5.0 spitting water out the tail....why me lord???

[86gtriceeater]

i swapped heads and cam and intakes and exaust....now i'm spitting water out of my tailpipe....more one side than the other...any ideas?

 

[Daggar]

Any white smoke???

If there's no white smoke then you're golden. The water should dissipate before long. Let the car get up to operating temperature.

 

[fastford91]

like the post before mine ! as long as there is no white smoke you should be ok! every car puts water out the tails untill operating temp is reached ! once it does it should go away!or you could have gas with a ton of water in it to! if you think you have water in your gas you could add 1 or 2 small bottles of gas line antifreeze to it and it will take care of the water ! give either or a try and let us know how you make out!

 

[Blandnuts]

Possible mix up with a vacuum line and a coolant line (by the throttle body)?

What kind of heads did you put on? Oringed? What head gaskets?

 

[samickguy15]

I suspect it's the normal water unless your car is running like hell, then it probably is antifreeze. Good luck.

 

[86gtriceeater]

LOTS OF WHITE SMOKE DAMNNNNNNNNNN

BRAND NEW FEL PRO HEAD GASKETS,ARP HEAD BOLTS,COBRA RR 1.7, MASS AIR, FULL EXHAUST...AT FIRST THERE WAS JUST A LITTLE WATER BUT NOW IT THROWS IT PRETTY HEAVY AND IVE CHANGED THE OIL THREE TIMES AND IT BECOMES WATTERY EVERYTIME-A GREYISH...WHAT VACCUUM LINE WOULD BE SCREWED UP? I THINK ITS ONLY ONE SIDE BUT HOW DO I TEST TO MAKE SURE? I WOULD TAKE APART THE EXAUST AND RUN IT BUT IT NEEDS THE O2S TO RUN.....THANKS FOR THE HELP!!!!!

 

[86gtriceeater]

WRONG VACCUUM ROUTING

I think i router my vaccuum lines wrong...the one that comes off near the fuel rail (the black cooling metal line...i have that line (hose) split one side going to the little post on the intake next to the throttle body and the other side goes to the back of the intake...i did that wrong huh? so my intake is just sucking in coolant....!!?? not sure if that makes sense but please respond so i can clarify and get the beast going.....

 

[Blandnuts]

You put a cobra intake on? You don't run the coolant lines into the cobra intake. The spacer that is used with the stock intake isn't used with the cobra, you'll need to plug those coolant lines. Hopefully someone can put up a pic, but if they don't I'll try and respond back tomorrow with a pic of what I'm referring to.



Fred


Edit: I think you just have those lines mixed up. Just plug both of them.

 

[86gtriceeater]

thank you soo much

why arent the lines used?...how do i really know if thats the only problem?

 

[cevtv]

If you hooked up the coolant line there, it's definitely the problem......

 

[86gtriceeater]

that is what i did...glad i'm stupid

so what do i do with that post then...just plug it and vaccuum all the other stuff?.....so glad i didnt start tearing it apart yet.....you guys are good...so thats probably what it didnt like to start right away every time (cause water is mixing with the fuel and stuff)?????thanks for any feedback!!!!!!!!!

 

[Blandnuts]

What I have my finger pointing to is what you should have plugged. View attachment 353772 I've met lots of people who accidently put it to the intake.

I also put some pics that show where the line should be leading to.
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Hope this clears things up. And yes it's dirty.....


fred