Well. Guess it's engine rebuild time....

[Mpoitrast87]

Started my car for the first time since putting it away in November and it smoked like a train and ran like shit. Drained the oil and found lots of coolant in the oil. I waiting to save some more money for this but I guess the time has come. Question is, am I better off starting with a built short block like mmr? Or pull my engine to bare block and rebuild with new parts? I'd probably go stroker either way. But I guess if prefer the most cost effective option.

 

[Bdubbs]

So it was fine upon putting it away for winter storage? Seems odd.

 

[03cobra#694]

So it was fine upon putting it away for winter storage? Seems odd.

What Brady said.

 

[03cobra#694]

Did the IC/HE shit freeze? This is way odd.

 

[01yellercobra]

Did you check the oil cooler?

 

[03cobra#694]

Have you done a compression test, leak down?

 

[Mpoitrast87]

That's what I'm saying. Havnt gotten far cause I had other things to do. The more I think about it the more I think it could be the blower? It's a liquid cooled kenne bell with a i/c tank in the trunk. When I tried to rev it up it would bog and try to die. So maybe it was forcing more coolant into the engine? Sucks I have work tomorrow. But my worry is that I ran it long enough to potentially do damage to the bearings.

 

[DSG2003Mach1]

Ya I vote intercooler or oil cooler

 

[Mpoitrast87]

Ya I vote intercooler or oil cooler

Could it still be an oil cooler even if there isn't oil in the coolant?

 

[Mpoitrast87]

Have you done a compression test, leak down?

I checked both before it was stored for the winter and it was fine

 

[Mpoitrast87]

any way to check intercooler without taking off the blower?

 

[ITSTOCK]

You can check the intercooler level, but pulling the blower is going to show you the proof. My intercooler froze up this past winter and I had to replace it. Based on what you're saying, I would guess with pretty high confidence that you had the intercooler freeze up.

As long as you didn't rev it up or run it for extended periods of time, just replace the intercooler, do a couple oil changes, and get it back on the road.

 

[Mpoitrast87]

You can check the intercooler level, but pulling the blower is going to show you the proof. My intercooler froze up this past winter and I had to replace it. Based on what you're saying, I would guess with pretty high confidence that you had the intercooler freeze up.

As long as you didn't rev it up or run it for extended periods of time, just replace the intercooler, do a couple oil changes, and get it back on the road.

well, if it does need an engine then blower has to come off anyway so I guess ill start there. Once its off was it obvious? like a hole in it? And yeah, was ran for 5 mins max and any time I tried to rev it, it would bog way down.

 

[ITSTOCK]

This happened one night of sitting out in low 20* weather. I put anti-freeze in but never cycled it (yes, I'm an idiot). There are some subtle signs that it will be leaking, like a murky fluid sitting on the lower intake, or clean spots on the intercooler.

But all you have to do is put a hose to one of the ports. My leak was on the top side of the intercooler (not visible when bolted to the blower, it needs to be taken off the blower)

 

[Mpoitrast87]

OK, awesome. I bought my car with the current trunk tank set up. But, I thought it had anti-freeze in it. I could be wrong tho.

 

[SID297]

Probably the intercooler. When you revved it the engine was pulling in water. I'd scope the bores too.

 

[R.D.P.]

Good luck OP - hope the motor survived.

 

[BlksvtCobra01]

Hopefully it's just the intercooler and your motor is ok. Good luck let us know.


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[nxhappy]

I think the motor will be OK

 

[03cobra#694]

I think the motor will be OK

It's a Cobra, Gods car....