Well I am back up and running post head gasket repair

Everything seem good - now some questions

Have new oil in but it will be temporary - any suggestions on how soon to change it I was thinking after a couple of hours of running
Any odd things tend to show up quick ?

 

I'm not sure that you have to do anything special oil change wise after a head gasket job, unless you also replaced valves or anything else where metal rubs on metal, because your engine is already broken in. When I recently had the head gasket replaced on my Subaru (another well know head gasket blowing machine) they didn't give me any special instructions regarding oil change intervals.

 

@greisinb I am concerned about residual contamination mostly, took a lot of work to get the block surfaces clean. Oil being cheap I figured better safe than sorry.

 

250 miles and change it

 

I'm inclined to agree at the end of the day, a short stint then a change won't do any harm. If something went wrong with my previous head gasket job I could always blame the dealer, so I understand the desire to be safe rather than sorry!

 

Another question for the guys in PNW or similar damp climates. How much moisture do you get out of the tail pipe, on a cold damp day. I have not taken my Disco for drive yet so I am dealing with a almost 5 weeks of sitting in cold rainy temps, I am getting what I expect is normal moisture idling in the rain at around 40 deg, but to be honest I never paid much attention.

 

Several minutes - 5 to 10

 

@Extinct thanks that sounds about right, 2 more flushes with water then back to A/F and driving.

I have idled for an about 1.5 hours in 2 runs (45 minute each) without issue, highest temp was 201 after 45 minutes on straight water so I am thinking I am good.
Idle is solid at 750 used to be around 650 but I can adjust after a some driving time.

 

Agreed, 5 to 10 minutes of vapor before it’s all boiled off. It seems like a little much but it passes the sniff test! It’s a lot less if it’s been out in the sun (not that we’ve had much of that this year in Seattle) where the moisture has had time to evaporate off itself.

 

Congrats on heading towards the close of the project! Can I convince you to do a run up to Tuk this fall?