whoohoo111
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1969 Bronco
69 Torino 302
Edelbrock intake and 4b Carb
All new wiring
New radiator and hoses
New electronic pertronix electronic ignition and coil
Basically, anything you can see is new.
I decided I wanted to learn how to work on cars, so I've been lurking here and Ford-Trucks getting info I needed to completely restore from frame painting, to body work, to whatever else I run into.
Here is my problem: I decided to crank my my bronco one day, and I had a bad oil leak from the pan. I dropped the pan, cleaned it, and replaced the gasket, put new filter, and new oil. Before I cranked it, I put a new radiator and water pump on it (since I wanted to conver to power steering, and the driver sided weider waterpump was in the way.)
When I finally cranked it the crank shaft pulley ended up with a death wobble. I replaced all of the pulleys, balancer, including the jacked up water pump which got bent from the wobble. I did not run it for more than 30 seconds with the wobble, as it sounded awful. Well, after replacing oil, it ended up having what sounded like a lifter knock. Didn't run it for a few months after that. I decided to work on some other stuff before I hit it hard. I dropped the 23 gas tank (had to put new sender and wiring/ground wire, flushed all the crud out, osphoed it, and sealed it with POR 15. I checked the oil after doing that, and it was clear. I cranked it, and the knock was still there, but there was white smoke coming from right tail pipe and it looked like the right valve cover was leaking onto the headers.
Keep in mind the coolant is full. However, after a couple of days I decided to fiddle with it, and I noticed the inline fuel filters (they are still new and clean) were emptying out pretty quickly. I decided to do the cracked head gasket test by pulling all spark plugs. The coolant did not shoot out after testing each cylinder. HOWEVER, I decided to check the oil again, and the oil that was fresh a week earlier, was now VERY milky, and smelled like fuel. I could also smell burnt fuel in the radiator when I cracked the cap.
I have some ideas after researching, but I'm not a mechanic, and now I'm here not lurking anymore. The spark plugs were extremely sooty, and I could smell burnt fuel coming out of each cylinder port.
Here is what my ideas are: Maybe the mechincal pump malfunctioned, which is why the fuel lines empty out immediately after vehicle is turned off. But could a clogged fuel tank cause the malfunction? I pulled gas cap off to make sure the tank was getting air so negative pressure wouldn't pull fuel back. Could I have a cracked cylinder head that may be causing water to turn oil milky, and possibly fuel smelling?
Since I had a gauge now, Oil PSI went from 40ish at idle, down to ~6psi which scared the shit out of me and engine temp went up to 240F. I have brand new electronic gauges that came with a Dakota digital cluster, so I'm hoping they are accurate. Ive owned the truck for 2 years, and ave not put more than a quarter mile on it to adjust steering and make sure electronics were working. What do you think? Here is video of sound, plus pictures of spark plugs/oil.
TLDR: Engine knock, fresh oil turned milky and foul smelling, new coolant smells foul, fuel lines emptying quickly (back to tank?) low oil PSI, and high temp. No coolant shooting from full radiator when trying to crank.
Video Link:
69 Torino 302
Edelbrock intake and 4b Carb
All new wiring
New radiator and hoses
New electronic pertronix electronic ignition and coil
Basically, anything you can see is new.
I decided I wanted to learn how to work on cars, so I've been lurking here and Ford-Trucks getting info I needed to completely restore from frame painting, to body work, to whatever else I run into.
Here is my problem: I decided to crank my my bronco one day, and I had a bad oil leak from the pan. I dropped the pan, cleaned it, and replaced the gasket, put new filter, and new oil. Before I cranked it, I put a new radiator and water pump on it (since I wanted to conver to power steering, and the driver sided weider waterpump was in the way.)
When I finally cranked it the crank shaft pulley ended up with a death wobble. I replaced all of the pulleys, balancer, including the jacked up water pump which got bent from the wobble. I did not run it for more than 30 seconds with the wobble, as it sounded awful. Well, after replacing oil, it ended up having what sounded like a lifter knock. Didn't run it for a few months after that. I decided to work on some other stuff before I hit it hard. I dropped the 23 gas tank (had to put new sender and wiring/ground wire, flushed all the crud out, osphoed it, and sealed it with POR 15. I checked the oil after doing that, and it was clear. I cranked it, and the knock was still there, but there was white smoke coming from right tail pipe and it looked like the right valve cover was leaking onto the headers.
Keep in mind the coolant is full. However, after a couple of days I decided to fiddle with it, and I noticed the inline fuel filters (they are still new and clean) were emptying out pretty quickly. I decided to do the cracked head gasket test by pulling all spark plugs. The coolant did not shoot out after testing each cylinder. HOWEVER, I decided to check the oil again, and the oil that was fresh a week earlier, was now VERY milky, and smelled like fuel. I could also smell burnt fuel in the radiator when I cracked the cap.
I have some ideas after researching, but I'm not a mechanic, and now I'm here not lurking anymore. The spark plugs were extremely sooty, and I could smell burnt fuel coming out of each cylinder port.
Here is what my ideas are: Maybe the mechincal pump malfunctioned, which is why the fuel lines empty out immediately after vehicle is turned off. But could a clogged fuel tank cause the malfunction? I pulled gas cap off to make sure the tank was getting air so negative pressure wouldn't pull fuel back. Could I have a cracked cylinder head that may be causing water to turn oil milky, and possibly fuel smelling?
Since I had a gauge now, Oil PSI went from 40ish at idle, down to ~6psi which scared the shit out of me and engine temp went up to 240F. I have brand new electronic gauges that came with a Dakota digital cluster, so I'm hoping they are accurate. Ive owned the truck for 2 years, and ave not put more than a quarter mile on it to adjust steering and make sure electronics were working. What do you think? Here is video of sound, plus pictures of spark plugs/oil.
TLDR: Engine knock, fresh oil turned milky and foul smelling, new coolant smells foul, fuel lines emptying quickly (back to tank?) low oil PSI, and high temp. No coolant shooting from full radiator when trying to crank.
Video Link:
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