Re: HUGE PROBLEM! NEED HELP!
[Re: kzinge1]
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02/05/10 08:15 PM
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pull the pan and pressurize the rad. to about 15 lbs . you are sure to find it.water will run out where it is cracked
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Re: HUGE PROBLEM! NEED HELP!
[Re: kzinge1]
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02/05/10 08:40 PM
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Are you using copper head gaskets? I had the same thing happen last year on a fresh 496. I switched to felpro and it worked.
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Re: HUGE PROBLEM! NEED HELP!
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02/05/10 08:56 PM
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I don't see how, after just 5 minutes of run time, the top of both heads could be FULL of water, due to just a leaky head gasket. Maybe if he forgot to torque down the heads, but aside from that, that's an awful lot of water in 5 minutes from a leaky head gasket. Pull the heads and examine the head castings themselves and look for a porosity issue.
I dont think he means it was pouring out of the breather but that it had a bunch of the milk shake up top because it cant fill right up UNLESS there are no returns for the oil
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Re: HUGE PROBLEM! NEED HELP!
[Re: '72CudaRacer]
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A friend of mine had a stealth head crack after 4 passes. They replaced the head and said they had few that got out with bad castings. If you have a problem telling if it's a bad head or bad block, pull heads and stick a set of iron heads on and retest.
Was the crack in the head obvious? Or did you have to do a test to find it?
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Re: HUGE PROBLEM! NEED HELP!
[Re: WILD BILL]
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I would not just pull the pan right away. I would drain the oil to see how much water you REALLY have when you drain it. If you have a lot of water lower the car down and leave the drain plug out of the pan. Now fill radiator completely full and put 15 pounds of air in top. You can use a compression tester with 3/8 hose or a special fixture. THEN if you get a steady stream of water out the pan you can investigate further. Make sure you did not raise the car or otherwise cause the pan to hold the water without revealing it right away. If you get a good flow of water then quit and drain the cooling system about 1/2 way and pull the intake. Make plates to block the water coming from the heads with fittings so you can vent that area and fill the cooling system again and air test again. THEN you can see if it is a head gasket leak or if the block is cracked somewhere on top. After that you are pulling the pan.
If you do not get a good flow of water with an air test I might throw some block sealer in it or try retorqing th heads and give her another go.
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Re: HUGE PROBLEM! NEED HELP!
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02/05/10 11:14 PM
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If its a 440 block and he bored it .065 I hope he sonic checked the block first. That's pushing the limits. Did he mag the block?
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