Max Dillon wrote:
I just received the lab results from the latest engine oil sample: Sodium jumped from 5 ppm to 115 ppm, which the lab tech interpreted as "Coolant additives are present". The car does require infrequent topping off of the coolant, so it looks as if pulling the head to replace the head gasket is now the plan...
Depth gauge the pistons while you're in there. If the hydrolock theory explains the rodbender 3.5s, then there's no reason to think the 3.0s should be immune, just less likely to have leaky gaskets because the oil/coolant passages are farther from the cylinder bores.
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