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Old Jun 16, 2013 | 11:24 AM
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How can you tell if the engine has been replaced. were all 86 alum head engines black ?
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Old Jun 16, 2013 | 06:31 PM
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All L98's were painted black.
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Old Jun 16, 2013 | 06:41 PM
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not all 86 engines had alum heads .. just the later ones. there is a pad on the pass. side, front, of the engine that has numbers on it that should match your vin number
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late 86 and all verts got aluminum heads. Early 86 got iron.
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Will check the number on the block to see if it matchs the vin number. It is an alum head engine. I had to replace the cooling hoses for the oil cooler and noticed the block was black.

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Short block should be GM satin black. Aluminum heads were not painted.
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