Re: water in crankcase... stupid question...

["Retro Ralph" <retroralph@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't think I would get too shook about dumping water or coolant into the
crankcase.  Just get it drained good and flushed out.  Change the filter run
to get it good and warm and watch the dipstick and let it heat up good and
it should dry out just fine.  You can change the oil and filter again after
running it for awhile.  The water residue should settle to the lowest part
of the engine such as the drain plug.  You can perhaps tilt the engine so it
runs to the plug if necessary by jacking up he car.

I had a Ford mechanic work on our Aerostar (Low mileage) that heads needed
to be planed down so would seal properly and he put it together again and
didn't notice he didn't have the proper head gasket for one engine bank and
we ran it a mile before it loaded up with coolant and shut down on us.  We
towed it back and he took it apart to check what happened and he drained and
flushed and flushed and drained and blew some air through it.  Got it fixed
and then ran it until hot  several time and changed the oil and filter twice
and it runs better than when new. It cleaned up well and now it isn't using
a drop of oil...

And I have done the same thing myself years ago back on the farm.  Seemed
like I was always doing some damn thing wrong.  But I was never hurt by
having a little water run into my crankcase while fiddling around with
cylinder heads, manifolds and valve covers, etc...  Too impatient, I guess.
You know the feeling. ;)

Keep us posted.  Good luck.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Jennings"  <tomj@xxxxxxx>
To: "AMC List" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 5:56 PM
Subject: water in crankcase... stupid question...


> Before I pull the block out...
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> It seems likely that the headgasket is on backwards -- or missing
> -- or some other stupid problem. I'll pull the head, on the car,
> to check. Easy enough and makes engine pulling easier anyways.
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> QUESTION: If I find the problem [say backwards head gasket] is
> there any chance of drying this thing out without tearing the
> whole thing down?
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> It got water in the crankcase, definitely. Quarts. But it never
> RAN; there's no serious mixing and it never rose above room
> temperature. The crankcase was clean when I installed the oilpan;
> it had not been previously run with this problem [which really
> makes me think someone removed/restored the head and did a crappy
> job], there would have been evidence.
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> More, I brought up oil pressure days ago, multiple times, with no
> water in it; I added water only this morning at the last minute
> before cranking. However, I have to assume it pumped water through
> the galleries.
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> Maybe run something hydrophillic through it, like alcohol and oil?
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> This seems desparate as I write it :-)
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