Ok 16v gas in oil???

[hotrodd64]

Ok well pulled my dipstick smells like bad gas, drained the oil, seems very thin, pulled the oil filter, and alot of oil came out like it was under pressure, dumped the oil out of the filter, and it feels like the oil filter is full of oil, but no more comes out it's real heavy, and my oil is really dirty, which is odd for a rebuilt motor, with about 45 minutes of idle time on it? I'm out of ideas

[levi_456]

did someone get carried away with the assembly lube? id change the oil and run it again. did the oil level go up on the dipstick? cut the filter up and see what it has in it. did it run well on all cylinders if not check compression.

maybe you could try to light some of the oil and see if it goes up like it has gas mixed in it.

[hotrodd64]

I always go crazy on assembly live, lol, and I have the oil drained, what I think I'm gonna try is with the drain plug out, I'm gonna turn the ignition on, let the fuel pump pressure the lines, and see if any gas/oil leaks out of the drain plug, and good idea I will cut the oil filter up, and try to light the oil up, man that was some dirty oil

[hotrodd64]

oh, maybe thats why the oil is dirty? the gas washed the assembly lube off? well maybe but ya i would have had to gone super crazy with the lube. hmm

[GillesDeBouette]

Originally Posted by hotrodd64

which is odd for a rebuilt motor, with about 45 minutes of idle time on it?

There's your answer, the rings have not seated because all you have done is idle and I bet you probably revved it too, which is even worse. You need to put that engine under load to seat the rings if its not too late, with cheap oil.

[WOODZUK]

we always varied the rpm for 20-30 mins then let it cool and then took it out for a good 20-30 min drive. then changed the oil filter,assembly lube plugs oil filters pretty quick. i disagree on the cheap oil thing. i've done it both ways and i have always gotten alot more mileage on a motor out of a good oil.cheap oil will get u out of a jam but thats about it. my O2

[hotrodd64]

Right after I had it running good enough I did put it in gear and move the samurai, then I've drivin it about 200 yards, and I've never had it over 2500 rpms

[hotrodd64]

Originally Posted by WOODZUK

we always varied the rpm for 20-30 mins then let it cool and then took it out for a good 20-30 min drive. then changed the oil filter,assembly lube plugs oil filters pretty quick. i disagree on the cheap oil thing. i've done it both ways and i have always gotten alot more mileage on a motor out of a good oil.cheap oil will get u out of a jam but thats about it. my O2

Is it typical for the oil to be really dirty

[WOODZUK]

Originally Posted by hotrodd64

Is it typical for the oil to be really dirty

yup, its a combination of assembly lube and carbon from the fuel,the rings probly havent seated in yet.

[hotrodd64]

Ok that's good because I was worried, so after I fire it back up, I need to drive it

[WOODZUK]

yup not hard like u stole it but put it through some good work and keep varying the rpm's. u will need to change the oil and filter several times before u get all the assembly lube out.

[hotrodd64]

ok heres some pics finally, i figure im getting alot of good feedback, i can take some time to post some pics


got some work to do






ok heres the sidekick radiator, im sure its easy enough to fab some brackets to make it fit, but it sits so low it hits the mount for the steering stablizer/tow hook, can i hack that thing off? is there another way to mount a steering stabilizer?? thats where im stuck right now

[hotrodd64]

heres a couple shots, the second shot is when i had it running and ran it 200 yards down the road

[Dr_D]

Nice tin top you have, I had one just like it last year. It had the 1.3 with a/c.

The stabilizer on my red one was removed as I have hydro assist installed.

[Beans]

kenny i was just thinking. I think our spare tin top has an after market stabilizer in it. i think its mounts to the other frame rail if im not mistaken. or it could have been the soft top that had it not sure.

[hotrodd64]

ok so i ran down to the parts store and got a new fan, a 14 inch, the 16 inch was a beast, but it is 4 inches deep, idk if that would fit between the rad, and the pulleys, the 14 was 3 5/8 hopefully it will be ok 1250 cfm, versus the 800 my old 12 inch had. Also fab'd up some rad mounts, hopefully i can get this thing to bolt in pretty easy, well see

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[hotrodd64]

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Originally Posted by Beans

kenny i was just thinking. I think our spare tin top has an after market stabilizer in it. i think its mounts to the other frame rail if im not mistaken. or it could have been the soft top that had it not sure.

ya thanks for the compliment, and yes billy that other samurai did have a funky mount that ran to the fram rail now that i think of it, i should post a pic up and see what ppl think about it, i thought it looked pretty sketchy

[Beans]

Yea I thought about it when I saw one on ebay earlier today looking for some parts for mine.

[hotrodd64]

ok im scratching the sidekick radiator, as my stock radiator was all gummed up, i put the new fuel pump and fuel filter on, my gas is really dirty, and theres rust flakes coming in the fuel filter, so im probably gonna have to drop the tank?? Well i checked the fuel pressure too, when the pumps on it reads almost 50 psi, and after a minute of sitting there it was steady holding 30 psi, so i dont think i have a fuel pressure leak anywhere. So still wondering how gas got in the oil, but its not through the injectors. unless they were sticking open and there not now.