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Old 07-17-2011, 03:50 PM
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Just did a heads and cam swap as I began to fill the coolant it just kept taking coolant looked under car and I have a stream of coolant coming out on the passenger side near the back of the head, any ideas what is wrong?
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Old 07-17-2011, 04:12 PM
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Did you plug the hole where the temp sensor goes on the driver side?
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Old 07-17-2011, 04:13 PM
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i put the sensor in on the new head didnt plug the passenger side head though
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Did you put the lS1 crossover tubes / LS6 plugs back on?
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Old 07-17-2011, 05:28 PM
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i did put the crossover tubes back in I think it may be the sensor hole I didn't plug hopefully, really tired of being without my car
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Originally Posted by xtinctbird
i did put the crossover tubes back in I think it may be the sensor hole I didn't plug hopefully, really tired of being without my car
well at least you didnt fire it up like this, that would have made your day worse
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Yup, sounds like the coolant plug on the back corner of the head.
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Yup, sounds like the coolant plug on the back corner of the head.
I did this. Try to limit beer consumption while reassembling your motor.
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i did this. Try to limit beer consumption while reassembling your motor.
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I almost done the same thing. Very easy to do.
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I did this. Try to limit beer consumption while reassembling your motor.
The absolute truth...
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The absolute truth...
I second that! I did the same thing.
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It was my failure to put the plug in on the backside of the passenger side head, put it in and no further issues
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Or, learn to be meticulous/methodical when you're in a sloshed condition
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