So here I was driving down the road... - Page 2

Wow..so..what part exactly is missing?  For the non-engine-part literate..that's the lower engine, blew off the oil pan and a bit more?  The crankshaft sits at the bottom of the V right?

Pardon my ignorance

The oil pan is actually a structural part of the engine on the newer engines, don't know when it started.  Meaning there's no separate oil pan that you can drop with a gasket in between.  Looks like the actual casing cracked and fell off.

Ah ok..yea I can definitely see the cracked/broken edges on the left and right of the pic.

The oil pan is still replaceable even though it is a 'structural' part of the engine.  The change happened between '97 & '98 when they moved from the stamped steel pan to the cast aluminum pan.  The aluminum pan is sealed with an o-ring as opposed to the old gasket that could be over compressed.

From the looks of it, something came loose in the rotating assembly (#1 or #2 cylinder rod would be my guess) and smashed the pan good.  No other reason for that to happen really...

So anybody wanna donate me a nice 5.3? lol

Woaw that really sucks.  

wow thats crappy, you dont have a warrenty on that new of a truck?
 

wow that sucks. time to find a 5.3L with the fuel management system so you can gave rediculous power and km/l (mpg for the american folk).

wow if u still had pressure up till it let out then something exploded or popped off or somethin like that. was their anything like rocks or somethin on the road that could have been large enough to knock up under there and cut a line? (dont know if thats even possible) but ya u def have to look where the leak is/was comin from cuz that will show whats broke. then go from there. was the oil pan still ok? if it was then with a lot of oil comin out like that it prolly was an oil line. u could have had a fitting that was loosening and then it just got enough pressure to knock it off
 
EDIT: haha sry didnt see there were more pages. wow ya thats not good. my friend had a friend who was drivin down the hwy in his evo and all he herd was a clunk and oil pressure drop and engine shut off. looked back bout a couple hundred feet to see the oil pan lyin in the mid of the hwy w/ a nice oil trail to his car lol ya that sucked

Wholey S*&$ dude. That really sucks. Man believe me if i were closer (ie if i still were up in wisconsin) i so would help ya out in finding and replacing your engine. Tell ya what though i'll keep an eye on the auto trader around here and if i find any destroyed silverados or tahoes I'll let ya know.
 
Hey Ryan, next time you hit up the junk yards keep your eyes peeled and PM drperry if ya find anything cheap with a good motor.

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ORIGINAL: RCars2

Wholey S*&$ dude. That really sucks. Man believe me if i were closer (ie if i still were up in wisconsin) i so would help ya out in finding and replacing your engine. Tell ya what though i'll keep an eye on the auto trader around here and if i find any destroyed silverados or tahoes I'll let ya know.

Hey Ryan, next time you hit up the junk yards keep your eyes peeled and PM drperry if ya find anything cheap with a good motor.

 
Im all over it right now as a matter of fact LOL!! I am scouring craigslist right now I will pm links to drperry for him to take a look!! That right there sucks man wow is what I got to say!!!

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ORIGINAL: RCars2

Hey Ryan, next time you hit up the junk yards keep your eyes peeled and PM drperry if ya find anything cheap with a good motor.

 
i've tried lookin for junk yards here b4 and dont really know where to look. any suggestions?

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ORIGINAL: RCars2

Hey Ryan, next time you hit up the junk yards keep your eyes peeled and PM drperry if ya find anything cheap with a good motor.

i've tried lookin for junk yards here b4 and dont really know where to look. any suggestions?

 
Heh, i completely forgot your name was ryan too, LOL. I was referring to thegr81.
 
As for junk yards, probably would go into Milwaukee and see whats around there. Usually bigger cities have more selection. Either that or bust out the local yellow pages and go shoppin. If you happen to find something up there that would probably be a bunch cheaper for drperry to haul up north.

lol wow thats cool same name. ok ya i'll check it out tonight/tomorrow. i also went on car-parts.com and just put in a 2000 silverado/seirra and looked for 5.3 engines and this is what i found

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wow thats crappy, you dont have a warrenty on that new of a truck?

 
Warranty expired about 1500 miles ago
 
 
At least I'll be able to save on gas, lol... Time to start selling stuff

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lol wow thats cool same name. ok ya i'll check it out tonight/tomorrow. i also went on car-parts.com and just put in a 2000 silverado/seirra and looked for 5.3 engines and this is what i found

Your link doesnt work but i copied one off of the search that looks promising





2003
Engine Block
Chevy Truck C1500
5.3L  

Stock # 504
$200
Action Auto Dismantlers Inc. USA-CA(Chula-Vista) E-mail 1-619-426-0110

$200? What's the catch? lol
 
Thanks for the help guys... But no point in looking until I have the cash to at least buy the motor :)
 
And there's a few near by on car-part... Hopefully they're still around when I have the money, lol.
 
 
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What do I win!?

Some free beer and engine swapping labor?

Wow threw a rod, kyle nailed that one on the piston!!!!

Beer?  What kind?

I've seen broken rods way too much!  LOL

Whatever kind of beer you want, Lol, if I can get it... Let you try some Keith's, Lol

wow man that sucks.  I hope it all works out good and you have something else to drive.
 
haven't you posted that your motor was ticking awhile back?

Hope you get it fixed soon! I know a V8 would be perfect right about now!!

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wow man that sucks.  I hope it all works out good and you have something else to drive.

haven't you posted that your motor was ticking awhile back?

 
Yep... That's probably what killed it.
 
Though, kinda surprising it lasted this long...
 
This is what it was doing...