If you are taking things apart, you might want to check out the bearings. This gets into the full engine building arena, but if you had water circulating for long you might have worn through a bearing or five.
Did you check out the oil or filter for metal? Did you drop the pan? When my 327 in the Corvette blew, I ended up with a lot of water in the pan as well. For some reason I never took great pictures of the pan and all the crap that was in there (just one picture), but it was obvious the bearings were toast from the material in the pan. I may have run longer than you after the water got into the pan, so your damage might be minimal. Remember, oil floats on the water, and the oil pump may be registering pressure while actually pumping water through the engine. I'm sure that this is what happened with my engine, since I thought it was an overheating problem at first. My first symptom was steam, followed by a funny noise. I was at the track and pulled into the pits (luckily I was a hundred yards from the pit entrance) when I noticed the steam. When I pulled in, I also noticed that the engine was running a bit rough and making a noise I could not identify. Neither could the other experienced racers there. I topped off the radiator and tried to drive home since I figured the engine was toast anyhow (already a 0.040 overbore). I watched my oil pressure and made sure it was OK, and I drove 55 MPH on the highway. I made it a few miles before the big bang and catastrophic failure... Hopefully the water was sucked into the crankcase as the engine cooled down and you never ran on "water lubrication". But in case you did, you might want to check out the main bearings, and maybe even the rods (since that is where mine failed). It was one crank throw that is really worn, and mostly for one cylinder. The rest are almost all in great shape, including the mains. Post Mortem Autopsy pictures here: http://ep.com/brad/Corvette/blown327/ Brad Waller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) '66 Corvette | 327/dead | 4-speed | Wilwood Brakes | 245/45/16 BFGs '67 Chevelle | ex-SS396 | 355/700R4 | '79 F-Body Brakes > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rodney. > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 3:48 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] Blown Head Gasket PART 2 > > > A LOT of water... Half of the radiator was empty. I said no > loss from > the radiator when I drove across town and checked. However, after it > was parked all night and I came out in the morning, half the radiator > was empty. > > Yes, I sealed the water ports on the intake gasket. > > Rodney. > 71 Chevelle > El Mirage, AZ > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Corgill > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 9:18 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] Blown Head Gasket PART 2 > > > At 08:48 AM 08/05/2003 -0700, you wrote: > >Okay guys... I apparently screwed up somewhere. I've been > changing the > >oil the last couple of days to get all the brownish looking oil out > after > >I changed the head gaskets and put everything back together. > Yesterday > > >everything was looking better. I drove across town and checked the > >oil. It looked clean and there was no fluid loss from the > radiator. I > > >came home last night and took it for a drive again and then parked it > for > >the night. When I went out to change the oil this morning I > had a rush > of > >water come out, and then the oil soon after. I knew that > wasn't good. > > How much water? Oil floats on water could be some left. You > said no loss > from radiator. > > > > >So, I guess I screwed up somewhere. My question is this.... > is there > >any > >way to tell if I screwed up on the head gaskets or just the intake > manifold? _______________________________________________ Chevelle-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://chevelles.net/mailman/listinfo/chevelle-list_chevelles.net
