Ok before I start my short book plzzz don't think I'm ignorant for what has happened. I live in the Mountains of the Eastern KY Coalfields and this year we have had a brutal cold snowy winter so far.
About 6 weeks ago my radiator went out in my Jeep and I had to buy a new one. The Jeep got hot so I was afraid that I may have busted my bock ect so when I installed the new radiator I just used distilled water instead of 15.00 a gallon antifreeze. I however very seldom drive the jeep and forgot about the water. I came home home one very cold evening and decided to move the Jeep from the drive way to the garage. The jeep would barely turn over so I got my battery charger and charged it. The jeep still would barely turn over and then it hit me. The water pump is froze solid. So a few days later when it got above freezing I went out and tried to start it again. It did turn a little easier but still no start. I then had someone take my atv and I pushed it off and sure enough it started right up but in about 5 seconds the belt started smoking and broke so I shut the jeep off. It ran no more than 30 seconds. So yesterday it was about 60 degrees out so I bought a new belt and installed it. Sure enough the jeep fired right up and sounded great. I just wanted to make sure nothing was wrong before draining the radiator and pouring the antifreeze in. It ran for about an hour and never got warm actually ran very cool. When I started to reinstall the breather box I noticed some obvious blow by coming out of one of the small tubes that goes to the side of the breather box. I gritted my teeth and said to myself please don't have water in my oil. Well sure enough, there was water in my oil. I know your thinking blown head gasket, cracked or warped head or busted block but I have a question. Could it be something else? I mean is it possible that on that cold day when the water pump was frozen and I pushed it off that maybe it busted the timing chain cover which would allow water to pour down into the oil pan. Or could it be something else and how can I know for sure? Is there a test that can be done? Maybe pressurizing the head or something?
About 6 weeks ago my radiator went out in my Jeep and I had to buy a new one. The Jeep got hot so I was afraid that I may have busted my bock ect so when I installed the new radiator I just used distilled water instead of 15.00 a gallon antifreeze. I however very seldom drive the jeep and forgot about the water. I came home home one very cold evening and decided to move the Jeep from the drive way to the garage. The jeep would barely turn over so I got my battery charger and charged it. The jeep still would barely turn over and then it hit me. The water pump is froze solid. So a few days later when it got above freezing I went out and tried to start it again. It did turn a little easier but still no start. I then had someone take my atv and I pushed it off and sure enough it started right up but in about 5 seconds the belt started smoking and broke so I shut the jeep off. It ran no more than 30 seconds. So yesterday it was about 60 degrees out so I bought a new belt and installed it. Sure enough the jeep fired right up and sounded great. I just wanted to make sure nothing was wrong before draining the radiator and pouring the antifreeze in. It ran for about an hour and never got warm actually ran very cool. When I started to reinstall the breather box I noticed some obvious blow by coming out of one of the small tubes that goes to the side of the breather box. I gritted my teeth and said to myself please don't have water in my oil. Well sure enough, there was water in my oil. I know your thinking blown head gasket, cracked or warped head or busted block but I have a question. Could it be something else? I mean is it possible that on that cold day when the water pump was frozen and I pushed it off that maybe it busted the timing chain cover which would allow water to pour down into the oil pan. Or could it be something else and how can I know for sure? Is there a test that can be done? Maybe pressurizing the head or something?