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Billy NY
11-24-2005 06:53:06
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Re: Antifreeze in oil--What does it do to the moto in reply to Rick Reeves, 11-23-2005 19:54:31
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I never gave this scenario much thought before, and or realized how adversely it effects the lubrication process, until last year, had an '02 chrysler sebring that did this, and if I recall correctly, something went wrong with the waterpump, crankcase got contaminated with coolant, some oddball thing that allowed this to happen, was still under warranty, new short block and heads out of the "crate" by the dealer, motor was toast, did not toss a rod, but it was done, knocked, then seized up, quickly. Being a automoile engine, probably did not take much. Lot of times I can recall a head gasket failing on an engine, oil getting like chocolate milk, but never had it get into the crankcase to the extent of damage, although with all the steam out the exhuast, was not long before you had to shut it off. No end to the learning process here, still rather curious myself about what coolant does to the oil to render it so useless like does. Always knew about gasoline/fuel thinning the oil, but it seems even a fair amount of that can be tolerated ( any thinning is obviously N/G ) by most engines before the bearings can't take it, the antifreeze thing sure was a new one on me though. I'd like to think that 450 would not be too bad to rebuild, a friend and I rebuilt a gasoline 1010 3 years ago, and it was not that bad at all actually, ran great afterwards, well worth it.
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