AFR head I cant believe this! WTF?

[SMOKEDYA]

I was comming home from work friday and all of a sudden it loooked like spy hunter! I was leaving a huge smoke screen behind me!I pull over and shut it down opened the hood and oil everwhere!Thought hummmm? So i start it and look WOW thats funny all of a sudden i blew a valver cover gasket????So well i had to get towed. Fixed the gasket and put a new PVC on (just incase) and started it again to check for leaks, holy **** i got a leak!It's comming from 2 of the holes in my head i have circled in the pics!They are the hole where your acc would bolt to. I have never had anything bolted into these holes,or even ran a bolt into them in the year in a half i have had them!So WTF why all of a sudden would oil just come pukeing out like crazy!!!!! Heres a pic of what i'm talking about! peace

john

 

[vristang]

Sorry to see that happen John.

Time to pull heads and investigate...

I've never heard of this happening with an AFR head... or any head...

jason

 

[SMOKEDYA]

Do you think something happened inside? It dosent run or sound any diffrent at all. Just out of the blue this happened!peace












john

 

[Mustang5L5]

I would suspect something happened inside.

Either way, for oil to leak out of holes that it never leaked before from...something happened.

 

[87GT Drop Top]

I would contact AFR and ask them what might have happened.

 

[SVTFreak]

Yep, those are blind holes. Time to pull the head and see what happened inside.

 

[tmoss]

better yet, use a flashlight/inspection mirror and look into the holes after cleaning with spray solvent - then pull the head if needed. If it's small cracks, put some tape on bolts and close them up.

 

[90lxcoupe]

do you run coolant or straight water?

 

[Dino Dino Bambino]

I was comming home from work friday and all of a sudden it loooked like spy hunter! I was leaving a huge smoke screen behind me!

Looks like you were living up to your name.

I would contact AFR and ask them what might have happened.

Sounds like the best advice.

 

[SMOKEDYA]

I contacted AFR and they said "weird" and to pull them off and send them in.I tried to use some plugs and the bottom hole sealed but the upper hole still leaked. I used green loctite but i might not of got all the oil out of them?Or i didnt let the loctite cure all the way?90lxcoupe I run 50/50 mix for coolant.tmoss are you talking like teflon tape?Bullitt95 smart ass!So what would you guys do? Would you pull them off and send them in for warrenty?Or just try to seal the holes up with some sealant and plugs? peace








john

 

[Kdubslugga]

I would def pull them off. That is not right. I would not feel good using sealent to seal it up, something is going on in there. That sucks dude, AFR has a good reputation, if they are saying to send them in theres a good chance they will warranty them, its obvious its not misuse or abuse, id for sure take them off

 

[tmoss]

absolutely take the warranty offer.............

 

[tannerc91gt]

send them in ASAP. they'll send you new heads, or at least fix those.

 

[SMOKEDYA]

Well i'm so ashamed to even be posting on here now! So i get the plugs sealed and put in and it still leaked.....well i thought?Comes to find out my mechanical oil pressure gauge tube had a very very very small hole in it!It was spraying out onto the head and was hitting right where the plug was at!Unhooked the tube and no more oil leaks!peace










john

 

[tmoss]

DOH........

 

[BK_CAULEY]

 

[87GT Drop Top]

Hopefully you noticed it before you pulled the heads.

 

[Dino Dino Bambino]

Hopefully you noticed it before you pulled the heads.

Yeah, I'm sure he really would have felt like an idiot if he'd only noticed it after pulling the heads. Good thing he found what was causing the oil spray and that it was an easy problem to fix. It would have been easy to miss.

 

[dtlionsfan]

Never run those nylon oil lines,they will fail.

 

[fivepointNO]

It's good you found out before removing the head... you DID, didn't you??? I'm not sure how you missed it when you did the start up test on the roadside, unless it was dark(just gave you an excuse).

Hey, at least you didn't have to pay a major repair fee or go through the embarrassment of having sent them in to AFR only to be told, "You had oil on the outside... and a shipping fee, but cleaning was no charge!"

Oh, and I 2nd the DON'T use nylon hoses comment!