Kevin, Sounds right to me. But if your replacing gaskets as often as that get
the head milled it may have overheated and warped it.
-nevin
53 3100 350/350
Kevin Lake wrote:
> Sorry, but either that or you were going through some very deep mud
> puddles. If you were in a deep enough mud puddle, you may have taken some
> water in through the seals. I would change the oil ASAP and let it
> run/drive it a little, maybe a 1/2 hour (you don't want to run too long),
> then check your oil again. If you had a lot of water in it, there may
> still be a little in the oil after this. You say that it runs hot. How
> hot does it run? My guess it that you are looking at a new headgasket. I
> had a SB 400ci in an 78 K-10 SWB that had similar problems. I think I put
> 3 or four gasket sets in that truck in about 3 years. Good luck with it.
>
> Kevin Lake
> 56 GMC Suburban/napco
>
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> > From: Sam H Harry <samharry45@juno.com>
> > To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
> > Subject: [oletrucks] Coolant in oil
> > Date: Thursday, May 06, 1999 7:11 AM
> >
> > I've got a question that isn't limited to ol' trucks. I went puddle
> > hopping in my '84 K2500 Burban the other night. The next day I checked
> > my oil and there was quite a bit of water in it. It turned the oil a
> > sort of off tan color. I'm praying that I didn't crack or warp a head,
> > but what color does antifreeze turn oil? I just got my engine bored
> > (it's .060 over now), with extremely high compression heads (53cc to be
> > exact), and a street/ strip cam, so that sucker runs hot. I changed my
> > oild this morning, and drove it some. It doesn't look like the water is
> > back in the oil, but it is very thin. Please tell me I didn't screw it
> > up...
> >
> > Sam
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > "I have opinions of my own - strong opinions -
> > but I don't always agree with them."
> >
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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