Strange Engine Noise/Creamy Looking Oil

[bmc69]

I'll pile on with the thought it could just be condensation if the engine isn't run hot enough, and the oil in the pan looks good. Common in cold, humid weather.

If it's getting in the air cleaner the engine has excess blow-by (bad rings), or the PCV system is plugged, has a stuck valve or isn't plumbed correctly.

yup..but we are leaning toward the conclusion that the OP was clueless as to how the entire PCV system works and is supposed to be plumbed. IF..big 'if' at this point... he was actually simply routing/adding the crankcase vent air line to the air cleaner, then only one conclusion can be drawn: The engine is so completely toasted that the blowby exceeds what the PCV system can draw down, causing back-flow/blowback through the vent line. A healthy engine only has air going IN to the vent/supply line from the air cleaner..not out of it.

 

[73azbronco]

OOgyrhead speak with wise toungue, change the oil, drive it and does it get milky again within a day or two? If not, drive it for 15-20 minutes when it's old out, only way to get moisture out of oil is to heat up the oil. If it returns, you have other issues maybe.

 

[gslack]

i was veeerry sleepy when i posted.

 

[gslack]

well i noticed it at first on my dipstick when i went to check my oil level, and i thought it was odd and could be from a blown head gasket or something. my exhaust looks perfectly fine, as in no visible exhaust when its not cold lol. but anyways when i went to get a new air cleaner at pep boys i took off the top and there was the "Baby chit" all around where i stuck the "crank case air line to the air cleaner"on the after market air cleaner and so i cleaned it all up and then drained the thing and it was fine. it was not like that before it snowed might i add. so i am not sure what is going on, as i said, and there is already a lot of nasty stuff close to that specific area on the new air cleaner insert...

 

[KennyB]

I had an Original air cleaner on my '75, and it would get all kinds of everything in it. Run through the Salinas River, and water splashin in it, oil burpin up from the emissions system.... The way I deal with this stuff? Clean the Filter, Change n flush the oil, then pay attention. fire it up, poop the radiator cap, hang out while it gets warm and the Tstat opens,... look for bubbling..... if you have bubbles, you're pushing compression into the water....

 

[Viperwolf1]

poop the radiator cap

That explains the chocolaty mess right there.

 

[kayakersteve]

I'm getting confused now!

 

[Skiddy]

It is either a 302 or a 351W.

LOL yes the 302 is a windsor

 

[BFD305]

I was going to let Bart know the same thing......289, 302 and 351W are all considered Windsor engines.

 

[jonnyB]

You have water/coolant in your oil. if you continue to drive it you expect to have more noise. I would check the intake manifold gasket since that is the last thing you did before you started having the problem. I would also drain the oil and get the coolant out asap, dont let it sit with water in it.

 

[barronj]

That explains the chocolaty mess right there.

I laughed ;D

 

[gslack]

thanks for all the help but i figured out what is wrong, when it was snowing a lot here a few eeks back the pcv valve was sucking moisture due to the connection to the valve cover being bad i sealed it up and my oil has been fine every since. and so has the stuff in my air cleaner, and its been pretty dry lately too. thanks for all the input.

and fyi that 302 is for sure a 302w because the big hose on the upper left side of the radiator goes into the block.

 

[Viperwolf1]

and fyi that 302 is for sure a 302w because the big hose on the upper left side of the radiator goes into the block.

Into the block or into the intake manifold? Big difference.

 

[barronj]

and fyi that 302 is for sure a 302w because the big hose on the upper left side of the radiator goes into the block.

come again?

 

[gslack]

intake manifold lol.