OK - so I hope somebody out there has had to deal with this at some point that can help me.
83 FJ-60, 2F, Man-A-Fre remanufactured engine - stock except for a DUI ignition,
They used a cheaper after market head gasket, so it lasted about 60K miles (nice of them to let you know that in the specs, *%(#$& - anyway, So I pulled the head, gasket blown between 5 & 6, off to the machine shop, valve job ( just cause it's prudent at that point, and a little taken off the surface for a little out of flat ), put it all back together with OEM gaskets this time, starts right up, no problem.
I run it about 6 blocks, starts to get hot ( not over heated, just going up on the gauge ) shut it off, let it cool for about 30 minutes, drive back home, heats up like before, but not over, let it cool down, check oil, I got massive (like an extra couple of gallons) milk shake on the dip stick. Drain all of that from the pan, pull the valve cover and find a 25mm freeze plug laying in the oil galley.
Of course the engine is filled with milk shake at this point.
So of course I'm going to go have a talk with the machine shop, but I'm guessing (I'll have to check as I go) that the rest of the engine is OK - at least mechanically.
SO, at this point how can I get all this milk shake out of the engine, bearings....etc?
Could you put a gallon of solvent in the pan and manually run the oil pump to get it out?
I'd appreciate any ideas, or hopefully somebody has had to do this before.
Thanks!
83 FJ-60, 2F, Man-A-Fre remanufactured engine - stock except for a DUI ignition,
They used a cheaper after market head gasket, so it lasted about 60K miles (nice of them to let you know that in the specs, *%(#$& - anyway, So I pulled the head, gasket blown between 5 & 6, off to the machine shop, valve job ( just cause it's prudent at that point, and a little taken off the surface for a little out of flat ), put it all back together with OEM gaskets this time, starts right up, no problem.
I run it about 6 blocks, starts to get hot ( not over heated, just going up on the gauge ) shut it off, let it cool for about 30 minutes, drive back home, heats up like before, but not over, let it cool down, check oil, I got massive (like an extra couple of gallons) milk shake on the dip stick. Drain all of that from the pan, pull the valve cover and find a 25mm freeze plug laying in the oil galley.
Of course the engine is filled with milk shake at this point.
So of course I'm going to go have a talk with the machine shop, but I'm guessing (I'll have to check as I go) that the rest of the engine is OK - at least mechanically.
SO, at this point how can I get all this milk shake out of the engine, bearings....etc?
Could you put a gallon of solvent in the pan and manually run the oil pump to get it out?
I'd appreciate any ideas, or hopefully somebody has had to do this before.
Thanks!