El Toro and matching heads...(swap complete, with video) post#1
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is coolant coming out of the cap on the radiator when the cap is off? are bubbles coming up? if so you have air in the system and the only way to fix that is when the engine is warm and off, squeeze the coolant hoses a few times. you have air in the system is my guess. btw your car shouldn't idle for **** anyway lol that idle is set for a stock cam and stock heads, when you go bigger the computer is gettin confused so you need to keep babyin the throttle to keep it alive till you get it tuned. good luck!
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spray the intake manifold and see if the idle jumps up.
is coolant coming out of the cap on the radiator when the cap is off? are bubbles coming up? if so you have air in the system and the only way to fix that is when the engine is warm and off, squeeze the coolant hoses a few times. you have air in the system is my guess. btw your car shouldn't idle for **** anyway lol that idle is set for a stock cam and stock heads, when you go bigger the computer is gettin confused so you need to keep babyin the throttle to keep it alive till you get it tuned. good luck!
is coolant coming out of the cap on the radiator when the cap is off? are bubbles coming up? if so you have air in the system and the only way to fix that is when the engine is warm and off, squeeze the coolant hoses a few times. you have air in the system is my guess. btw your car shouldn't idle for **** anyway lol that idle is set for a stock cam and stock heads, when you go bigger the computer is gettin confused so you need to keep babyin the throttle to keep it alive till you get it tuned. good luck!
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don't go to GM just to get a new overpriced PCV line.. their line is 11/32" in inside diameter I believe. I just got a hose from a hardware store yesterday. It was 1/2" in outside diameter I believe but it fit just fine. The hose was about 9" in length. You can go to a hardware store or Autozone etc and get the hose for cheap.
*edit* nvm just looked more closely at the pictures and it looks like your missing your PCV completely. This is a bad idea. Definitely go to a junkyard or somewhere first to get new PCV ****. Or get an LS6 valley cover and cap off the driver side valve cover PCV port on the back, and the tube on the rear portion of the passenger side valve cover. You still need to be running a vacuum from the tube on the front portion of the passenger side valve cover to the top of the throttle body. If you get an LS6 valley cover it pulls the crankcase pressure from the valley cover on the front of it from a small tube that will go right under the intake and come out near the pass. side head. All you have to do is run a PCV valve and some line (about 10") looped around from the LS6 valley cover tube to the port on the passenger side of the intake.
*edit* nvm just looked more closely at the pictures and it looks like your missing your PCV completely. This is a bad idea. Definitely go to a junkyard or somewhere first to get new PCV ****. Or get an LS6 valley cover and cap off the driver side valve cover PCV port on the back, and the tube on the rear portion of the passenger side valve cover. You still need to be running a vacuum from the tube on the front portion of the passenger side valve cover to the top of the throttle body. If you get an LS6 valley cover it pulls the crankcase pressure from the valley cover on the front of it from a small tube that will go right under the intake and come out near the pass. side head. All you have to do is run a PCV valve and some line (about 10") looped around from the LS6 valley cover tube to the port on the passenger side of the intake.
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ok we found all my old hoses and used some other we had laying around to fix the broken pieces. ill see tomorrow how everything is. thanks for the help fellas.
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yeah id say your issues may be the pcv as well. and it does sound like you have bubbles in the system, and you may need to "burp" it. I was lucky enough that i did have to. When i did my heads, i just filled up the radiator and when the thermostat opened and sucked in the fluid i filled it up again and i was fine.
did you put in a new t-stat with the waterpump? did you put it in backwards or anything?
did you put in a new t-stat with the waterpump? did you put it in backwards or anything?
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yeah id say your issues may be the pcv as well. and it does sound like you have bubbles in the system, and you may need to "burp" it. I was lucky enough that i did have to. When i did my heads, i just filled up the radiator and when the thermostat opened and sucked in the fluid i filled it up again and i was fine.
did you put in a new t-stat with the waterpump? did you put it in backwards or anything?
did you put in a new t-stat with the waterpump? did you put it in backwards or anything?
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Funds permitting, you should look into a Catch Can in the future, they really do work...good to hear you got the kinks worked out.
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Funds permitting, you should look into a Catch Can in the future, they really do work...good to hear you got the kinks worked out.
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