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Re: Question for Sewede Car RE Bearings Posted by SWEDECAR [Email] ![]() ![]() ![]() In Reply to: Question for Sewede Car RE Bearings, Cansaab, Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:43:50 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Since you empahzise on "WILL the bearings be ok?" I have to say NO since I have no clue if your particular engine will work or not.
If you would ask me the chances of your engine working or not I would say it most likely would work without any damage to the bearings.
When I was a kid starting to tinker with cars I used to hear the stories that IF you got coolant in the engine oil, the bearings were shot or it would most likely lead to worn/seized bearings when driving the car again.
Now after seeing many "soaked" engines through the years and bringing them back to life with new head gaskets or engine oil coolers and give them a new batch of oil and filter, I can say that it doesn't seem to be that coolant in oil will destroy the bearings at all under normal failure circumstances.
Maybe it will lower the lifespan of the engine from 500K miles down to 450K miles but at that point usually the rest of the car is gone anyway.
I don't know if the coolant 30-40 years ago was more damaging to engine bearings and that was what lead up to the stories?
Anders
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