Water in my oil

[RF Man]

Hey Guys--Brand new to the forum, and my first post is a question.
Just got an 89 Bronco 2 with a 2.9/auto and I need help. I'm getting antifreeze into the oil pan, so I figure blown head gasket, bad intake gastket?
Not blowing any white smoke out the tailpipe. So, tear top end off, have heads pressured checked and magnafluxed---come back clean. Heads re-worked and everything back together with new head gaskets, intake, etc.
I'm still leaking somewhere. Where else do these engines leak into the crankcase? I've read the 3.0 leak in the timing cover---is the 2.9 Cologne
subject to the same failure? I'm out of ideas.

THX Mike

 

[BRUTUS_T_HOG]

yes the 2.9 can leak from the timing cover. another very infrequent problem would be a cracked block

 

[heptofite]

edit nevermind

 

[adsm08]

How well did they check the heads?

The 2.9 heads were prone to cracking around the rocker towers, but a lot of machine shops only check the area around the combustion chamber.

 

[RF Man]

The machine shop was supposed to pressure check and mag the heads. I'm concerned because I've also read the the heads crack at the rocker towers and some machine shops don't catch this(I guess this is an unusual spot to crack). So it may be possible that I just had bad heads rebuilt. This shop has done lots of work for me in the past and they have always done a good job. I don't even want to think about having to redo the head job again.

THX Mike

 

[Beef52751]

pressure testing is usually the cooling jacket so it will check everything, they would notice a loss in pressure if they were cracked.

 

[adsm08]

I'm concerned because I've also read the the heads crack at the rocker towers and some machine shops don't catch this(I guess this is an unusual spot to crack).

It is an odd spot for most heads, but it is the common spot on the 2.9.

But yes, a pressure check should have caught that.


You didn't knick the gasket did you?