I have reorderd some MR. Gasket head gaskets to replace these ones. However, there was no water in the cylinders. The water in the pictures is from the heads themselves when removed.
I will have a rad pressure tool this weekend to see if there are any leaks before I put fill the block with water again...
I don't know really what to do at this point, other than that...
The head bolts are the correct ones.
The intake bolts are grade 8, so I am not worried about reusing them.
I really agree that the culprit here is a leaking intake. When I reassemble, I may opt to eliminate the rear and front gasket and just do a smear of silicone or equivalent.
Any other ideas?
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yes thats the hole I see with rust. water had to be in there...that is the oil feed up the block to the LA heads with shaft/rockers
should be no water or rust in that passage even if it only flash rust it had to have been leaking water into the oil passage somewhere. I would think.
I zoom in on the pic and can see a slight stain that looks like a water path to the oil passage-- across from the gash in the block deck surface to the right.
explane the rust in this passage first before going back together would be my advice.
it has nothing to do with the intake gaskets leaking IMHO.
