Help!!! Fuel in my oil
06-03-2015, 11:37 AM
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Rob -
At this point I really don't think there's much more any of us can offer you in the way of specific advice, given the confusing and apparently conflicting symptoms and appearance you are describing.
I think the best advice now is what Easy Rhino suggested - have the oil analyzed.
Also - if your builder thinks there's enough gunk left in the pan after flushing the oil that it contaminated a second batch, you might want to consider having the pan removed and cleaned out.
Good Luck!
Glenn
At this point I really don't think there's much more any of us can offer you in the way of specific advice, given the confusing and apparently conflicting symptoms and appearance you are describing.
I think the best advice now is what Easy Rhino suggested - have the oil analyzed.
Also - if your builder thinks there's enough gunk left in the pan after flushing the oil that it contaminated a second batch, you might want to consider having the pan removed and cleaned out.
Good Luck!
Glenn
06-03-2015, 11:51 AM
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07-28-2015, 01:48 AM
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Thanks guys for all your knowledge and advise. Sorry for the long delay. You all were correct it was not gasoline in my oil.
Thanks to Easy Rhino's advise I had my oil analyzed at Blackstone Labratories and it was in fact water in my oil and it was a bad install of the intake manifold gasket. Thank you all so much this corvette community is always so helpful.
We are back up and running.
Thanks again Easy Rhino you rock!!!!!!
Thanks to Easy Rhino's advise I had my oil analyzed at Blackstone Labratories and it was in fact water in my oil and it was a bad install of the intake manifold gasket. Thank you all so much this corvette community is always so helpful.
We are back up and running.
Thanks again Easy Rhino you rock!!!!!!
07-28-2015, 07:03 AM
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Rob - glad to hear that your engine is healthy and rocking!
Yup, oil analysis is a good thing. Cheap, fact, and easy and helps knock off the guesswork.
Happy for you.
Yup, oil analysis is a good thing. Cheap, fact, and easy and helps knock off the guesswork.
Happy for you.
07-28-2015, 10:16 AM
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Another disaster avoided. Drive those miles, you'll get those smiles! Dennis
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07-28-2015, 10:23 AM
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I think everything that needed to be known was covered in post #7...
The rest was just confirming the obvious...
The rest was just confirming the obvious...
07-28-2015, 09:33 PM
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Jim is right, chocolate milk look is water. The lighter the brown, the more water there is. Most likely place is the intake manifold is leaking. If you have an aluminum manifold and used the torque specs in the service manual, you have your problem. The 25 ft lb was for the IRON intakes. The aluminum should be torqued 35 ft-lb.
The most obvious if gas is the fuel pump, especially if it is old and has been sitting. The second is the floats have sunk in the carb, holding the needle valve open, and flooding down the intake past the piston rings into the crankcase.
If in doubt, take some of the oil, put it where it won't hurt anything, and see if it catches fire with a match. Oil won't, but gasoline mixed with oil will.
The most obvious if gas is the fuel pump, especially if it is old and has been sitting. The second is the floats have sunk in the carb, holding the needle valve open, and flooding down the intake past the piston rings into the crankcase.
If in doubt, take some of the oil, put it where it won't hurt anything, and see if it catches fire with a match. Oil won't, but gasoline mixed with oil will.