After all of the time and effort put into getting the Merc road worthy, the engine that was recently rebuilt has major build issues.
The engine was statically timed, all fluids added. The engine would start and run but would not run very long it would just stall after running for 1 minute. I though maybe the fuel system was the problem, and checked the fuel pump and it was able to draw fuel and pump very well. Fuel lines and tank were ok too. So continued with starting the engine but again over and over it would run for about a minute then stall. Checked the oil and discovered that there was coolant showing on the dipstick. Drained the oil and there was so much coolant in the oil that the color of the oil was a dark green!!!!. I used a bore scope and found water/coolant in every cylinder...
Drained the oil and all of the oil had the dark green color.
Concerned about the damage coolant can cause, I did two oil changes with filters to finally get as much coolant out of the oiling system as possible. I pulled the distributor and manually powered the pump with a drill to circulate good oil throughout the oiling system. I sprayed WD40 in all cylinders.
Hopefully these steps will prevent damage to the engine until the coolant leak is resolved.
