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steam in my exhaust pipe #172663
12/21/08 09:52 PM
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My 440 had a lot of steam coming out of one side of the exhaust real bad this was on a warm day and even after 10 miles of driving it would not go away. So I pulled the head on that one side. I did not find any sign of a bad head gasket. I am posting a pic of the block and head to see if you see anything I didnt. Im also wondering if the head might be cracked around the exhaust port area and it was possibly sucking antifreeze out the exhaust. Should i have the head magnafluxed? Any help on this would be greatly appreciated!
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Dave


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Re: steam in my exhaust pipe [Re: badchallenger] #172664
12/21/08 09:54 PM
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Did you find a port- in the head or in the exhaust manifold or combustion chamber that was really, really clean? Cleaner than any other port?


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1968 Plymouth Barracuda Convertible 408 Magnum EFI with 4 speed automatic overdrive, 3800 stall lock-up converter and 4.30's (closest thing to an automatic 5 speed going)
Re: steam in my exhaust pipe [Re: badchallenger] #172665
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Re: steam in my exhaust pipe [Re: badchallenger] #172666
12/21/08 09:56 PM
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A LOT of steam ? .. there is leakage somewhere. How much coolent is it "eating".

Re: steam in my exhaust pipe [Re: badchallenger] #172667
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Re: steam in my exhaust pipe [Re: badchallenger] #172668
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I checked the exhaust ports and they look pretty much the same


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Re: steam in my exhaust pipe [Re: badchallenger] #172669
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I'd suspect perhaps cylinders 4 and 6, they usually suffer coolant leaks from the exhaust studs/ bolts.,,,,plus you have headers, and when antifreeze/water collect in the bottom of the tubes, it takes a while to burn off,....I bet your exhaust on the passenger side was fogging like a misquito fog sprayer!......see if there's still coolant in the header tubes, if so, disconnect the collector, drain the header, use studs if you can for the ports of cyl.4 and 6, use permatex gold silicone (hi temp), assemble, let dry before adding coolant,....I've had this problem before on header equipped cars, and the 1st fear was always head gaskets, cracks, etc,......use new gaskets when you put everything back together!

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Re: steam in my exhaust pipe [Re: badchallenger] #172670
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I checked the exhaust ports and they look pretty much the same







That looks like a good sign?....if the coolant was leaking into or by the cylinder it would have a telltale effect on carbon build up, or other visual clues, to let you know something is amiss,....like I suspected in my first post, exhaust studs/bolts leaking, see if you can find what tubes have/ had coolant in them,....that will lead you to the possible suspect studs/ bolts.....when a stud/ bolt leaks, it's usually has the coolant drawn into the corresponding header tube by the scavenging effect of the exhaust pulse

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Re: steam in my exhaust pipe [Re: DAYCLONA] #172671
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Ill try the permatex and hope that it works!
Thanks for the reply!
Wish me luck


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