VS water in oil NEED HELP

[spacattack]

Hi all, got abit of a drama going on thats confusing the hell out of me so far --

replaced the inlet manifold gaskets yesterday as mine where buggered ( using the Mace engineering aluminium gaskets ) everything was fine before that, but knew i needed to flush the radiator ( as in most cases broken inlet manifold leads to oil in the radiator as mine has ), so today i drove the car down the end of my driveway to do a flush, for some unknown reason i checked the oil and it was for a better word f**ked, light brown goo would better describe it lol, now,

could this be a result of a inlet gasket not sitting/sealing right? as said in the manual it only needs 4 dollops of gasket goo in the corners and have confirmed this with a few people

can this be an extremely good ( or rather bad ) timing and iv done a head gasket?

again could this be a good/bad timing and the radiator flush i put in yesterday has cleared away something that was blocking a hole in either a head gasket or a water jacket?

im about ready to give up on this car completely and am at the limits of my wits end, can someone please help, here are some pics first 2 are of the new gaskets iv just taken out, by the looks it looks like it isnt sealing the water in





Old Gaskets:


What i drained out:

[The1]

so when you put the new ones on they were all flush, they your torqued the inlet manifold bolts down in the correct sequence?

[djvass]

make sure you also change the front and back gaskets that you should have got with the mace gasket kit.

[spacattack]

yup front and rear gasket where replaced to, from what i could see they where sitting all flush, would an unsealed gasket cause this?

[shadetreemechanic]

I always thought the aluminium gaskets are for ecotec only...

[cunno]

would an unsealed gasket cause this?

yes mate, defiantly

[The1]

I always thought the aluminium gaskets are for ecotec only...

i think holden has them for all models now i could be wrong.

[spacattack]

I always thought the aluminium gaskets are for ecotec only...

it is an ecotec

[Wombles]

Did you remember to drain the oil afterwards and go over the bolts twice?

[spacattack]

had a chat to a few mates about it, few came over to have a look, cant tell if there any damage to the motor itself ( going to flush with oil a few times and see what happens ) but we have come to the conclusion of a few things

1. 8 of manifold bolts are stretched ( proberbly why doing them up to the torque setting did squat )
2. going off this pic ( see below ) it looks like the water section was not sealing properly ( due to staining outside the water area )

so next weekend im going to plaster the f**kers in gasket goo, reinstall them, let them set for a few hours, new manifold bolts and done up to correct torque setting, let sit over night, flush with oil, re-fill, and hope for the best, if not ill be ditching the motor and car for a cheap VS ( $500 or near abouts ) switch over my new suspension, brakes, exhaust and extractors, calais interior and anything else the new VS needs to make a good car and just drive around until the HJ62 arrives lol

[stuntmanmike]

Yuk! Is there a pin hole somewhere in your inlet manifold that could let water into the valley under the inlet manifold? Maybe a pressure test and detergent...

[edals]

Sorry to see this mate.
I did this to a VR and lucky had no drama, i did not even do the 4 spots of gasket goo as holden said to me its not needed.
Did you clean all the surfaces etc very well ?
Did your torque them up from middle in a diagonal pattern ?
I used GM Gaskets though as i thought they lasted 200k thats pretty good.
Are the new gaskets warped at all ? and are they seated in the locating lugs ?
Not saying you did anything wrong just mentioning little things just incase