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It really can't have anything to do with the mods you just did. Is there actually water in the oil or are you just seeing some whitish looking substance in the oil fill cap or "ceiling" of the valve covers?
What exactly doesn't make sense? rocker arm studs have to be removed to put guideplates in...I don't remember off hand if our reverse cooled heads have the coolant ports just below the studs or not, but I believe Gen I motors do
What I was getting at was I was trying to figure out if he was just seeing some moisture in the crankcase when he had it apart or if there was actually water in the oil when he pulled the dipstick.
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i pulled the drivers side plugs out a few minutes ago and cranked the engine and water shot out of the rear plug hole, oil is creamy, i have some steam coming coming from the exaust, no over heating issues but the passed couple of mornings the motor seemed to be hydrolocked and took a few tries to get it to crank over. just hope i didn't damage the rings becuase i noticed alot of blow by also.
There's really only a few things it can be.
-Head gasket no longer sealing
-Head cracked
-Crack in the cylinder bore
Don't crank it over any more with plugs in it, you can bend the rod.
-Head gasket no longer sealing
-Head cracked
-Crack in the cylinder bore
Don't crank it over any more with plugs in it, you can bend the rod.
I picked up my beater that way dirt cheap, fixed the head gasket and ended up
with something I could drive while the Hawk's motor was bring upgraded.
If the block is cracked, that's a whole different story.
More work involved, but a good opportunity to pick up a decent motor
from someone who ran out of funding or initiative on their own project.
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Now, I will not say I know this for certain, but aren't our heads not very coolant filled? So the bottom of the studs really only has the steam hitting them (hence the steam pipes) and I'd think that wouldn't be near enough to show quantities of coolant in the oil. (In this situation, toss aside the fact he has water in the cylinders so it's a different problem)
I was talking about the rocker arm studs that are in the roof of the intake ports. No bad into there:shrug:
What you are referring to would be the intake manifold bolts...
What you are referring to would be the intake manifold bolts...
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Well, no, I know it has coolant flowing through lol I just meant that it wasn't filled to the brim with it :\