Repairing A Car After Blown Headgasket Water In Oil

[springersrolla]

ok, so if you check your oil and theres a sweet looking milkshake on the underside of the oil cap, and dipstick the headgaskets no doubt blown. compression reads 175, 175, 115, 150. oil is f@$ked. now my question is, is there a somewhat safe method of using the same bottom end without ripping it apart??.

 

heads coming off to get skimmed and a quick reco/re seat, drop the sump and give a good clean. now if the gaskets just blown, am i able to run new cheap oil in the motor, drain after 10mins, new oil, run again, drain then drive it again?,

 

or rip the motor out, sump off, timing cover off mains off and give it a freshen up?. not inclined to spend money just want it back on the road. motor still runs, drives, turns just bit of milky milky goin on in the sump

 

any hot tips on sorting this shit out cheers

[basher_ke20]

just do what you first said, reco the head, change the head gasket, run oil in it and then drain it after a short time. It should be fine. If the oil is milky its isually due to gasket failure between the coolant and oil gallery. Hope it helps

[springersrolla]

yeh man figured the same, leak between water and oil galleries, hopefully its not badly corroded. i guess change oil a few times and see how long i get out of it. cheers man, no dramas in trying a few flushes

[Taz_Rx]

Yeah just flush it a couple of times. Let it sit for a couple of days before you drain the milkshake and most of the water will come out first. ;)