i fired up the 350 in the cruiser for the first time...it fired right up!!! then i drove it around the block and it started gettin hot. it ran ok...i hadnt timed it yet, so i didnt expect max power. i never gave it any skinny pedal, so i dunno how much power yet...but the oil was fuking whipped cream!!! the radiator was low and the oil was nasty!! so is it head gasket or cracked block....how do i know. oh...and i fired it up again after i noticed all this to pull it up[ the d-way...and it cummed out the mily fluid out of my valve cover breather!! fuked again!!! now i hafta clean too! shit!:(

Dustin, only way to tell what is wrong is to pull heads. Could be a cracked head, bad gasket, or something else. I would not run I any more if I were you....

Did you buy the motor on the premise it was a good runner or a core? If you bought as a runner somebody should be missing some teeth. (assuming you didn't do something bad to it.)

Drain all of the fluids now and take the valve covers off and rinse with some clean oil! You don't want your main bearings, cam,rings, etc. rusting!!!!

-Jack

Can you drop the oil pan w/o pulkling the motor? If so, fill the rad w/ coolant (you want the color), pressurize the cooling system w/ ~ 2 - 3 PSI. Get a black llight and check where the water is coming from. You may be able to see it.
If you can't see the leak, then you will have to pull the heads to check the mating surface.
What ever you do, check the rod & main bearings. Coolant tends to wipe em out rather quickly.

well i was over surverying the situation adn ti was a mess. intake off = sludge fest
heads off = water in pistons
oil draining out pan= sludge o rama
intake my have internal crack
no cracks on teh heads and the gaskets were fine

jiMMy

yep...so i got a new intake and put it all back together with new gaskets and some rtv around the water kackets. if it doesnt work...ill hafta reebuild or get a new motor. and i say...new motor here i come because i know this wont work...id be too lucky and thats just not gonna happen!!:( also, if it still fuks me...then ill try yur idea ian...thats a good one!

so anyone got a running motor?:mad:

I was went with him when his picked the engine up, the guy said it would run and he had recently pulled it.

See i told you Dustin it was a rip. When the block had cement on it and in the fuel pump and the jack ass guy said he steam cleaned it yesterday and drain the water out of the oil pan this morning.

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