It will be impossoble for me to get the engine warm as it does not start,my plan is to pull the engine due to it making an ungodly screaming noise on the highway, when i got out to check i opened the radiator cap and it had oil coming out of it. I also noticed the other day i went out to crank it and there was oil leaking to the ground. I wanted to do a vacuum test and a compression test as well but read that you will get unreliable results if the engine is not at operating temperature.
So where i'm at is to 1.pull the engine 2. perform a leak down test. 3. with those results i still want to disassemble it and inspect everything, check for cracks in the block to see where the oil is coming from hopefully a seal or the pan
inspect everything thoroughly take the head to be tested
take the the block to be tested and HOPEfully i can save this engine. My other option is to get one from the junkyard for $275.00 they have one still in the truck, I could put this one in if the other one is not salvageable, and probably end up rebuilding that one in 1-2 months.
These would be my choices due to a limited budget. what do you all think?