BIGBOS

Yes, I wish I had a speed bag around here.... <img border="0" alt="[punch]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_punch.gif" />

Pro Stock John

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Brian, you need to go and get a socket and remove the plugs and start eliminating potential issues.

If it were me, I would have been checking and topping up coolant for a week, and if I saw the car use a quart every day or couple days there is a substantial leak or a something else is wrong, simple as that. Sounds like your rear main seal is leaking, could be from excessive crankcase pressure.

As I said before, I'd run hoses instead of breathers, and I'd have those hoses run into a catch can your blower car will always have more crankcase pressure. I ditched my breathers on the old 422ci because they would drip and I did not want to have a fire.

BIGBOS

Yea I might eventually do that John w/the new motor...

But, today I pulled out 2 plugs....#5 and #7...#7 was the cylinder that the head gasket blew on...it looked normal except for the greenish color to the tip...

Also I was thinking...my AFR gauge doesn't move, one light stays on stuck in the green section...doesn't work like the normal AFR gauge would to where it would bounce back and forth...

Would an O2 sensor possibly cause the car to pop/lag like that...

JAS

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by BIGBOS:
greenish color to the tip</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">lean

My only question is, why would anyone continue to drive a severly hurt motor? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/confused.gif" />

BIGBOS

I don't think its that severe....

JAS

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by BIGBOS:
<strong> I don't think its that severe.... </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">green and probably blue tint on the plugs (running lean)...

motor is using coolant (probably a bad headgasket, maybe cracked head or block, etc)...

combustion pressurizes your crankcase (probably bad rings or ringlands)...

I guess I shouldn't use the word 'severe' until a rod is poking out the side of the block. My bad...

BIGBOS

Maybe I was pushing the use of the word minor problem..

Maybe I'm just in denial.... <img border="0" alt="[barf]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_barf.gif" />

I'm gonna have the car throughly checked out soon....but signs so far are pointing towards a new motor..

I would really like to keep the block around...in that case I would hope its the head gasket and not the block....even though valvegod sells blocks for like 500 right?

BIGBOS

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Pro Stock John

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What are your 02's, maybe you are running too rich and are fouling out the 02's.

How is the coolant level?

BIGBOS

Well I don't have anything to scan my 02's, but I really don't drive the car that much after this whole sputtering/laggin thing came up, but one night of an hours worth of driving the coolant level was the same....really didn't notice much change, and from before how I thought the radiatior was only 1/2 full it isn't, its about 3/4's full, but still low...

Car is still using oil....

The AFR gauge doesn't really work, could that be in the tuning?

<small>[ March 17, 2003, 03:32 PM: Message edited by: BIGBOS ]</small>

BIGBOS

Heres an update....

Put a scan tool on the car today, code that showed up that caught my eye was..

Bank 1 sensor too lean & Low voltage

So this means the 02 sensor is bad I assume..

Could this cause the car to go lean enough to cause a head gasket to pop again, the car still gurgles and stumbles under acceleration...

Car goes into the Shop April 9th for a full diagnosis...

<small>[ March 24, 2003, 12:27 AM: Message edited by: BIGBOS ]</small>

Jason99T/A

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More than likely the coolant killed your O2s, not the other way around.

Jason

BIGBOS

Thats what I was figuring...

BIGBOS

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