Engine Failure!Diagnosis opinions wanted.
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Engine Failure!Diagnosis opinions wanted. Took the car to the track for some test and tune fun yestarday.
Good news is I ran a new best:
12.11 at 116.27 (1.8960ft)
The bad news is on the next run right after the 1-2 shift the engine stumbled and then died.At this time white smoke billowed out the exhaust as I costed to the end of the track.
When I pulled over I checked the Exhaust tips and there was coolant and Oil.
When I pulled the oil cap it was all foamed up with oil and coolant.(I was thinking head gasket)
This is the part that I think is going to be really bad!The engine still cranks so I think the crank is O.K.but when I pulled the dip stick it got stuck and I had to muscle it to get it out.When I tried to put it back in it runs in to something about 6 inches before it bottoms out.
Everything looked good until that run and the car was running damm strong.
Is it head gasket failure,Did the(Stock) oil pump take a dump?
Halp a fellow LS1er out what went wrong and what am I looking at?
This car is my daily driver so I am pretty much screwed!
Thanks for your help all opinions wanted!
Mods are below and in signature:
+ Tr 224 cam and Hooker long tubes
Good news is I ran a new best:
12.11 at 116.27 (1.8960ft)
The bad news is on the next run right after the 1-2 shift the engine stumbled and then died.At this time white smoke billowed out the exhaust as I costed to the end of the track.
When I pulled over I checked the Exhaust tips and there was coolant and Oil.
When I pulled the oil cap it was all foamed up with oil and coolant.(I was thinking head gasket)
This is the part that I think is going to be really bad!The engine still cranks so I think the crank is O.K.but when I pulled the dip stick it got stuck and I had to muscle it to get it out.When I tried to put it back in it runs in to something about 6 inches before it bottoms out.
Everything looked good until that run and the car was running damm strong.
Is it head gasket failure,Did the(Stock) oil pump take a dump?
Halp a fellow LS1er out what went wrong and what am I looking at?
This car is my daily driver so I am pretty much screwed!
Thanks for your help all opinions wanted!
Mods are below and in signature:
+ Tr 224 cam and Hooker long tubes
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Re: Engine Failure!Diagnosis opinions wanted. Ive heard white smoke can be caused from 2 things: a very rich mixture, or a crack in the block leaking coolant. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Roll Eyes]" src="images/icons/rolleyes.gif" />
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Re: Engine Failure!Diagnosis opinions wanted. </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Qwik SS:
<strong>This is the part that I think is going to be really bad!The engine still cranks so I think the crank is O.K.but when I pulled the dip stick it got stuck and I had to muscle it to get it out.When I tried to put it back in it runs in to something about 6 inches before it bottoms out.
</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Don't crank it any more. If you want to save the crank... Drain the oil, I bet you'll find more siliconized aluminum, than a good day in a Bauxite mine near Dow Corning.
Good luck with new one.
<strong>This is the part that I think is going to be really bad!The engine still cranks so I think the crank is O.K.but when I pulled the dip stick it got stuck and I had to muscle it to get it out.When I tried to put it back in it runs in to something about 6 inches before it bottoms out.
</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Don't crank it any more. If you want to save the crank... Drain the oil, I bet you'll find more siliconized aluminum, than a good day in a Bauxite mine near Dow Corning.
Good luck with new one.
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Re: Engine Failure!Diagnosis opinions wanted. yikes!!! im sorry man <img border="0" title="" alt="[Sad]" src="gr_sad.gif" /> this always scares the crap out of me about my car it now having 60k miles on it.....good luck to you!
Re: Engine Failure!Diagnosis opinions wanted. is the end of the dipstick scratched or bent? mine wouldnt come out either, check the sig link for more <img border="0" title="" alt="[Sad]" src="gr_sad.gif" />
