Need Help Quick!

[scberetta3800]

my 2.8l mpfi engine just spun a bearing, i need to fix it fast, does any one know where i can get a decent rebuild kit preferably one that is a little performance oriented, but still low-buck?

[geoffinbc]

Check your local machine shop

[scberetta3800]

what do you mean? like a car dealership?

[SappySE107]

A car dealership is not a machine shop.

What all do you want to replace? Pistons? Bearings only with gaskets?

[scberetta3800]

right, thats what i thought, but why would a machine shop have engine bearings and gaskets?

[bszopi]

Because a machine shop is a place that rebuilds engines... ???

It kind of scares me that you are looking for an engine rebuild kit but you don't know what a machine shop is. Are you planning on doing the rebuild yourself? Have you ever done significant work to an engine? I'm not trying to be rude, but it seems like you may be getting in over your head...

[scberetta3800]

no, i've rebuilt engines before. i just didn't draw the conclusion for some reason. i said dealership because they rebuild engines too, and i also work in the service department so i can get discounts.
when i think of machine shops i think of a place that makes parts, not the engine rebuilding persuasion. but never mind that, no one knows of a website that sells rebuild kits?

[SappySE107]

I can get you the parts you need but I need to know what parts that is. Are you doing the pistons? Rods? Bearings? I assume you want a complete engine gasket kit. oil pump? Engine rebuild kit comes with varying parts depending on how complete it is.

[tractorman]

Which bearing spun? You may need a lot more than just a kit...

[scberetta3800]

i guess just tell me the price of the kit minus the oil pump exhaust gaskets and intake manifold gaskets, but with rings and timing chain and gears, hold the pistons.

[scberetta3800]

Found the problem! it seems a little insane, but i found a 1/8 inch ball bearing in the #3 cylinder! it destroyed my piston, and cylinder head. luckily i have a second 2.8 that i could get all the parts off. i spent a little over $200 to get the engine going again. it's all back together and runs great!
No Spun bearings!!!

[IsaacHayes]

ball bearing? wtf? Where did that come from? IAC valve? uh TB bearings? ??