Water reduced. Half the water goes overboard with the exhaust, half is hooked to to hose, that dumps through the transom.

Have changed oil 3 times. first time looked the same to me. 3rd, might have been just a hair better, but hard to tell.

should I call it quits on the oil changes. Read somewhere that I should put some diesel in to wash the motor out? I have not done that.

After 3 oil changes, should I be able to see a noticable difference?

I plan to pressure test the oil Cooler this weekend, just to rule it out. What would be my next step? I will try to pressure test the water system, but I have a feeling I have a leak somwhere in the head gasket, block, or heads.

This F'n blows! Feeling like I got hosed on this deal. such is life I guess.

You can run kerosene through the engine to flush the engine oil passages. I wouldn't rev it very high, and I wouldn't run it for more than 15 minutes or so.

After 3 oil changes, there should be a noticeable difference unless you're still getting water mixed in or it was REALLY bad to begin with. I'd go ahead and try running the kero through, won't hurt anything.

There should definately be a noticeable difference after 3 oil changes.
The only way there would not be a big difference is if water was still getting mixed into the oil.

Kinda what I thought.

Bummer.

Gonna need to start stripping stuff down and figuring out where the waters coming from. With luck it's the oil cooler and you don't have any problems with the block.

Ok, this is gonna sound stupid, but here goes.

Drained the oil from the 3rd oil change last night. Came home from work today, and the oil looked alot better then the previous 2 times. Stuck my hand in it, and swished it around, and back to the milkshake. I know its probably water settling at the bottom of the bucket, but the first 2 times the oil looked like crap even after sitting in the buket for 24hrs.

Am I grasping at straws here, or is there a chance my intake was leaking, and I am slowly getting somwehere with oil changes.

I have the oil cooler off, and will rig up a way to test it with air anyways. Just wondering if I should put it all together, and try to run some more oil through it, or if I am just wasting my time, and money.

If its registering higher on the dipstick like stated then you probably have internal problems.

I am probably just wasting $$$, but I am gonna run 1 more oil cycle through it just for peace of mind. After 4 runs, I should know for sure.

Oil cooler is off, and I will check that first, and put it back on. then compression / leakdown test.

got a couple more hours to work on the boat today.

Oil Cooler is good. After I checked it, I cleaned it up, and reinstalled.

Since I had a compression gauge I went, and ahead, and checked each cyl just for the hell of it. Not sure on the results, The motor is still kinda fresh.

#1 = 167
#3 = 165
#5 - 140 checked again at the end, and was 140 2nd time
#7 = 160

other side
#2 = 141 (checked again, and went up to 152)
# 4 = 175
#6 = 175
# 8 = 160

in the process of pressuring the coolant system, and had a couple questions.

1. can I plumb a gauge into the port on the intake next to the thermostat housing to monitor water pressure?

2. is there a way to adapt a coolant pressure tester for radiator caps to work on the inlet house for my motor?

Any suggestions?