Just a trivial question I'm not sure about. Fortunately for me, I've never had a blown head gasket that resulted in filling my crank case with water or anti-freeze. I'm under the impression that if this happens, a blown head gasket, and you have anti-freeze in your cooling system, you will have to change out your engine bearings because the anti-freeze eats bearings. I didn't want to have to change out my bearings because of a blown head gasket that floods my crankcase, so I never run anti-freeze. Now, maybe running straight water doesn't make any difference. Does anybody know, have comments, or suggestions?
My second quetion would be, if it's only the anti-freeze that eats bearings, and by running just water I can avoid bearing damage -- if that is true, is their any additive I can put in the water to stop it from getting rusty, not a big problem because I flush it out with clean water every couple months or so, but still not damage engine bearings in the event of a blown head-gasket.
My second quetion would be, if it's only the anti-freeze that eats bearings, and by running just water I can avoid bearing damage -- if that is true, is their any additive I can put in the water to stop it from getting rusty, not a big problem because I flush it out with clean water every couple months or so, but still not damage engine bearings in the event of a blown head-gasket.