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  1. cucvrus

    1009 making oil time to swap out engine

    Neither has to happen. No oil in coolant or coolant in oil. On a damp day you will see it is burning coolant thru the compression seal of the head gasket. When you take the head off that cylinder will be shiny clean. I have had it happen to 2 CUCV's. It just slowly got worse. So I changed the...
  2. cucvrus

    1009 making oil time to swap out engine

    It could be a blown/corroded head gasket right near the compression seal. It does not have to leak water into the oil. I have changed a few just to change them and found bad/corroded head gaskets at the compression seal. But I would take a look anyway. If you are taking the engine out pull the...
  3. cucvrus

    1009 making oil time to swap out engine

    I would say it needs a set of head gaskets and the heads checked out at a machine shop. Not the end of the world. You will miss the efficiency of the diesel in comparison to the gasoline engine. Do as you wish. Once you change the engine you have devalued the CUCV to the point that it is worth...
  4. cucvrus

    1009 making oil time to swap out engine

    Blow by. Like when you remove the oil cap at idle?
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