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Oil pan full of coolant
Update. Well, time for another motor. Right hand cylinder at the front side of car sprayed water on pressure test. I suppose the hit that killed the body may have broken something important. I think there may be a very large hole in the cylinder wall. Water is pouring through it. You can...- Robert Housley
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Oil pan full of coolant
It was very odd. I checked the oil at the dipstick and it was very full. 2 quarts over or so. what was on the stick was very clear and clean. The oil was mostly riding on top of the coolant. The coolant came out looking new and clean, then a bit of mixed with oil, then mostly oil. It really...- Robert Housley
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Oil pan full of coolant
Sperold, Thanks for the reply. Sorry, the motor ran for 10 minutes at most in total. It may have reached a high enough temp to open the thermostat. It was running super rough due to the leaks at the manifold and puffing fluid around the gasket. I don't know if any of the fluid was coolant. There...- Robert Housley
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Oil pan full of coolant
Just swapped an 89 3.0 into my 92. The motor sat for 15 years with oil in the pan but no coolant. This motor had 96k at the time the body was killed. I replaced the water pump, valve cover gaskets, belts, hoses and such. I had some leaks at the intake, so I bought new gaskets. I decided to...- Robert Housley
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Pulling my hair out and ready to set fire to my 92!
Fixed! It was the PCM. Pulled one from my 91 and zoom! Thanks for the replies. Robert- Robert Housley
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92 SHO fuel pump and cooling fan run constant with key on, will not start!
Hi everyone! I am a new member. I have had numerous SHO's, gen 1 and 2, and have never encountered my current problem. I was accelerating fairly hard and lost all ability to run. I have spark and fuel pressure at the rails... However, my fuel pump is running constant and my cooling fan as well...- Robert Housley
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Pulling my hair out and ready to set fire to my 92!
Hi everyone! I am a new member. I have had numerous SHO's, gen 1 and 2, and have never encountered my current problem. I was accelerating fairly hard and lost all ability to run. I have spark and fuel pressure at the rails... However, my fuel pump is running constant and my cooling fan as well...- Robert Housley
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