New crate engine is now a steam engine....bad problem...
Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '03,'11
Originally Posted by MsVetteMan
I'm now starting to think that this was not of my doing. I don't think their is any way that by driving the car 1/2 mile and never over 50 mph, and at max a couple of hours idling in the garage could have been something I did......
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St. Jude Donor '09, '24
It's a possiblity your engine was run on the dyno with whatever manifold was available at the time for their test run. Your intake that is on your motor now might not be the same one used to Dyno the motor. It could be a simple thing like an intake manifold problem and can be taken care rather simpley. Hopefully that will be all it will take to fix your problem, houstonvett
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Melting Slicks
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My fingers are crossed........but there must have been 30 quarts or more of water that leaked into the heads/block.
Interesting that no water was coming from anywhere on the outside of the motor. Nothing. Only coming out of the header end when motor was on.
Strange chit.........strange.......
Also......how the heck am I'm going to no the extent of any damage without pulling the motor apart?
I'm thinking they are probably first going to tell me to pull the intake, and call them back with info. Then they will probably have me pull the leaking head and report, and what my findings are.
Then they will say...now send us that head for inspection.......in the mean time, I'll be back up on block for another 3 months.........chit.
Interesting that no water was coming from anywhere on the outside of the motor. Nothing. Only coming out of the header end when motor was on.
Strange chit.........strange.......
Also......how the heck am I'm going to no the extent of any damage without pulling the motor apart?
I'm thinking they are probably first going to tell me to pull the intake, and call them back with info. Then they will probably have me pull the leaking head and report, and what my findings are.
Then they will say...now send us that head for inspection.......in the mean time, I'll be back up on block for another 3 months.........chit.
Last edited by MsVetteMan; Mar 5, 2006 at 09:54 PM.
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St. Jude Donor '09, '24
The intake manifold is leaking into the intake port of 1 or 2 cylinders along with mixing with the oil in the crankcase. So if you have no oil leaks in the motor you will see no foam until you pull the covers. The water coming out the tail pipe is the cylinder(s) share of the intake manifold leak. Since the machine shop allready has broken in the cam, lifters and rings you should have no problem with the engine after it is fixed if it is the intake manifold that is the problem, houstonvett
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Melting Slicks
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From: Madison Ms
Originally Posted by houstonvett
The intake manifold is leaking into the intake port of 1 or 2 cylinders along with mixing with the oil in the crankcase. So if you have no oil leaks in the motor you will see no foam until you pull the covers. The water coming out the tail pipe is the cylinder(s) share of the intake manifold leak. Since the machine shop allready has broken in the cam, lifters and rings you should have no problem with the engine after it is fixed if it is the intake manifold that is the problem, houstonvett
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i hope it turns out to be something minor
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Are all the head bolts present & accounted for? Almost looks like one may have been loose or missing all together. What a mess. Good luck & hope that the problem is resolved swiftly & to your satisfaction.
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Originally Posted by Rdavis
Are all the head bolts present & accounted for? Almost looks like one may have been loose or missing all together. What a mess. Good luck & hope that the problem is resolved swiftly & to your satisfaction.
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Yes it did, but not much. I only added 2 gal. of 50/50 mix so in reality only 1 gal. of antifreeze and the rest water. Thought I had bought regular freeze until I got to pouring it in and noticed the label.
And.........brand new Dewitts rad., new water pump, new hoses, new t'stat.
And.........brand new Dewitts rad., new water pump, new hoses, new t'stat.
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Originally Posted by MsVetteMan
Yes it did, but not much. I only added 2 gal. of 50/50 mix so in reality only 1 gal. of antifreeze and the rest water. .
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Originally Posted by MsVetteMan
The crate came with the intake already installed. I did nothing to the engine other that hook everything up, and fill it with oil.
I wish you the best of luck getting this straightened out
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St. Jude Donor '03,'11
Originally Posted by bobs77vet
did it have any anitfreeze in it??? doesn't the gycol when it gets mixed with oil do something really bad to bearings?
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Originally Posted by turtlevette
Thats the least of worries right now. I've never heard of anything like that.
http://www.practicingoilanalysis.com...up=OilAnalysis
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Originally Posted by bobs77vet
check this article out
http://www.practicingoilanalysis.com...up=OilAnalysis
http://www.practicingoilanalysis.com...up=OilAnalysis
Introducing glycol into lubricating oils exposes your machines to a powerful and poisonous mixture of chemicals. Unlike other harmful contaminants such as water and dirt, the destructive potential of glycol can progress to massive failure of machine components in a narrow window of time.