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By John - 09/05/2002 8:33:58 PM; IP 142.177.79.12

News on my engine troubles. Problem was loss of coolant and sudden drop in oil pressure. Oil problem was unusual since I still had normal idle oil pressure and 40 psi at only 1300 rpm, but it just wouldn't go past 40 no matter what the revs. Coolant loss was initially from a pin-hole in rad. Then I had a bit of steam out of the right side on start-up. So...drained the oil tonight. A lot of anti-freeze in the oil this time. Pulled off #4 main bearing. It looks like the day I put it in. No scoring, no wear, no debris. All the rods seemed tight also. So next I have to find the source of the water leak. Hopefully just a blown head gasket and not a cracked head or block. I also need to check the oil pump just in case. Will pressurize the cooling system next and look for antifreeze from underneath now that the oil pan is removed. If it comes down a cylinder, it probably is the head or head gasket. Elsewhere, like from the oil pump, will be bad news. I did use Fel-pro's regular head gaskets vs their premium ones, so maybe that and the slight overheating from the rad caused a gasket failure. Comments anyone?

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The FE that wouldn't -- John, 08/25/2002

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RE: might be oil pressure loss at rocker arm shaft -- nelson, 09/01/2002

Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=14177&Reply=14071><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a> <a href="#" id="anchor14177" onclick="return false;">Not that likely</a> -- <font color=#0000ff>John, <i>09/01/2002</i></font><script type="text/javascript">
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Not that likely -- John, 09/01/2002

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RE:Curious -- Nelson, 09/03/2002

Update -- John, 09/05/2002