[thirdgenlxi]

Split the cases and take a look inside. Overall it was clean and didn't look too bad. Some of the edges of the gear dogs in the transmission had some wear






Numbered the pistons on the new engine and popped them out


Within an hour or so, had the new engine town down to nothing but a bare block


Then I brought out my original engine and started to tear it fully down




My cylinder head had a little carbon as well, but overall not bad at all.... all valves and seats were in great shape












Stripped it down to the bare block as well


Now here's the pretty amazing part.... hard to see in the pics, but believe it or not, after 177,428 miles, all 4 cylinder walls still have PERFECT crosshatch. No joke!




Crank bearings.... perfect






Here's a better pic of the crack in the block. It took a smack for sure!