Coolant in the oil.. Fixable?
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Coolant in the oil.. Fixable?
I've been chasing down a missfire for a week on this motor, and I just checked the oil (earlier in the week it was good and black) now it's watery, and smells like coolant.
It also blows alot of blue smoke out the tail pipes.
Haven't checked to see if theres oil in the coolant yet, the motor is still a bit warm.
Is this a head gasket leak? Intake gasket leak? How do I tell?
What should I do, to see if it's saveable or not?
It also blows alot of blue smoke out the tail pipes.
Haven't checked to see if theres oil in the coolant yet, the motor is still a bit warm.
Is this a head gasket leak? Intake gasket leak? How do I tell?
What should I do, to see if it's saveable or not?
Last edited by 95camaro3800; Mar 9, 2008 at 04:12 PM.
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Definately sounds like a head gasket, but also sounds like you are getting a lot of oil past the piston rings. Coolant getting into that cylinder could have tore something up pretty good. Only way to be sure is pulling heads, which it sounds like you willneed to do anyway.
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I've been chasing down a missfire for a week on this motor, and I just checked the oil (earlier in the week it was good and black) now it's watery, and smells like coolant.
It also blows alot of blue smoke out the tail pipes.
Haven't checked to see if theres oil in the coolant yet, the motor is still a bit warm.
Is this a head gasket leak? Intake gasket leak? How do I tell?
What should I do, to see if it's saveable or not?
It also blows alot of blue smoke out the tail pipes.
Haven't checked to see if theres oil in the coolant yet, the motor is still a bit warm.
Is this a head gasket leak? Intake gasket leak? How do I tell?
What should I do, to see if it's saveable or not?
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I think he has a different car than the one in the signature so he needs to tell us this each time which one he's taliking about. A blown headgasket is bad for either a v6 or v8 but thats my guess as will most agree.
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Are those non-self aligning rockers?
I can't really tell for sure from the picture, but they look as if they are non-self aligning which would require you to run guide plates (which you don't have). Guide plates also require hardened pushrods, as you probably know.
Others that are more knowledgeable than I am will want to chime in, but if they are NSA rockers and you do not have guide plates, then that may well be the source of your problem.
Best of luck.
Others that are more knowledgeable than I am will want to chime in, but if they are NSA rockers and you do not have guide plates, then that may well be the source of your problem.
Best of luck.
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From: Cibolo TX
I can't really tell for sure from the picture, but they look as if they are non-self aligning which would require you to run guide plates (which you don't have). Guide plates also require hardened pushrods, as you probably know.
Others that are more knowledgeable than I am will want to chime in, but if they are NSA rockers and you do not have guide plates, then that may well be the source of your problem.
Best of luck.
Others that are more knowledgeable than I am will want to chime in, but if they are NSA rockers and you do not have guide plates, then that may well be the source of your problem.
Best of luck.
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