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Old Dec 30, 2021 | 09:00 AM
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I recently did a heads/cam swap on my car. I made sure the gasket surfaces were clean and reinstalled the heads, torquing them and using the right sequence. The cars been sitting a couple weeks with antifreeze in it while I知 waiting to get the pcm back to start it up. Anyway, I got up underneath the car to check a few things and noticed antifreeze on the back of the engine block. It isn稚 dripping, just a very small seep on both heads. I was told that a few heat cycles may help seal the gaskets. I知 debating whether to just take the heads back off or try running the engine and hoping for the best. Anyone ever had this issue?
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I recently did a heads/cam swap on my car. I made sure the gasket surfaces were clean and reinstalled the heads, torquing them and using the right sequence. The cars been sitting a couple weeks with antifreeze in it while I知 waiting to get the pcm back to start it up. Anyway, I got up underneath the car to check a few things and noticed antifreeze on the back of the engine block. It isn稚 dripping, just a very small seep on both heads. I was told that a few heat cycles may help seal the gaskets. I知 debating whether to just take the heads back off or try running the engine and hoping for the best. Anyone ever had this issue?
it does take a few heat cycles to get the heads sealed properly. When you turn the car on, just make sure you don't have "coolant" smoke constantly coming out of you tailpipes with 0 tapering to none if you have some.
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it does take a few heat cycles to get the heads sealed properly. When you turn the car on, just make sure you don't have "coolant" smoke constantly coming out of you tailpipes with 0 tapering to none if you have some.
Thanks for the reply. We値l see what happens when I get the car running.
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