When I changed intakes some coolant got into the pan. I drained it, poored 3 qts oil in and let it drain right back out to get most of it out of the pan. Changed the filter and put in fresh oil. Ran it for 15 min and changed the oil again. It was real milky. Anything else I should do? Mabey another oil change before racing? I heard somethin about using automatic tranny fluid to clean out the gnine?

 

The atf is used to gently clean out some sludge in the crankcase. How much coolant did you get in there to still turn it milky after draining and half-heartedly flushing it??

 

Aparently enough,lol. The oil is looking much more normal now. I think one more oil change will do it.

 

As long as your coolant level is remaining constant, there should be no concerns. If the oil appears to have coolant, drain it.

An important thing to remember when flushing your engine is that if the engine's too big, you may need to use a plunger.

(Sorry. Some of that April 1st mentality still clinging on...)

 

What may be happening:

When you pull the drain plug, you aren't completely draining the pan. There is about a quarter to half inch that doesn't drain because the nut the dain plug screws into is inside the pan, and the top of the nut is not flush with the bottom of the pan.

Oil floats on water, right? So, when you drain the oil that has water (coolant) in it, the water is going to drop to the bottom of the pan - and the oil is going to drain off the top. Put new oil in, there's still water in the pan to mix with it, it's going to be a process of only getting out the water that is staying mixed with the oil when drained.

Pulling the plug as soon as possible after shutting the engine off is one way to minimize the seperating.