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97 GTP The White Ghost aka Pearl

I have been debating on, if i should change the head gaskets or not because she has 230,000 miles on her. I would hate to have to change the head gaskets after a year or so, after changing the LIM gaskets. Any thoughts on this?

I have also seen some oil on the exhaust manifold too, after running her for 10 min and seeing smoke from burning oil on the exhaust manifold
 




I got everything I need to do my LIM gaskets. The last shipment came in last night.

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I'm going to get to it this weekend. Also, while I got her apart I'm going to paint her all up....nice and purty! So, it's going to take a little longer than usual.
 
dont forget to rent or buy a gm power steering pulley puller. no way to get that p/s pulley off with out one.

i see you got the t stat rubber seal too. good move. mine was torn up, i thought it was rtv at first, thats how bad it looked.
 
Scottydoggs said:
dont forget to rent or buy a gm power steering pulley puller. no way to get that p/s pulley off with out one.
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I am probably just going to buy one, if it's not to expensive......Lol!
Scottydoggs said:
I see you got the t stat rubber seal too. good move. mine was torn up, i thought it was rtv at first, thats how bad it looked.
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I didn't want to take any chances with it. It was was cheap so I purchased it.
 


I started a little later then I wanted to today. I flushed the system out, it was some rusty looking coolant. I used a flush kit and it work out pretty good. Then I drained the remaining coolant in the radiator and engine through the cockpit.

This is where I'm at!
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I'm having problems with getting the fuel rail out.
I'm also having problems with getting this off.
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I removed one bolt on the bottom of it.
 
you have a 97, so the lower elbow is cast. its part of the alt bracket. you need to remove all the bolts, then pull on it level to the fender with a little wiggle. this can seem like its taking forever, but take your time or you can break the timing cover.

the fuel rail. with the 4 corners un bolted, lift the rail up on one side at a time, do the wiggle left to right as its coming up, then repeat for the rear side.
 
I only could find one bolt and took it out and another bolt was the bolt that hooks the alternator up.
Did I miss one...how many bolts are there?

I did take out 4 nuts that hold down the fuel rail. That sucker is in there real good...lol
 


you just gotta pull on that rail to get the injectors out. once they move a little they will pop out.


nice post you found there. i just saved it myself.
 
I got the pulley tensioner off today along with the fuel rail. Both of them were a pain to get off. I sprayed some liquid wrench in the fuel injector and the pulley tensioner area. Then, they came off/out.
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All I got left to take off is the UIM and LIM.
 
get a box of Q tips. then spray some brake cleaner in the cap of the can, then dip the Q tips and clean those injector holes up real good. use 2 Q tips or even 3 at a time.

you'll go through 50 Q tips easy. maybe more.
 
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