Dropping Oil Pan

[TONY!]

Well, what you are primarily asking is something I once contemplated (removing the oil pan with the engine in place).
On these cars it is not so easy to do and I personally never have done it.
I would opt for removing the whole engine instead. Why? because if you do find other problems, then you have the engine on a stand to work from instead of having to then take out the motor after removing the pan.
I think most would say that it is just as hard to take the pan off of the engine (and all that would include) as it would be to take the engine out of the car.

Personally, if it runs fine, I would just drive it unless I was sure that it needed to be serviced.

Originally Posted by Benesesso

Yes. I know how harmful antifreeze can be to bearings...

Is your oil foamy? How long did you drive it with coolant?

Originally Posted by Benesesso

...and the oil lab. says that 102 ppm lead and 19 copper isn't good news,

I think that is good that people do have their oil checked by labs as that is probably a good way to diagnose things, but I certainly can't form any conclusions on my own based on what was found, and I also can't come to any conclusions based on what others have concluded--I like to form my own opinions rather than just following blindly in hopes that what someone said is actually true and applicable to my situation.

Your BHG, was that a combustion chamber to coolant jacket leak? or was it an oil passage to coolant jacket leak?
Just exactly how much coolant did your bearings have to deal with?