Twitch de la Brat Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 *sigh* MY 83 Wagon blew chocolate milk out of the PCV valve. I know I need to replace my PCV valve, it has blown oil through before. But now I've got a gnarly mix of oil and water out of it. My dipstick doesn't show any water in the oil, but I haven't checked the rad yet. I'll get the pix uploaded once I find the cord to my camera. Its also been drinking water like a diuretic in the desert. Likelihood of a blown HG is, high? Not to mention there is a horrid vibration coming from somewhere in the car. There is a pretty severe looseness in the front diff. 15-20 degrees of wiggle :-\ So, now I'm debating on replacing the engine or just ditching the car and parting it out. The body is mostly solid, and I'd feel awful for crushing a nice bodied EA81. So, the choice is, do I fix, or do I drop and put that money towards my frankenmotor for my Legacy and repairing my BRAT? Twitch PS:Anybody in the market for an EA81 that needs help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tallwelder81 Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 bottle that UP, man!!! i loooove chocolate milk, its yummmy!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickolai Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 I'll trade you for an EA82 that needs help! What do you mean the front diff is wiggling? Do clarify. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Txakura Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 hmmmmm my street bike has a water trap on the breather line that makes milkshakes, but it's moisture being driven out of the crankcase and 'normal' (liquid cooled bike, btw) once in a while I dump it as per the manual but uh, I guess if you have disappearing water that could be a whole other deal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegablade Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Pull the valve covers and see if on the off chance that it popped a freeze plug. one eye (Jeff) figured that's what was wrong with mine, give it a shot, he said he has fixed two with that problem. But when I did this today mine were fine and when i used a hose to pressurize the system i could hear water running inside the motor and saw it dripping out the exhaust so its a cracked head, but it was from a 82 DL i picked up recently, not my wheeler. Give it a shot, it cant hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitch de la Brat Posted September 21, 2011 Author Share Posted September 21, 2011 I'll trade you for an EA82 that needs help! What do you mean the front diff is wiggling? Do clarify. Ok, its not the diff. I turns out I wasn't able seeing it right, the outside cup on the driver's side has all the slop. My mistake, found the nasty shake and vibration I was having. Thanks for the suggestion of the freeze plug. I'm thinking it may have had a blown HG wen I bought it, because I never seemed to get hot enough long enough. And the heater would cool off within a couple minutes of turning it on. That leads me to believe somebody pulled the thermostat, or cut out the center. And I expect to see a bunch of muck in the valve covers. I think the gasket has finally let go to the point its leaking into the coolant and the oil, rather than just leaking coolant into the cylinders. Twitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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