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MikeyP
04-01-08, 11:53 PM
i had a bad head gasket and the antifreeze mixed in with the oil and made a mess of it. but i replaced boththe gaskets and cleaned out the motor as well as i could while still in the car. but my problem is that i'm not getting oil up to the rockers i didn't know if ther was a way to fix it with out tearing the motor apart again. would a gargage have a specail tool or something to back flash the system or what do i do? any help would be greatly appreciated. thanxs

cadillac_al
04-03-08, 05:50 PM
I hope you didn't run it too long with antifreeze in the engine because it can do damage. Sometimes it can take a couple minutes for oil to get to the rockers. Does your oil light work? is it going off? I think if it were me I would have put 2 quarts of trans fluid in the oil to flush the engine while idling in the yard. Then change the oil again before driving. Good luck and let us know if that engine survived or not.