CanadaStang
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Dan_Soprano said:Someome correct me if I am wrong, but do the 2v's have oil coolers? Or is it jus tthe 4v's??
His car is a 5spd, so nope, no oil cooler.
Dan_Soprano said:Someome correct me if I am wrong, but do the 2v's have oil coolers? Or is it jus tthe 4v's??
SilverBullet00 said:HOWEVER, after draining the coolant there is no sign of water in the oil...For now I think im going to tear it down and look at the head gaskets..
SilverBullet00 said:alright, I will get some pictures up in a little bit..
I got the heads of today. The passanger side appeared to be normal, but the driver side wasnt right. As soon as the bolts were loose the coolant started flowing out, its like the head wasnt seated very well on the block, however the bolts were tight....
Im taking the heads down to the head shop tomorrow to get them pressure tested, so we will see how that goes!
SilverBullet00 said:ok, will do.. is there anything I can do to clean up the pistons? will it hurt to scrub them with the right cleaner?
also I am having the heads milled so they will be smoooooooooth, the block is the only thing I have to worry about. I have been told I can use a really fine grit wet sand paper with a block... what do you think about that>
TweekedGT said:Holy shnikeys! Blown headgasket for the win! Wow, that's a lot of coolant in the cylinders. Did you spill some in during the teardown or is that they way it looked after the heads came off?
svttech76 said:LOL no way there was that amount of coolant in the cylinders before the heads were pulled.. even a perfectly good engine will look like that when you pull a head off.. no matter how well you think you drained the cooling system
what happens is when you remove the head from the block.. any left over coolant comes out of the water jackets and goes right down on top the pistons. I assure you it was not like that when the head was still bolted down...
How smooth is the finish on the heads? If your going to use factory MLS gaskets both the block and the heads must have a certain RA (30 or better) to seal properly.SilverBullet00 said:sweet.. got the heads on now. the shop did an awesome job milling them. The only thing I am concerned about now is the cams- I havent recieved them yet and VT said they shipped out a week ago (6/8 the STATUS said DELIVERED, which according to them means they were delevired to the shipping company). I have tried to call and email them all week and still havent got an answer....
sjrtx said:How smooth is the finish on the heads? If your going to use factory MLS gaskets both the block and the heads must have a certain RA (30 or better) to seal properly.