Coolant in oil pan?
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Car: 87' Firebird Formula
Engine: lg4 305
Transmission: 700r4
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Coolant in oil pan?
I had an 87 ta with tpi in high school and one day I was just driving it down the road and it started running funny. Turns out that the oil pan was full of coolant. People kept telling me I had an intake leak. I had someone put an intake gakset in and it seemed to fix it I guess. Now I have an 87 gta with tpi and the same problem. I bought it in the winter, put a water pump in it only to realize after I did it that this ones oil pan was full also. Is this a common proble, with the intake base gaskets going out on these or is there another frequent problem. Are these factory intakes junk from the get go? How should I fix this? Depending on how bad, could I have the intake machined and put a little bit thicker gasket in or do I need bearings and the whole nine yards. Any info would be great. thanks, Bret
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could be intk gasket/head gskt or a cracked head/block.
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Car: 91 z-28 conv.
Engine: 350 vortec tpi crate
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i have had my 91 z since 98 with no problems like this and this is the second engine in it.
with it being an 87 the milage and years my have just taken their tole. personally since you have to take the intake off.......go for the stealth ram!! heck, how bout a set of heads too??!!
long as ur trunin the wrench might as well have something to look forward to when ur done.
with it being an 87 the milage and years my have just taken their tole. personally since you have to take the intake off.......go for the stealth ram!! heck, how bout a set of heads too??!!
long as ur trunin the wrench might as well have something to look forward to when ur done.
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Wow, talk about bad luck. I've had about a dozen and the only intake coolant leaks ended up going up onto the intake, not into the block.
What he said. Good luck.
Originally Posted by 84z28350
could be intk gasket/head gskt or a cracked head/block.
First figure out what the problem is then we can work on a solution!
First figure out what the problem is then we can work on a solution!
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