blacknite3
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Ok, So I got the heater to go in yesterday. This morning I filled it with antifreeze and started her up and everything ran fine. Then the overflow tank started to fill with very brown water (didn't look oily though) and the temp kept creeping up. I noticed that the fans weren't working so I bypassed the temp switch and installed a toggle. Only one fan would work, and very slowly. Cranked it up again and everything seemed fine as the engine purged itself of air. Then the temp crept up towards high again and the lone working fan cut off. I immediatly turned everything off to let it (and my temper) cool off.
Then I checked the oil.... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cryin.gif It looked very, very, very, very thin. I am hoping for the best thinking that I just don't know what oil really looks like on a paper towel, but it spread through the towel like it was soaking up water. Tell me I'm imagining this.
I have lots of questions, but most are just me being in denial. Should both fans be turning at the same time and should they be turning fast, or should one be turned on be the radiator switch and then one turned on later by the engine temp switch? In a worst case scenario and I do infact have water in the oil, what are the chances that it is just a blown head gasket? I watched a friend go through about two or three heads just trying to find one that isn't cracked. Tell me I'm not dealing with a blown motor. It runs fine so I don't think there is a compression issue which scares me into thinking there is a crack in the head some where.
/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cryin.gif
Then I checked the oil.... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cryin.gif It looked very, very, very, very thin. I am hoping for the best thinking that I just don't know what oil really looks like on a paper towel, but it spread through the towel like it was soaking up water. Tell me I'm imagining this.
I have lots of questions, but most are just me being in denial. Should both fans be turning at the same time and should they be turning fast, or should one be turned on be the radiator switch and then one turned on later by the engine temp switch? In a worst case scenario and I do infact have water in the oil, what are the chances that it is just a blown head gasket? I watched a friend go through about two or three heads just trying to find one that isn't cracked. Tell me I'm not dealing with a blown motor. It runs fine so I don't think there is a compression issue which scares me into thinking there is a crack in the head some where.
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