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Old 05-16-2017, 08:38 PM
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might have found good news about my slow leak discussed earlier.
while struggling with small rusty bolts holding my bad e fan i had to move the overflow hose from the rad,.
when i put it back i saw the drip hidden out of normal sight. could not stop it even though the hose looked perfect. i cut an inch and plugged it on . leak stopped! i could see signs that it leaked for a good while.
oil looks good.
ill call blackstone and ask about what they found??
"slap" still there.
btw it took vice grips to remove those 2 bolts!
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Sooooo...you had already posted that they found coolant in your oil? I'm confused. So you haven't gotten the report?
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Sooooo...you had already posted that they found coolant in your oil? I'm confused. So you haven't gotten the report?
yeah, sorry. the oil looks great and it wasnt clear to me just how serious they thought it was. meantime it runs the same as the day i got it in oct.
i mentioned b 4 that since it has the 331 and piston slap i think, i will just run it till it dies. im not going to do a complete rebuild,top and bottom,but buy a reman when needed. it may go ? another 100?!!

btw im getting a new e fan in the morn. its open but i get no 12v to the conn. got to trace that out tomorrow,fuses good,relay?
it got a little warmer today so im being careful,no driving in this weather till i get the fan running.

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You won't listen anyways. So we won't talk. LOL.
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fan running great, all normal, first time,just in time for warm wx.

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