Quote Originally Posted by silver_screen View Post
losing coolant means nothing. i build engines for a living. i see this shit every single day of my life.

U dont have to lots lose coolant for problems. My boss recently hydra locked his car.. he went 4wdriving without a snorkel and filled the motor with water.

next day i had a look @ it.. almost no water in the oil. and thats with the engine FULL of water, unlike urs which wouldnt have had much water in the intake if any at all.

u might be losing coolant and u just dont know it dont forget the rad will draw water from the resivoir if it gets too low ( it creates a vacuum inside the radiator which then causes the radiator cap to open allowing water to enter via resivoir)
Perhaps i have read this wrong,but when you hydraulic an engine,the chambers are full of liquid that cannot be compressed,not the crankcase.
There will be SOME water in the sump,but only cause it has proberbly bent a rod or broken rings.

Maybe something constructive like pressure testing the cooling system,leakdown test for starters would be better.

Sure am glad i build my engines myself.