R
rogtwo@aol.com
Guest
It's my turn for a technical engine question.
It appears I have water in my ENGINE oil (quite a bit of it). I had recently
changed the oil, and there was no water in it prior to my last outing. If
this were any other car, I would know coolant was leaking into the oil, probably
from a bad head gasket or cracked head.
But, before I jump to this conclusion, I thought I better ask. Is there ANY
way that lake/bilge water can get into the engine? I was in the water for 4
hours or so, and there were sometimes waves breaking over the hood. This lead
to a significant amount of water in the bilge. It wasn't enough to come up
over the floor board, and I don't think it ever hit the engine fan. Given this,
is it at all possible that water got into the engine oil from the bilge? It
seems impossible to me, but I thought I better ask the experts.
Thanks
Roger St. John
White '63
Seattle
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It appears I have water in my ENGINE oil (quite a bit of it). I had recently
changed the oil, and there was no water in it prior to my last outing. If
this were any other car, I would know coolant was leaking into the oil, probably
from a bad head gasket or cracked head.
But, before I jump to this conclusion, I thought I better ask. Is there ANY
way that lake/bilge water can get into the engine? I was in the water for 4
hours or so, and there were sometimes waves breaking over the hood. This lead
to a significant amount of water in the bilge. It wasn't enough to come up
over the floor board, and I don't think it ever hit the engine fan. Given this,
is it at all possible that water got into the engine oil from the bilge? It
seems impossible to me, but I thought I better ask the experts.
Thanks
Roger St. John
White '63
Seattle
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