Mike and List,
I think my original 2 am post was not clear. It was not dumping coolant
from the oil filter. Went I went back and started it after it cooled it was
leaking OIL from the filter adapter. The heat must have blown the gasket. I
fixed that. The oil does not seem contaminated with water or vice versa.
The thunking noise was definitely water boiling in the radiator.
Consensus seems to be that the head gasket is blown or the head cracked, but
that could be because people think I have water in my oil. My main concern
is the continued overheating and the smoke/steam and pressure from under the
valve covers.
Rob
>From: Mike Pittinaro <mechimike@xxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: IML: What's wrong with my small block? (long)
>Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 04:57:28 -0700 (PDT)
>
> > Dumping water from the oil filter. Guy in Mieneke
> > said you can't bypass
> > the heater and therefore the pressure was too high.
>
>He's full of it. Many people (esp in warm climes)
>bypass the heater to prevent hot air from coming into
>the passenger compartment. However, should the engine
>overheat, it will prevent you from using the heater as
>an auxilliary radiator to help cool the engine.
>
>Dumping H2O from the oil filter?!?!?!? Sounds like
>the coolant and oil became intermingled...blown head
>gasket at least.
>
> > there and white smoke
> > (steam?) is slowly coming out and it seems to be
>
>While you have the heads off, I'd have a machinist
>check them for trueness and cracks. I'm also
>wondering about that clunking you heard. If the oil
>was dilluted with coolant, that no doubt reduced its
>lubricating abilities. You could have spun bearings,
>worn rings, etc. Also, a loud knock (not to be
>confused with lifter ticking) could be indicative of a
>bad wrist pin.
>
>Wrist pins are funny- sometimes they go quickly (after
>you begin to hear the knock) and sometimes it takes
>30,000 miles (evidence a friend's now-deceased
>Oldsmobile). Either way, its very messy.
>
>=====
>--Mike Pittinaro
>
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> --Kurt Vonnegut, "Cat's Cradle"
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