New guy with a new to me 99 blazer 4x2
 

SoI picked up a 99 chevy blazer... For 1500$...I got effed in the A.. Thought it was a good deal.. Read the story..
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I put new tires on her and a new radio.. God I love Pioneer..
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Engine.
So we thought it had a bad injector.. It had asmall miss.. Than as it was getting repaired it wentbeing bad valve.. Than whenthe heads came offit revieled this.
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Head
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So a 300$ job turned into a 1800-2000$ motor.. The new one has 50,000miles and is as clean as a whistle.. And will have all new seals... so it will be like a new truck..

So thats my new truck story.. Hope to have better pics when I get the tint finished and rallye stripes on over next week...
Gonna do black rallye stripes over the white.. And tint the front windows to match the rest..

Bill

RE: New guy with a new to me 99 blazer 4x2
 

Wow! Truck looks great, but that motor looked HORRIBLE inside!! Glad you got it turned around though.

Welcome!!

RE: New guy with a new to me 99 blazer 4x2
 

What exactly happened to the first motor??

RE: New guy with a new to me 99 blazer 4x2
 

Looks like oil sludge buildup. Neglect, pure and simple.

RE: New guy with a new to me 99 blazer 4x2
 

The Ride looks nice, but as we all know looks can be decieving. Glad you made lemonade out of those lemons. I am fairly new here myself, but welcome.

RE: New guy with a new to me 99 blazer 4x2
 

Pure and simple. neglect... Whomever owned this truck before me did nothing to it.. Changing your oil is the cheapest preventitive maintenance item you can do.

Oil is the life blood of your motor, not only does it lubricate the moving parts of your motor,it removes all the carbon blow bythat occurs when combustion happens.. That's why it gets dirty.. oil really doesnt go bad it just gets dirty (on some rare occasions when a motor runs outside of the proper heat range it begins to break down but still will continue to lubricate)... and dirt builds up causing sludging like you see here..

2nd Thing you can do to help your vehicle is the brakes.. They are extremely easy to do and will save your life or lives of others.

Bill

RE: New guy with a new to me 99 blazer 4x2
 

hey man... know the feeling... my 800 dollar 78 K5 blazer turned into a 350 dollar radiator, plugs, belts and labor fee... so like i've said before...

78 K5 Blazer 4X4- $800
Belts, plugs, radiator, and labor - $350
the stories i've got after owning it 2 days... priceless....

now i'm in for oil, brakes, horn, rear view mirror, and i'm gonna be in for a lot of other things... but it's all good...

RE: New guy with a new to me 99 blazer 4x2
 

Welcome to the forum, glad to have you!! Feel bad about your motor but glad its getting turned around nicely!! :D

RE: New guy with a new to me 99 blazer 4x2
 

that suck about the motor since the truck is so nice but welcome

RE: New guy with a new to me 99 blazer 4x2
 

Thank you all for your wonderful comments.I hope to have this be a head turner sooner or later.. She's gonna be a D.D. with attitude.. Bill