Removed heads and found this mess

[pwcracer]

I had a blown head gasket, so I removed the heads today and found that underneath the lower intake, there is oil sludge all over the place. If I open the oil drain, can I clean this with Kerosene or something? I had no idea the oil was this bad in my car.

http://home.comcast.net/~gbfan10/sludge1.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~gbfan10/sludge2.jpg

 

[bimmertech]

i worked on an 87 lx 5.0 one time that was so sludged up you had to pour oil in it a little at a time or it would puke it back out. kerosene is really not good for bearing longevity in my opinion, i've had buddies do it before and had to put bearings in it later. just get the scaper out and collect as much as possible. also iff that crap goes into your pan it can clog up your pick up tube.

 

[91LX_5L]

woah thats gross, sorry no idea there man...

 

[Mustang5L5]

Holy Crap. I've never seen a valley look like that before

 

[94gts]

brake cleaner :worship:

 

[1105]

Is that a leaf I see? :ralugh: I worked on a jeep that looked 3x worse than that.

 

[ECU5.0]

try auto-rx. look on bobistheoilguy.com and those guys will tell you to use auto-rx

 

[SeventyMach1]

Did you ever have an oil pump go bad in that car? Just wondering because my Mountaineer motor looked like that and come to find out, the screen was clogged..........

 

[davins130]

looks like chocolate...MMMMMM....1 of the 2 302's we had in auto school was sludged up real bad like that, my teacher said that the 5.0's are notorious for that, but yours is the only other one ive seen like that.

 

[slytherin]

What about the miracle cure seafoam? would that work on that much sludge?

 

[94-302-vert]

I would say anything that will brake it down and run it out the pan...

brake cleaner, engine degreaser, anything...

But first scrape and shop-vac what you can..

What did the rockers look like?

Chris

 

[wytstang]

Mineral spirits and a parts brush. The only real way to clean it out completly is taking it apart. Who ever had the car before did not change the oil much.

 

[BlueOvalStangGT]

Yeah, how often do oyu change your oil?

 

[Venom351R]

3,000 miles even w/ synth oil

 

[pwcracer]

That is a leaf! I had the garage door open and this stupid tree in my yard is trying to wreck my engine. I bought the car last year from my brother and I haven't changed the oil as of yet, but I havent accumulated very many miles, maybe 2000. I would say in the last 5 years the car only has seen about 10,000 miles. The rockers look great, but there was some more sludge in the heads too. I am replacing the heads.

Just asked my brother how often he changed the oil.

"All the time. I always used the synthetic oil for higher mileage engines."

 

[stealthracing]

pull the motor, disassemble it and take it to a machine shop and have it hot tanked, that way all that **** doesn't ruin anything else. just my .02

 

[1994Vib.RedGT]

jesus almighty! I expected to see the "crankcase milkshake" but damn, that looks like someone took a dump in your engine valley. take the motor out and have it professionally cleaned, or get a new one!