Pushed A headgasket out have ?'s
11-03-2010, 08:25 PM
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Pushed A headgasket out have ?'s Well, car had been running funny for a while. I thought I was having fuel issues becouse A/F had been creeping higher at WOT. I found one of my aeromotive fuel filters full of black stuff, changed the filter elememt and it seemed to help. Well went to the track and made a few passes that consistantly got slower. after the third pass i noticed steam coming from under the hood. Driver side headgasket was spewing from what looked like around #7. Shut the car off and started checking stuff. No coolant in the oil thankfully. Just seems to have pushed it out the side.
Now my question is will pushing coolant cause A/F readings to be lean? A/F is right on the money when at idle and under part throttle, but wide open it had been going lean.
Now my question is will pushing coolant cause A/F readings to be lean? A/F is right on the money when at idle and under part throttle, but wide open it had been going lean.
11-05-2010, 07:53 AM
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What was the "black stuff"??
Find any of it in # 7 inj? [Or any others for that matter].
Stock rails?
Fuel system set up as a return style?
Plugs look like?
Fuel psi correct?
Pushing coolant out.. May be contaminating the O2 sensor [s]. [especially if the coolant is antifreeze.]
Find any of it in # 7 inj? [Or any others for that matter].
Stock rails?
Fuel system set up as a return style?
Plugs look like?
Fuel psi correct?
Pushing coolant out.. May be contaminating the O2 sensor [s]. [especially if the coolant is antifreeze.]
11-05-2010, 12:07 PM
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Hey buddy if i were you i would call Phill and see what he thanks. But i could see it causeing the car to go lean. Thats what my car did when i blew it up the first time. I hope all it is, is a gasket. Call me and let me know
11-05-2010, 03:07 PM
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Not a big deal! I know for a fact that it pushed the gasket out. I was just asking a question for informational purposes....
No I wont have it back together for the shootout. I got the motor out last night, you could see the gasket material coming out of in between the head and blocks. Didn't have any coolant in the oil or anything, didnt have time to get the heads off but I don't think its hurt otherwise.
