10-06-2015, 04:49 AM
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Tan oil?
I went out this morning to give Rocky an oil change and this is what came out of the engine: 
The water pump has been making some noise but I haven't driven it lately.
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10-06-2015, 05:02 AM
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Any foam or sludge in the coolant reservoir box?
Looks mixed with coolant. Oil cooler is first suspect.
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10-06-2015, 05:13 AM
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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.
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Last edited by Duquette5; 10-06-2015 at 06:56 AM.
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10-06-2015, 07:02 AM
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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.
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10-06-2015, 07:10 AM
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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
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10-06-2015, 09:12 AM
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Don't run it anymore! Your crank hates water in the bearings.....
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10-06-2015, 10:02 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JayG
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
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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!
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10-06-2015, 03:03 PM
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Well that escalated quickly
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10-06-2015, 04:55 PM
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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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