Archived Too much oil!!!!

[JamieWood]

I need a little advise from the experts. The other day I had flushed the radiator and filled it back up, then drove it for a few days. I stopped to get fuel and checked the Oil. It registered on the dip stick about a few inches above full.

What would be causing this? Head gasket? Oil cooler?

 

[RankRam]

Take a look at your antifreeze.

 

[Alan Reagan]

Usually antifreeze/water will turn the oil brown and make it foam.



Does the fuel have a strong diesel smell?



Several inches above full is a lot of liquid.

 

[nps]

Hate to state the obvious but I assume you let the truck sit for several minutes before checking.



I get oil up the dipstick hole and depending on whether I put the stick in upside down or rightside up at a station, I can get a couple inches of oil on the backside or the marking side of the dipstick coming from the dipstick tube wall.

 

[JamieWood]

The antifreeze was a little low, but that could have been from the air pockets left in the motor from the flush. The oil was black as coal and not foamy it was real watery.

How would Diesel enter the crankcase?

 

[JamieWood]

Hate to state the obvious but I assume you let the truck sit for several minutes before checking.

The truck had set all night.

 

[Alan Reagan]

Diesel can enter the crankcase through a faulty injector(s) or a leaking injector line under the valve cover.

 

[KB0OU]

Alan,

On a 94 the injector line and injectors are not in the valve cover, not a way to get fuel in the oil.

 

[ata]

About the only way fuel can get in the crank case oil on a 94 is an internal leak on the P7100 injection pump. The P7100 is lubed and cooled with the engine lube oil.

 

[Alan Reagan]

Sorry, wasn't looking at the year model. You are right.

 

[JamieWood]

I checked the oil and it doesen't seem to have a diesel smell, also after running it for a while then checking it it is not foamy at all nor has it changed colors.

The coolant was also low again today.

What would be the prob?

What would be the first step in solving this delima?

 

[fox]

You will need to pressure test the radiator/system. If that passes I would pressure test each cylinder. To do this, the injector comes out, an adapter is connected, crankshaft turned to get the piston to the top on compression stroke, and air is added. Now listen to each pissible area for a leak. Bubbles in the radiator, air hiss in crankcase, and intake and exhaust.

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

Jamie just to be sure, let it sit overnight with the dipstick pulled out 2-3 inches, then in the morning poke it back in for your reading.



Try dabbing some oil on a tissue. If it has fuel it will create a halo (fuel will wick outward more than the oil).



Vaughn