headgasket swap... Shiny oil... bad?
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alright well i just did a head gasket swap and it runs good, the oil i took out before looked perfectly fine, i then put the new non synthetic oil in for the 30 seconds of running it and drained it. When it came out it was shiny and had a metallic to it. If it was my guess i would say it's from the cam shafts since i only put regular oil on them and since it sat for 2 days like that the oil probably came off...? could this self correct if so?
this is the oil from the oil filter.
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this is the oil from the oil filter.
![](http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j123/YellowTalon/DSCI0012-1.jpg)
![](http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j123/YellowTalon/DSCI0013-1.jpg)
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If it had actually blown the headgasket previously, the was likely some coolant/water residue in some of the oil jackets and journals throughout the system still, that is hopefully just some washdown. Do a compression test and if everything checks out then do it again. But run it up to temp and give it a little reving (to like 4k, no higher). You should consider the same for your cooling system. Good luck.
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