blown head gasket again? or just loose lower intake?

[Gunnerm1]

Need you opinions.
I just finished putting AFR heads on my stang. It was running good for about 200 miles then I noticed that it was running on seven cylinders and had more crankcase pressure than normal. No steam , just pressure. I pulled my plugs and found that cylinder#2 has a trickle of coolant being pushed out when the motor is turned over.
My question is , is this most definitely a head gasket, or could the heads and lower intake need to be re-torque.
Other than the water the engine is running fine.

 

[PUNISHER RACING]

run a comp test and check for cylinder leak down, or pressure test rad. to see how bad it gets.

 

[91 HATCH]

i would redo the gaskets and re torque after 1 hour or so of run time is there any oil in the radiator or water in the oil it will look like a chocolate milk shake after enough water or oil mixes ive been there

 

[Gunnerm1]

i would redo the gaskets and re torque after 1 hour or so of run time is there any oil in the radiator or water in the oil it will look like a chocolate milk shake after enough water or oil mixes ive been there

Im getting air in radiator, but no oil in water or water in oil. Its kinda strange.
I know i installed all gaskets the correct way. I really feel like i cracked the block, due to the crankcase pressure i was getting. I had to install a valve cover evac system, and route my pcv to the intake side of my blower, to cut down on oil leaks.....guess its time to build a 347, its was a stock block , rebuilt right before I bought it, but i have no idea who did it or if they did it right.

here is a pic of the engine bay after I filled in all of the holes and painted it, to bad I cant get it to run as good as it looks....

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[91 HATCH]

did you use thread sealer on the head bolts

 

[Gunnerm1]

did you use thread sealer on the head bolts

i used thread sealer on the lower bolts but none on the upper. Should I have?
i torqued the all the head bolts to 100 , and intake to 25ish, and it took about 4 times around the sequience to get the lower intake tight

 

[Fast63]

no need for sealer on the upper bolts. Pretty sure you don't need to torque the head gaskets to 100ft/lbs, and it is normal to do that many sequences on the intake.

 

[Grn92LX]

100 ft/lbs on the 7/16" head bolts???? Why???????????? You need lube on the upper bolts, whether it be sealent or oil. I use sealent to keep the torque specs the same.