nedoss

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I have started my motor several times after getting it back together without fully reaching operating temperature and for a maximum of about 2 minutes at a time, I have been trying to get the timing and idle right. I pulled the valve covers to recheck the valves and make sure they were not too tight or loose. When I pull the valve covers I discover condensation on the rocker arms, (both heads), it looked just like the outside of a cold drink on a hot day and a small amount of water in the oil in the top of the head.

After searching and reading other entries it appears I have never had the motor hot enough to "burn off" the water vapor build up. Is this a correct diagnosis?

Also no noticable water on dipstick or oil in radiator, and no significant loss of coolant.

ZONES89RS

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Well....if you were up north i think i would say there is a problem, but you are down here in hell hot Texas so it is possible, how much water is in the head? PICS.

nedoss

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Sorry I dont have any pics, but I would guesstimate that there was about a tablespoon full(total) in each head. Total being on rocker arms and in oil, most of it was on the rocker arms.

ZONES89RS

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Well, dry it all off, run it again, then see if it is still there, if so i might be worried.

Pocket

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Check your oil and monitor the coolant level

This doesnt sound good at all

nedoss

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I drained the oil today and it had a noticeable amount of water in it. I drained the coolant and didn't notice much oil at all. I should have mentioned previously that I am using FelPro 1094 coated head gaskets, I installed them dry and I had to stab the heads a couple of times to line them up. Did I screw something up when installing the heads, I did block sand, and wipe with brake clean the block and the heads. Just curious if anyone else has had to "redo" a 1094 gasket install.

I am going to replace the oil and coolant and see if it happens again, if so I guess I'll be tearing it back down to find the problem.

Pocket

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Pull the heads

Head gasket is dumping coolant in the cyls and oil

This is NOT something you can wait on

nedoss

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I am not really in a big hurry to pull the heads. This is not a daily driver for me so I have all the time in the world to work on it. I am hoping, but doubtful that the oil pan got some water in it when I was making all my changes. I had to drop the oil pan a bit to put the camshaft in and it was "open" for quite a while (at least a week). I just want to see if I get lucky, I'll let run for a minute or two and then pull the valve covers to see if I get the same result. If it is the same result then oh well back to work, if not though time to continue on.