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top end
Ok I've got to open the top end, the motor is locked up.I'm assuming that it's a hydrolock condition. I can smell fuel on the oil dipstick and white smoke was blowing out of the exhaust. My question is after I had my heads cleaned,shaved, all new gaskets, fluids, sensors a year or two later the same problem? Why would I have coolant going straight through the exhaust and fuel in the oil. Thanks for your help.
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I would just take out the spark plugs and turn it over and see what comes out. if just fuel it could be the fpr or leaking injector. be safe and smart don't want a fire.
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Yeah thanks, I pulled out the #4 then #2 (broke the tip of that one ). Just looking at those threads, rusty. I'm a bit nervous to crank it over even though the plugs are pulled, I don't want to break a rod or worse.
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pull them all!!!!!!! and turn by hand first.
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You have to pull all the plugs not just two. Then try turning the motor over by hand first using a 5/8 (six point) socket in the balancer and a breaker bar.You more than likely have a blown head gasket.
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White smoke out of the exhaust is indicative of a blown head gasket or (worse) a cracked cylinder head. Were the correct head gaskets used during the last rebuild. Did you have the heads pressure tested. Were the bolts torqued to the correct value and in the correct sequence? If you had a fair amount milled off the head surface, was the intake manifold milled to compensate?
I would just go ahead and pull the heads without worrying about whether or not the engine will turn. Once the heads are off, the crank will be much easier to turn by hand. If the crank won't turn a full 360 degrees, then you may have even more serious problems.
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what year?
White smoke out of the exhaust is indicative of a blown head gasket or (worse) a cracked cylinder head.
Were the correct head gaskets used during the last rebuild. Did you have the heads pressure tested. Were the bolts torqued to the correct value and in the correct sequence? If you had a fair amount milled off the head surface, was the intake manifold milled to compensate?
I would just go ahead and pull the heads without worrying about whether or not the engine will turn. Once the heads are off, the crank will be much easier to turn by hand. If the crank won't turn a full 360 degrees, then you may have even more serious problems.
White smoke out of the exhaust is indicative of a blown head gasket or (worse) a cracked cylinder head. Were the correct head gaskets used during the last rebuild. Did you have the heads pressure tested. Were the bolts torqued to the correct value and in the correct sequence? If you had a fair amount milled off the head surface, was the intake manifold milled to compensate?
I would just go ahead and pull the heads without worrying about whether or not the engine will turn. Once the heads are off, the crank will be much easier to turn by hand. If the crank won't turn a full 360 degrees, then you may have even more serious problems.
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