greenish white foamy stuff??

[suprafanatic]

so i took the oil line off the top of the 2 valve covers that go to the intake pipe and found that there is greenish white foamy stuff in that tubing?? whats this from? nothing under the oil cap.

 

[IJ.]

It's Greenish White Foam.

 

[dugums]

so i took the oil line off the top of the 2 valve covers that go to the intake pipe and found that there is greenish white foamy stuff in that tubing?? whats this from? nothing under the oil cap.

Did you remove the valve covers when you flushed out the coolant from the other incident?

I think I suggested taking off the valve covers so that you could "rinse" the coolant off the cams better with oil. If you only flushed the oil by pouring it in the fill hole, you are still bound to have a bunch of coolant where it does not belong.

 

[buckshotglass]

It's Greenish White Foam.

rotfl.

I was gonna go with, "That's normal.

 

[jdub]

And I believe I suggested changing the oil again after you ran it a bit to flush any coolant that may have got into the bearings.

That foam you saw is likely just left over for what happened.

 

[buckshotglass]

I would switch to red coolant, and check again.

 

[suprafanatic]

its normal??? some reason i dont think its normal..iam i wrong? and i think my water pump may be leaking agian as well.. :S but no i havent completely flushed the oil system,, i just drained it agian today and there was still some coolant in the oil.. but agian im sure just one draining of it didnt get rid of all of it. would this foamy stuff in that tubeing indicate a BHG?

 

[suprafanatic]

why red coolant?

 

[buckshotglass]

You would see if it was new leakage, if you had green coolant before.

 

[IJ.]

So you can have Reddish White Foam of course

 

[jdub]

Keep running it with coolant in your oil and it's only a matter of time before you trash the bearings = Rod Knock.


Ian :runaway:

LOL!

 

[dugums]

There are plenty of people who already told you that you have a BHG. We decided to ignore the obvious diagnosis in favor of trying to find something else.

The green foamy stuff is not normal.

You likely have a BHG.

If you poured coolant into your engine instead of oil, you should have flushed it out completely many times.

You did not.

Because you did not flush out the system it now does not matter whether you actually have a BHG. You are running your engine with contaminated oil. Whether or not it's from a BHG no longer matters.

 

[IJ.]

Could mix the 2 and get the Italian flag

 

[dugums]

Could mix the 2 and get the Italian flag

I see why you respond this way sometimes, lol

 

[IJ.]

Dugums: It's cos I can't easily slap people

 

[suprafanatic]

WOW... you guys are non-helpful and deffinitly not a very nice community. and you guys call your selves CONTRIBUTORS? so is the foamy stuff just from coolant being in the oil, or is it actualy a BHG?

 

[jdub]

What do you expect when you don't answer questions about what you did and it appears you ignore advice given?

Think about that

 

[jetjock]

Dugums: It's cos I can't easily slap people

Lmao! Ain't that the truth

 

[IJ.]

Have you run the motor since?

 

[dugums]

WOW... you guys are non-helpful and deffinitly not a very nice community. and you guys call your selves CONTRIBUTORS? so is the foamy stuff just from coolant being in the oil, or is it actualy a BHG?

We're not helpful?

Don't blame people for your unwillingness to take care of the problem the right way.

Many of us have responded with suggestions in your other thread or via PM.

To jog your memory:

Well, just keep in mind that if your problem is a BHG you're going to be guaranteeing yourself a full rebuild if drive around with this type of problem.

Technically - a full rebuild is what you want to do anyway after a BHG, but it is possible to get away with only fixing up the head and slapping on a composite gasket. Please do not misconstrue that as some sort of recommendation.

I refuse to believe you added coolant instead of oil by mistake.

Even if you drain the oil, the bottom line is that there will still be coolant throughout your engine. It did not stay up in the valvetrain. It takes such a tiny concentration of water to ruin your bearings.

If it were my car, the motor would be out and the head would already be off.

If you really want to chance it, my suggestion would be to take off your valve covers and rinse everything down with cheap oil and then drain. Do a few more changes over the next hundred miles with cheap oil (just for cost). Keep your eye out for any symptoms.

Let me restate - at this point, it doesn't even matter if you have a BHG (which you do). The reason it doesn't matter is because you already KNOW you have coolant in your oil. This is what does the big damage. So, the point is, even if it's not a BHG (which it is), you are going to have to tear her down and rebuild. Just get over it and dig in.

There are plenty of people who already told you that you have a BHG. We decided to ignore the obvious diagnosis in favor of trying to find something else.

The green foamy stuff is not normal.

You likely have a BHG.

If you poured coolant into your engine instead of oil, you should have flushed it out completely many times.

You did not.

Because you did not flush out the system it now does not matter whether you actually have a BHG. You are running your engine with contaminated oil. Whether or not it's from a BHG no longer matters.

Should be able to see it on the dipstick by now if that's the case, either way DO NOT run the motor until you sort it.

Have you run the motor since?

Usually when coolant gets into the Oil it doesn't stay Green and coolant looking for long.

^^^ Yep! Exactly what I was thinking. I would flush the oil system and see what happens (after I replaced the water pump). You don't have a lot to lose.

I would change the oil and filter again now that you've run fresh oil through the motor

Did you change the oil/filter again after running the motor for a couple days?

Jeff - from what he posted, he ran oil through it (engine off), but drained right away. I'm concerned he did not run the motor until the final change. If this is the case, he needs to change the oil again to ensure fresh oil flushed out the bearings under pressure.

And I believe I suggested changing the oil again after you ran it a bit to flush any coolant that may have got into the bearings.

That foam you saw is likely just left over for what happened.

Keep running it with coolant in your oil and it's only a matter of time before you trash the bearings = Rod Knock.

Open your eyes. You don't respond to questions or do what is suggested.

It's hard to help someone that won't help themselves.

You should read this