Coolant in the oil - AGAIN!

moparracer said
I had this exact problem this summer, or a very similar one, although on a big block. I chased a water leak from roughly July on. First I was getting water droplets in the valve cover breathers. Thought it was suspicious. Then when adjusting the valves every week i noticed milk in the valve covers only. More suspicious. Then milky oil. A dose of heavy duty block sealer cured it for a couple of weeks then a cylinder filled with water and the motor would not budge. Pulled the plugs turned the motor over and water poured out of number 3. Changed the head gaskets with more block sealer. Went less than 1 trip to the track before water was showing in the oil again. Got home and had another different cylinder fill with water. All done. Pulled the motor and tore it down. Pressure checked the block and found 3 cylinders with pin holes. Porosity. Holes big enough to poke a pin in and through if you pushed hard enough, which i did. I'm not saying this is happening to you but it did happen to me this summer. Very frustrating. I hope you find your problem and it is minor.

I'm not listening to you, because I'm not going to have that problem. Or so I hope.



Tony - I'll pull the plugs and see if there's anything in there. I've already drailed the coolant & oil, so I don't know if they'll be anything in there. One thing to note is that I re-filled the radiator with antifreeze for the winter and ran the water pump for a little while, and it looks like the coolant level hasn't dropped at all.

GotDart - I'm gonna pull the intake off first and see what it looks like. If it looks like that's where it was leaking from I'm gonna leave it at that. Otherwise I'll pull the heads (again) and see how that looks, and if I can't find it I guess I'm gonna pull the motor out and tear it down to see what the real deal is.

The problem is I told the wife I wasn't gonna spend any money on the car this winter... :sad2: