oil builup in heads, gunk, and one head full of oil ??
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Car: 89 firebird, 03 Avalanche z71
Engine: 5.0 stock (for now)
Transmission: 700R4 auto
Axle/Gears: stock 2.73 for now
oil builup in heads, gunk, and one head full of oil ??
Ok heres the deal, since my bird, an 89 305 tbi has been sitting and going to start driving it, I figured I'd replace the valve seals since its smoking alot now and wasnt much before it sat, well I took off the drivers side valve cover and noticed and extremely large amount od crud buildup in the valve cover and the head, so much I couldnt hardly tell were any bolts were. So I decided to go ahead and take the heads off get new gaskets and probably throw in an lt1 cam while I'm at it, things went pretty smoothly for a neglected 22 year old car until I got to the passengers side and took the valve cover off and oil spilled out everywere, the whole head and valves were submerged in oil. My question is: Were are the oil passages in the head and do you think they are just plugged with crud, or maybe a bigger issue, or would it be normal to have a head full of oil, the car isnt sitting completely level, but I havent ran it in about 4 days so it should have drained back to the pan right? Any ideas here are greatly appreciated, and hopefully I get some ideas before it gets dark out.
--Thanx, Brian
--Thanx, Brian
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