Coolant in the intake runner??
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Thought a customer's car had a blown head gasket, pulled the head off and noticed that the intake runner had coolant puddled up in it. Looked at head gasket.. couldn't see where it had blown. I'm thinking the head has broken thru to a water jacket, but I can't find a hole yet (maybe it's really small). I'm going to have the head pressure tested today to make sure. But is there ANY way coolant could have puddled in the intake runner from a blown head gasket? I can't see how it could be anything but a water jacket leaking into the runner. The heads are ported and have about 1000 miles on them. Where are the "thin places" to look for a hole at?
Thought a customer's car had a blown head gasket, pulled the head off and noticed that the intake runner had coolant puddled up in it. Looked at head gasket.. couldn't see where it had blown. I'm thinking the head has broken thru to a water jacket, but I can't find a hole yet (maybe it's really small). I'm going to have the head pressure tested today to make sure. But is there ANY way coolant could have puddled in the intake runner from a blown head gasket? I can't see how it could be anything but a water jacket leaking into the runner. The heads are ported and have about 1000 miles on them. Where are the "thin places" to look for a hole at?
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Thats a hellacious porting job, maybe a little over zealous. Rocker bolts not sealing typical, but you bust through the jacket, ouch. With the design of the LSx I am sure the only way to get water in there would be over porting. Post up pics of your finding if you can.
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Originally Posted by CAT3
Thats a hellacious porting job, maybe a little over zealous. Rocker bolts not sealing typical, but you bust through the jacket, ouch. With the design of the LSx I am sure the only way to get water in there would be over porting. Post up pics of your finding if you can.
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And it's only in 1 runner, right? (thinking maybe it could be coming from the TB if they haven't done the coolant bypass, but with ported heads I would guess they have......)
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Originally Posted by gomer
I've been doing some research and it seems like the area right behind the valve guide is the "thin" spot on the castings. I'm going to wait on the results of the pressure test and go from there.
Brandon