Pushing water out radiator under boost help
12-05-2015, 08:12 AM
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Pushing water out radiator under boost help Heres the rough setup:
99 Camaro M6
370" ironblock forged internals
Texas Speed PRC 260cc LS3 aftermarket casting heads
Ls9 gaskets and heads were torqued to around 90ft # I believe (dont remember exactly but I know its more than ARP called for)
F1A on about 21# boost
car makes 941/866 on a dynojet
Heres what happened:
took the car out last night street racing. Made probably 7-8 2-4 gear pulls dang near back to back. After a few pulls i started to smell coolant. Didn't think much of it until we pulled off the side of the highway when done and looked like the car was pushing water. I still have a tiny overflow Probably a hair bigger than a coke can (I know I need a bigger one) and it was complety full and running out and also looked like coolant was pushing out around the cap as you could see it running down the radiator and also spray ing the engine bad and bottom of the hood. Even the back bumper had coolant spray all over it. I know I kinda had the same problem with the car even with the stock motor and D1 on it but I never ran it as hard as I did last night so I never saw it this bad. Think its a combination of the small overflow tank and maybe a old/bad radiator cap or are the heads lifting? Car ran completely fine and never got hot ect.
99 Camaro M6
370" ironblock forged internals
Texas Speed PRC 260cc LS3 aftermarket casting heads
Ls9 gaskets and heads were torqued to around 90ft # I believe (dont remember exactly but I know its more than ARP called for)
F1A on about 21# boost
car makes 941/866 on a dynojet
Heres what happened:
took the car out last night street racing. Made probably 7-8 2-4 gear pulls dang near back to back. After a few pulls i started to smell coolant. Didn't think much of it until we pulled off the side of the highway when done and looked like the car was pushing water. I still have a tiny overflow Probably a hair bigger than a coke can (I know I need a bigger one) and it was complety full and running out and also looked like coolant was pushing out around the cap as you could see it running down the radiator and also spray ing the engine bad and bottom of the hood. Even the back bumper had coolant spray all over it. I know I kinda had the same problem with the car even with the stock motor and D1 on it but I never ran it as hard as I did last night so I never saw it this bad. Think its a combination of the small overflow tank and maybe a old/bad radiator cap or are the heads lifting? Car ran completely fine and never got hot ect.
12-05-2015, 10:30 AM
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yep, lifted a head or split a cylinder wall would be my guess.
You could try changing the cap & backing off the fluid level in the res, but I would pressure test the coolant system & do a leak down.
You could try changing the cap & backing off the fluid level in the res, but I would pressure test the coolant system & do a leak down.
12-05-2015, 10:32 AM
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Kinda my thoughts unfortunately. Im going to get a new radiator cap and bigger overflow and see what happens. It needs that stuff regardless. If it pushes a little water will it really hurt anything? The are thick deck aftermarket heads so wouldn't think they would be lifting at this power level but who knows.
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12-05-2015, 11:09 AM
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Is it blowing any water vapor out the exhaust? Have you checked the plugs to see if any look like they are burning coolant?
12-05-2015, 11:12 AM
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If it's not misfiring it more than likely isn't a cylinder wall. I've just had it happen to me & it did the same thing, but would misfire. Fouled the plug like crazy as soon as you put a load on it.
Is it blowing any water vapor out the exhaust? Have you checked the plugs to see if any look like they are burning coolant?
Is it blowing any water vapor out the exhaust? Have you checked the plugs to see if any look like they are burning coolant?
12-05-2015, 11:33 AM
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Here is a pic of one of the plugs. Same plug, just one with flash and one without. i dont know much about reading plugs. I did a pull dang near right before I shut the car off last night as well fwiw.
12-05-2015, 11:48 AM
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How cold was it out were you were racing? Depending on the temperature the intercooler may have gotten heat soaked with so many back to back pulls. Once the IATs went up it could have detonated and lifted the heads. Do you have a meth system on the car?