Coolant in heads any suggestions?
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Coolant in heads any suggestions?
Hey guys i have a 350sbc tpi recently rebuilt,car has not even left the parking lot,i had been experiencing white smoke coming out of the tail pipes thought it may go away after a while however i did not,i knew this meant i had a coolant leak problem somewhere,sure enough i popped my valve covers off today to take a look and there was coolant in the heads the pvc valve also seemed coated in coolant if that gives anything away ?............=[ .Now i ran a pressure test on the car and i did not see any coolant leaking from anywhere visible i have a feeling that i may have a intake gasket leak.
What do you guys think?
What do you guys think?
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Re: Coolant in heads any suggestions?
Sounds like a good chance you are right about the gasket leak.
While the intake is off look very closely for cracks in the block in the lifter-valley area. If the coolant freezes it's a common area for the water-jacket to crack.
More importantly, coolant in your oil will destroy your bearings.
While the intake is off look very closely for cracks in the block in the lifter-valley area. If the coolant freezes it's a common area for the water-jacket to crack.
More importantly, coolant in your oil will destroy your bearings.
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Re: Coolant in heads any suggestions?
yeah i plan on checking my oil tomorrow and seeing what i get....... last time i checked the oil it seemed normal as usual no milk or anything like that.Is it normal to have a intake leak that could leak down to both heads?
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Re: Coolant in heads any suggestions?
Drained the oil today seems to have a small green tint to it,i think it will be ok being that i caught it so fast and there are like no miles on the engine.I am going to pop off the intake in a few days hopefully that shows something wrong!
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Re: Coolant in heads any suggestions?
yeah thats what i have going on,i guess i will just have to start the tear down and see if i can hopefully find my problem!
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