uh oh..... set back. water in oil

swing69 said
just a weird light trick. springs are good. I can see no tears in the head gaskets. intake gasket destroyed in removal....not much to tell. I certainly don't want to fire up the parts cannon!

This is our HS project car. It finally got running on the last day or classes for the cam break in.
Kids are gone, I was just trying to get the carb / timing set properly so I could move on its own under power. That didn't work out too well....

The goal was to have the headliner installed, exhaust on, and front/rear glass IN for the beginning of Sept. when the kids come back. I'd hate to the car to be in a worse condition that when the left.

I'll probably just reinstall everything carefully and keep my fingers crossed. If I get lucky, all will be good.
If its still leaking, at least I could rule out head gaskets.

But the leak could be: cracked internal passage in block, intake gasket OR cracked intake, timing cover leak.

If it pukes again.....just push it to the back lift and get ready to pull the engine completely out. :(
and start over........

I agree with Garrett. Don't put it back together until you do some more research. Mag and or pressure test the heads. Usually a mag on cast iron is good enough unless you have been porting on them.

If you don't pressure test them, you could miss something. Like a pin hole in a paste line, or even a pin hole in the bowl area. I've seen both and this stuff is old.

I don't know who mentioned it above, but when you see oil in the water like that, it's almost always a leak at the intake water crossover or a bad timing cover.

Had a buddy with a Chevy work truck. Had over 200k on it, but he took care of it. He loved the truck and had all his work crap in it. Started getting water in the oil. Went to a shop and they tell him the engine is garbage and quoted him some retarded price to do a swap with a used engine.

He and I wound up together at my brothers house and he tells me the story. I say pull the intake and see if it's leaking. He did. And it was. Has 320k on it now and he's thinking about retiring it.

The point is find the issue before moving forward. Sometimes the simple answer is the correct answer.

And as a FWIW, I've never seen a perfectly flat, straight intake manifold out of the box. I surface every intake anymore. It just isn't worth it.