

| Subject: | '73 van, Water in Oil |
| Date: | Mon, 20 Nov 95 08:39:06 GMT |
I was driving my van about on Saturday with no problems, however, on Sunday morning I went to start the engine but it would only do a quarter(ish) turn before stopping dead. Upon investigation I find that there is rather a lot of water in the oil - more water than oil :( If this was a goodly water cooled van then there might be some logical explanation that I could think of. As it is I'm stumped. The temperature at the time was around 0 degrees Centigrade and there was a whitening of ice around both carburetors - is this normal? Can anyone explain how any water can get in the oil, I noticed that the rubber grommet type thing at the bottom of the dipstick tube was a bit shot away, but this is a small hole for water to get in ? and there has been no rain for the last day or so. I have now drained all the yuk out of the engine and replaced the oil. What else can I do to ensure that all the water has disappeared? Could any replies be copied to my address as I'm on digest at the mo... Baffled Carl etlclwe@etlxdmx.ericsson.se '73 Van 1700 (Temporarily water cooled)
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