Hmmmm....
There has been some areas of flooding for sure. I doubt it's been dunked, but checking the other fluids isn't a bad idea....Me and Pops just watching it and he said it best. Baptized, but probably partially submerged... You may want to check the transmission and axle oil, too. There's some pretty big flooding in your part of the world on occasion.
Very good thought on the PVC system. Supposed to be new (remanufactured) engine, just a few thousand miles on it. He has the PVC system hooked in with the brake booster and another vacuum hose - all in "T" from the back of the carb.was there no pcv system working / seal the engine back up tight and hook a vacuum pump on the dipstick tube and let it run for a few hours
The table makes everything better .. LOL. It is a fresh engine, the previous owner bought it from Triton out of Florida. And yes, the coolant looks great.Well you have a table to have a snack at while you figure things out. So that's pretty sweet. Odd some parts look really clean, like a fresh build. If you live in a humid area hat will happen but that white stuff is odd. It almost looks like Lubraplate assembly lube and has about the same viscosity. The coolant looks OK.
I agree, but the amount seen here is super excessive? No?? I mean, I can get you two cups of pudding from the valve covers alone... LOL.A lot of times Motors that are just started up and run for a few minutes and then shut back off will build that milky crap up inside them. The Cure is to take them out on a road trip and get them hot not overheated but get them hot and that will evaporate a lot of that crap. You see people that start their cars once a week or once a month or or once a day for 5 or 10 minutes that's what happens.
I agree, but the amount seen here is super excessive? No?? I mean, I can get you two cups of pudding from the valve covers alone... LOL.
He has the PVC system hooked in with the brake booster and another vacuum hose - all in "T" from the back of the carb.
High humidity.
agree. I'll pull the pan next, and give a gawk at the innards.That soup in there is oil and water mixed once you get that motor hot and cook the water back out of it you'll have oil again.
Are you suggesting I eat it ???You like to experiment scoop a bunch of that up and put it in a little pan and put it on the stove and turn it up to 300 degrees or so 350 cook the humidity out of it and see what happens.
Great suggestions, great post and thanks. The dip stick fits ok, I doubt water is entering there but I'll double check. I also agree, it's not anti-freeze because of the rusting. 100% it needs to be driven, but I needed to change cam and oil pump before driving.Where is the oil dip stick tube? Just below the wind shield, water runs down windshield, down firewall and into dipstick tube.
Maybe there is a little crank case pressure (No PVC ?) pushing the dip stick up just enough to relieve pressure then water gets in ? Same with oil fill tube, could rain water get in there?
The rust at the rocker arms makes me think it is from external water source, not anti freeze from cooling system. Don't think it will rust like that from anti-freeze coolant.
Change out oil and filter, run a pint of sea foam in it to clean it up. Put on 100 miles then change oil and filter again.
That water in the oil is probably what is goofing up your roller lifters so they don't pump up and are rattling.
Need to fush out oil system a couple times with thin oil 5w30 and that will clean out the lifters too.
Park inside at night to keep out of the rain, then see if the engine oil stays cleaned up.
One other thing, maybe the previous owner had a 2 block drive back and forth to work, not allowing the engine to warm up and cook the moisture out. So the moisture just kept building up.
Change oil and take her out and run her.
Great suggestions, great post and thanks. The dip stick fits ok, I doubt water is entering there but I'll double check. I also agree, it's not anti-freeze because of the rusting. 100% it needs to be driven, but I needed to change cam and oil pump before driving.
I thought you had the valve covers off that motor before and we're working on the guide plates or something on those Cylinder Heads.
Did you see that stuff then? Have you just been doing short run starts and shut offs on that motor?
Yep. I've seen cottage cheese engines, milky oil built up around filler caps and all. Never seen it like this. I'm special.After going back and looking at that video agan. I would say that's more than just condensation from cold starts. I would say you had a hurricane Gussy inside that motor that's where all that moisture came from.
Last I checked it, it measured fine. I can check it again, I haven't drained the oil yetDoes it read over full on the dipstick?