Chris, Good news, that's a rare condition that I've only ever seen a couple of times - they usually crack under the dizzy where the driveshaft goes through or near the water pump inlet.
regards Terry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chris Williams Sent: Sunday, 3 March 2002 12:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: L20B :mysterious water in my oil I finaly got it going properly. It turned out to be a warped timing cover I got another one of them and bobs your uncel. She goes quite well but I cant wait until I get twin 40's on her. Regards Chris W > yup they did, but they are a bunch of dickheads about the 3rd time in > the found it was cracked and tried to weld it, that never worked > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mark krawczuk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 6:49 AM > Subject: Re: L20B :mysterious water in my oil > > >> hi, i presume they pressure tested the head? , like all decent head >> repaires should....... >> i fixed up my brothers BMW, it needed a little welding, and the press >> test it as well. i think its always std procedure to presure test it >> . >> >> mark k >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 5:48 PM >> Subject: Re: L20B :mysterious water in my oil >> >> >> > yeah i had that problem, took me 4 trips back to the guys who were >> machining >> > my head before they actually realised it was cracked, none the less, > they >> > ended up paying for all the head gaskets i threw away >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Chris Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 4:09 AM >> > Subject: L20B :mysterious water in my oil >> > >> > >> > > Hi listers, >> > > >> > > This is a continuation of my L20B over heating. >> > > >> > > I have done the head gasket to find that once I got it back >> > > together I >> was >> > > still getting water in my oil. I found this when I droped the oil > after >> > > driving for a while with some cheap oil to clean out the old >> > > watery > oil. >> > > But when alll the oil was out it kept driping out which when I put >> > > the >> > sump >> > > plug back in for a while then opened it again water poured out I >> > > then looked in the radiator it was clear that the water was >> > > draining > straight >> > > out in to the sump. I thought my head was cracked but had it >> > > tested >> today >> > > and it was fine. Where could this water be coming from? >> > > >> > > Timing cover - but seems fine >> > > >> > > Block - was only bored tested etc. 200 Miles ago >> > > >> > > please help me we are at wits end with this &%*&#(#^*$^(@&($@ing >> > > donk >> > > >> > > Regards >> > > >> > > Chris W & mate >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
