You wrote:
>
>I recently had a spare cylinder head redone (not to mention new water
>pump, re-cored radiator & new water hoses) to try and eliminate an
over
>heating problem my LBC has. Just found out during my move to Laguna
>Hills (about a 40 mile trip) that there is wata inda oil pan (I hate
it
>when this happens). Looks like the DMSG (dumb machine shop guy) did
not
>check for cracks in the head like he told me he would.
>
>I think I'll just have the original head re-done and replace the bad
one.
>My question is can I safely drain the oil/wata "mixture" from my car
and
>replace the head or should I dis-assemble the engine completely to
remove
>any excess water? I wasn't planning to rebuild the bottom half just
yet.
>
>Any thoughts?
>
>"AJNT 86" 1967 Series V
>
I think you throw the entire engine out - I'll be happy to take it away
for you.
No - I certainly wouldn't strip the engine at this stage. Change the
oil and filter, get it hot, run it for a hundred miles. Change the oil
again. Unless there are gallons of the stuff, it will have settled to
the bottom of the pan, so most of it will drainm out.
This assumes that there has been no damage done already - which will
show up as reduced oil pressure at hot idle. A little H2 will probably
not have done any harm.
Oh where was I - yes and when you throw the engine out you should
probably include the tranny as well!(at)!!! I'll be over later to pick
them up.
John Alpine IV(ish)
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