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Originally Posted by Dllrd23
Blown head gasket was just a guess the engine is toast it’s disassembled and being part it out I’m building a 2.7 as it’s replacement but since I have this extra exhaust laying around in the pipe going into the converter on my good 99 broke I just thought I might be able to clean this up and use it rather than buy a new one. I may not of stated that clearly in the original question. I was not asking about the engine but about the converter with oil in it that I don’t think Could’ve run for more than a few seconds after whatever caused the failure happened. I did not own the car when it happened I bought it in pieces as a roller but it came with everything. I’m probably going to shove a borescope in both ends of it and just take a look and maybe flush it out with some brake clean and let it dry for a couple days. I’ll keep you posted
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If the cat honeycomb is soaked in oil, you can pretty much bet it is dead. The additive package in the oil reacts with the catalytic metals, killing their effectiveness, so just cleaning out the oil will not bring it back.