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Old 05-17-2008, 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by MaSnaka View Post
I am terrified of the possible outcome here. Today I checked my coolant and it was scummy with oil at the surface. Checked the oil and it looks like oil...no coolant.
By any chance are you running synthetic oil? Sometimes an FE can have very small cracks in the galley leading from the cam up to the head that will allow weeping under high pressure. If you're running a synthetic oil, you might first try switching to dyno and, of course, change the coolant and see if you get lucky.
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