Jason
----- Original Message -----
From: Philip Waterman <waterman@tellink.net>
To: <Mvsurplus@aol.com>; . <mil-veh@skylee.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 02, 1999 7:59 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] oil looks white
> First if it looks white it could be two things one is no big deal the
other
> could be fatal to the engine. The good news it might just be algee that
> will grow in most types of oil if there is water present and will turn
motor
> oil milky or cloudy. The bad news is it could be a cooling leak and if
you
> run an engine with antifreeze in the oil it will likely distroy all the
> bearing surfaces. (I had this happen to a Jimmy engine and in only a
short
> time the engine was junk.)
>
> I would test the cooling system or have the oil tested. I would not drive
> the truck without changing the oil. (Unless you know for sure that it is
> algee.) However if yours is not loosing water/antifreeze and the oil
level
> is not higher that you started then you probably just have dark strain
algee
> growing in the engine.
>
>
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> >From: Mvsurplus@aol.com
> >To: <mil-veh@skylee.com>.
> >Subject: [MV] oil looks white
> >Date: Sun, May 2, 1999, 4:49 PM
> >
>
> > The oil on my LD465 looks white when i take my oil fill cap off the
> >oil level does not show over the fill mark and the water is not low does
> >anyone know what this could be
> >
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