit the dust due to hydro lock ( ), splash guard had broke and allowed a large amount of splash to reach the intake.

So I swapped in a 97 engine I had out back. And it has a few problems. A : its watering the oil down with gas rapidly. And the head gasket is leaking coolant out of the back passenger side of the engine, leaking off of a black braket over the alternator ( ) marked by the yellow line. It usually takes until the car is warmed up, and then its a consistent drip.

So I'm going to have to replace the head gasket, and I'm suspecting the rings are bad causing the gas issue (though I'm going to try a few other things first) the problem is, I'm about broke and have pretty much no income right now.

Between that and an odd lack of machine shops around here, I'm going to have to hope and pray my heads not warped or something.

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So my main question is this, if my rod bearings aren't worn too badly, would it be ok to reuse them if I have to replace the rings? Problem is I have no way to check all the clearances and such if I have to replace them, unless it's ok to just stick new ones on? And then I still wont be doing the main bearings. If it comes to having to replace all the bearings and such, I'm going to most likely park the car until I have the money to fix my old engine.

For the head gasket, will it be ok to use a MLS without machine work? From the looks of it, the current head gasket is not metal. (from what I can see of it) So if I clean it up really well, will it be ok?

Any other possibilities for gassing up the oil besides bad rings?

That about wraps it up, thanks ahead of time for any/all answers!

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I didn't mean to leave the old head gasket. But your other answer already answered that.

I guess it might be time to give up on this car. I don't have the money to spend on machining. I had really hoped to have it fixed for summer

A machinest is not needed to do these checks.

Unless you have a major issue going on it sounds like a fairly easy fix.

Check the journals with plastic gauge.
Check the head with a straight edge.

Use a mic and measure two sides of each journal to determine if they are out of round, however the bearing surface will tell you of un-even wear due to that.

Mic the cylinders from two directions and look for un-even ring wear on the walls.

If the walls check out with no issue, hone them and slap a new set of rings in her.

A candle burning on both ends is twice as bright but lasts half as long.

Verify the coolant is actually coming from the head and not from the heater hoses that run in that area.

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'95 Eclipse TurboGS (garage deco)
'95 TSi AWD (restoring a survivor)
'97 Talon ESi-T (poor impulse control)
'99 Eclipse RS-T (daily beater)
'13 Evo X (mostly stock)
'17 Sienna (Middle Aged Dad Mobile)



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Check the freeze plugs right there by that black bracket. If you have an air compressor you could pressuize the coolant system and see where it is comming from without running the engine. (gas in the oil is bad)

A candle burning on both ends is twice as bright but lasts half as long.

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If a sentence found online has 35% misspellings or greater and includes at least two racially charged expletives, chances are it is a YouTube comment.

'95 Eclipse TurboGS (garage deco)
'95 TSi AWD (restoring a survivor)
'97 Talon ESi-T (poor impulse control)
'99 Eclipse RS-T (daily beater)
'13 Evo X (mostly stock)
'17 Sienna (Middle Aged Dad Mobile)



Factory Service Manuals: http://nawdu.de/files/

If you think the oil is contaminated with gas from whatever source you should change it and the filter. Saying screw it and driving it may make things worse.

Track down and fix your leaks too :p

A candle burning on both ends is twice as bright but lasts half as long.