Jeep has been running rough for the last month or so - gets very little pavement driving as is and we haven’t been up to the trails in awhile. Thought it might just be from sitting etc. but was checking the fluids today out of boredom and found the forbidden milkshake…
My engine oil looks like a melted frosty. I know that can basically only mean one thing - that coolant is in my oil. I don’t have an oil cooler running in my radiator, so the only point of ingress would be the head gasket, head or block itself. So what are my options at this point?
Maybe I should mention that it’s a 4cyl with about 230k miles on what appears to be the original engine. I’ve rebuilt the cooling system once due to overheating about 5 years ago but since then it has been ok. Always lost coolant somewhere but never found it in the oil (however last oil change it smelled like straight up gasoline, telling me I probably had a horrible blow by issue already).
Should I bother trying to repair/rebuild? And if so what should I look for as the cause of the failure? Or should I just save up and swap to a 5.3 or the like? I may have access to a complete, “running” vehicle with all drivetrain and wiring intact - but that’s a long story.
My engine oil looks like a melted frosty. I know that can basically only mean one thing - that coolant is in my oil. I don’t have an oil cooler running in my radiator, so the only point of ingress would be the head gasket, head or block itself. So what are my options at this point?
Maybe I should mention that it’s a 4cyl with about 230k miles on what appears to be the original engine. I’ve rebuilt the cooling system once due to overheating about 5 years ago but since then it has been ok. Always lost coolant somewhere but never found it in the oil (however last oil change it smelled like straight up gasoline, telling me I probably had a horrible blow by issue already).
Should I bother trying to repair/rebuild? And if so what should I look for as the cause of the failure? Or should I just save up and swap to a 5.3 or the like? I may have access to a complete, “running” vehicle with all drivetrain and wiring intact - but that’s a long story.