......so give me a heads up................
Jason, I caught your "heads-up" Imperial pun. good luck with repair. With
V-8's "2 heads are better than one!"
Jerry53
----- Original Message -----
From: "jason reizner" <jreizner_lists@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 6:07 PM
Subject: IML: coolant in oil, head gaskets, and other fun
> well, this sort of sucks, but it would seem like i
> found the source of my low oil pressure problem.
> after a quick roadtrip last weekend, i noticed my '68
> hardtop's oil pressure had dropped to the bottom of
> the acceptable range during highway cruise. also, on
> the way back it seemed like the car was running way
> hotter than it was on the way up. well, long story
> short, i got around to taking a look at the car today,
> and found there was no coolant in the radiator. while
> explaining why she was running hot, this begged the
> question where did it all go? apparently, into the
> oil pan, as evidenced by the milky watery crap in the
> breather cap, thereby explaining why my oil pressure
> went south. [i guess 30wt & antifreeze doesn't lube
> that well...<g>]
>
> so, i can only assume this means that i cooked the
> head gasket by briskly driving the car after years of
> inactivity. i'm not terribly familiar with design of
> the front ends of big block mopars, but is there any
> possible way a seal failure in the water pump housing
> or front cover could cause this, or am i pretty much
> looking at a head gasket like i figured?
>
> the car didn't seem to be making any terribly awful
> bottom-end noise when i parked it, only the
> lifter-type noise consistent with low oil pressure,
> but i'm curious as to exactly how bad driving around
> at highway speed with a crankcase full of coolant is
> to things like bearings. i'm pulling the engine
> either way, so give me a heads up if there's anything
> i should be especially watching out for.
>
> thanks everyone,
> --jason
>
> jason reizner
> chicago
> '68 crown hardtop
>
>
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