Startin to work on the Clone Runner (it's PAINTED!)

[71Beeper]

So since August I've had the car out (when the weather has been good) and put about 300 miles on it.
Yesterday that came to a grinding halt...
Out in the car yesterday with my wife - we were going for ice cream and I noticed while driving in the rear view mirror I was crop dusting behind me.
I wasn't too concerned as I had the rear of the oil pan seal leaking and throwing oil onto the header collector.

What I didn't realize at first that the smoke was not blue but white in color.....

It wasn't until I pulled over and had a look under the hood and heard sizzling noises coming from the engine.
WTF?
I pull the dipstick to find this..

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I look on the top of the valve cover to see this...

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My day is done....call CAA.

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Get it home and back into the garage - open up the oil cap.....

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Today I drain the oil....er I mean milkshake.

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I guess I'll be keeping this thread going as now the engine has to come out.

[Midnight_Rider]

Well I hate to see that, that sucks

[71Beeper]

Yes indeed.
So I haven't been too enthused about tearing into this as I just finished it not that long ago...
Today I started picking away at it.
First thing is to see how much water actually got into the crankcase. So lets drain the drain bucket.

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BTW I did buy Walmart's cheapest oil and put it in. The plan is to pull the distributor and intermediate shaft and use my priming tool to flush out the rest of the milkshake crap with clean oil before I pull the heads.

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Not as much water as I thought. I had 5 litres of the Lucas Hot Rod oil in it when it happened. I put back into the Walmart oil container that same amount but there was a skim of milkshake still in the drain pan.

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Next on the list, pull the valve cover - passenger side first....

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[71Beeper]

Well, a bit of time has gone by. There was a period of time where I didn't want to look at the car as I was just deflated over what had happened.
But pick myself up and get my ass back in the garage to figure out what happened.
So, lets dig into the engine.
Off with the valve covers.

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mmmmm - milkshake.
Next, pull the intake.

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Now the passenger head.

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Hmmm, some clean spots in cylinders 3 & 5.
Underside of head doesn't look bad and the head gasket isn't damaged.

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[71Beeper]

So next order of business is to inspect the bores for any damage.
Cylinder #1

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Cylinder #3

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Cylinder #5

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Cylinder #7

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[71Beeper]

No signs of any cylinder damage.
Next, pull the drivers side head.

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Looks cleaner in cylinder #6.
I checked the bores - they are the same as the passenger side with no damage.
So, I took the heads up to my engine guy (the same place that did the dyno work).
No sooner did I unload the heads from the trunk of my car and carry them in and put them on the bench does he find the issue....

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And this is before any pressure testing or magnafluxing has been done, which he will still do.

[73X]

So what is the latest?