Coolant leak after h/c/i swap
#1
Coolant leak after h/c/i swap
Well when I did my H/C/I swap we used cometic gaskets. To make this a long story short after a few heat cycles my drivers side head mysteriously started leaking coolant on the #1 cylinder I belive is next to the power steering pump. I thought it was a blown head gasket or the head gasket didnt seal since cometics are a PITA. Upon taking the intake off the intake port on the head was completely full of coolant and actually looked like some was in the FAST intake at one point. The first time around we completely cleaned all the bolt holes out so I dont think theres any cracks somewhere in the block. After the 1st leak we got some new cometics/arp head bolts and sprayed the gaskets with some of that copper sealant crap. Went through 1 heat cycle and started leaking again. The heads are fresh heads supposedly have been milled/pressure checked ect. How in the hell could this leak be happening and from where. The heads are at a machine shop right now locally so hopefully we will find somthing out of its the heads. I wont say who did the heads...yet but they are a well known person. Any ideas what the problem could be?
#4
Originally Posted by 00BlueTA
Sounds like a crack in block but it could be something else. When you put in the ARP head bolts did you use thread seeler on the threads?