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Replacing Antifreeze with Spent Oil Experiment

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Old 01-22-2016, 12:19 PM
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How do I tell which cylinder it might be?
 
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Pull the spark plugs and look for and odd looking one
 
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Old 01-22-2016, 12:29 PM
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^^^ It will be noticeable
 
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Old 01-28-2016, 04:28 PM
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Run the engine until the cooling system pressurizes, then shut it off. Pull the spark plugs and set rags on top of all the holes. Crank the engine. The leaky cylinder will have coolants spray out of it, or in this case, oil.

Also, how're those radiator hoses holding up to oil? Rubber doesn't like oil too much.
 
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Old 10-17-2016, 10:59 AM
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This experiment has ended. The car was pretty gross this spring from being having cats live on it when it was under the roof so we just shoved it outside where it sat until Saturday. It's getting hauled off for scrap.

We had a Bonneville (Cleansing the place of GM influence ) on the trailer already and had to make the Star Cruiser smaller if it was going to fit on the trailer with it.

I'm sure Grampa was laughing from upstairs at what would follow.





1st, another experiment. What happens when you drop the back half?

 
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Old 10-17-2016, 11:10 AM
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Time for hydraulic power.



The result:

Since this is a Ford truck forum...








 
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Old 10-18-2016, 10:08 AM
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Booo... Cut it entirely in half.
Route the fuel lines to a 5 gallon bucket in the passenger seat.

It's FWD... Drivetrain is all under the hood. There's no reason for the car to continue existing past the front seats.

 
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Old 10-18-2016, 01:45 PM
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Except it was no longer running.
 
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