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Hey all my power major engine is putting water into the oil is this due too the head gasket on it's way out or the liners getting ready for a full over haul. Thanks for looking

You never really know until you open them up. Could also be the orings on the liners. Dandy Dave!

I'm also think of just stripping engine down and doing afull engine rebuild then it's done and shunt be a problem for a couple of years touch wood lol

What's the best way off checking the fault

Hi mate, my diesel major had the same problem as yours. Honestly the only way to tell whether its head gasket, or cracked, or pourous liners is to take the head off. I couldnt see anything wrong when i took the head off mine so I took the pistons out and found the liners had cracked, and rusted through at the bottom. You should be able to see down through the bores to where it is.
How much water is going into the oil? when the liners go, it usually goes fairly rapidly into the oil, and the level rises quite a bit.

After about 3 weeks just running at weekends the oil level was 4 times past the full mark so it's going in fast lol

Sounds like a liner problem, or a crack somewhere. Your best bet is a tear down. Dandy Dave!

i agree with dave, time for a strip down. Just got to hop its not a cracked block or something!

Thanks for the good news lol