[paitken76]

I purchased my oil cooler seal kit and my cylinder head gasket set last week to try and battle the thick white smoke I had coming out of my tail pipe. I didn't have oil in the water res. but I did have milkshake oil out of the pan, and green froth under the oil cap. From what I gathered, resesearched, and was suggested...it could likely be the the oil cooler or the head gasket. So.... I'm repleceing both. I got through removing all the the parts, bits and pieces today. Tomorrow I'm getting the head resurfaced and tested. As I took everything apart I found milkshake everywhere. Milk shake in the idle stabilizer and attched hoses, milkshake in the vacume lines to and from the throttle assembly, milkshake and unmixed coolant in the oil cooler housing, milkshake in the intake manifold and attched vacume and hose lines, milkshake in the cam assembly...EVERYWHERE. As far as cleaning these items what can I use? Can I soak them all in a bath of something and srub the down then let them all dry out? Can I hit them with a can of carb/choke cleaner? What? As for the oil cooler element itself, how can I clean it out? And is there a way to test it to see if its cracked or corroded? I hear that if the oil cooler seal wasnt the culprit it could be that the oild cooler element itself is cracked or something. Other bits I also have a question about...the oil pressure sensor in the cooler housing had milkshake all over it...did it get in it? And if so does it need replacing or will it clean itself out? The black (I'm not sure what it was) in the rear of the intake manifold also had milkskake all over it. Did it get in the little pin hole too and does it need to be replaced? It's like the Porsche of Exxon Valdez oil spills here and I need some reliable cleaning advise.