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Duquette5 10-06-2015 04:49 AM

Tan oil?
 
I went out this morning to give Rocky an oil change and this is what came out of the engine:http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1444135641.jpg

The water pump has been making some noise but I haven't driven it lately.

Timco 10-06-2015 05:02 AM

Any foam or sludge in the coolant reservoir box?

Looks mixed with coolant. Oil cooler is first suspect.

Duquette5 10-06-2015 05:13 AM

A little sludge in the coolant reservoir. Hoping it's the oil cooler and not that the impeller from the waterpump ate my block. Waterpump is (was) this weekends project... I had to walk away from it for a bit and calm down.

Duquette5 10-06-2015 07:02 AM

Ok now that I've calmed down some and lowered my blood pressure its time to come up with a game plan.

I'm going to pull the water pump because its making some noise. Squeals really bad until the engine warms up and then quiets down but I do have a small leak from the bearing.

Remove and test the oil cooler. How do I test the oil cooler?

What else should I be testing/checking?

Note that the coolant is in the oil and there appears to be very little oil in the coolant.

JayG 10-06-2015 07:10 AM

In addition to finding out where the intermix is happening, you will need to do a full flush and fill of the coolant and probably the oil as well after you have it fixed

jcslocum 10-06-2015 09:12 AM

Don't run it anymore! Your crank hates water in the bearings.....

BYprodriver 10-06-2015 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JayG (Post 468917)
In addition to finding out where the intermix is happening, you will need to do a full flush and fill of the coolant and probably the oil as well after you have it fixed

To get this started pressure test the coolant system to try & locate where the coolant is entering the oil. Since you have a 2000my good chance you have a cracked head. Now is the time to find which head before disassembling anything. When you remove the water pump you must find the missing impeller pieces!

epapp 10-06-2015 03:03 PM

Well that escalated quickly

Jamesp 10-06-2015 04:55 PM

Yeah, cracked head is likely. Pull your plugs, the clean, wet one is the bad actor. Pull that head and have it welded. Reinstall it an the drama ends. :)


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