efi to carb gone bad

[importkiller90]

so last night i just finished my efi to carb swap and i noticed when i started my car it was leaking what i thought was oil out of the valve covers but it turned out to be antifreeze mixed in with my oil and i dont know why please help i used the edelbrock 7521 intake and edelbrock 600 cfm carb

 

[thumper460]

Pull the intake off... clean up the mess, and re install it this way!! Dont use the cork gasket for the front and rear of the valley!! Use a good bead of "Ultra Blue" RTV!! also I us a little RTV around the intake ports on the heads, lay the intake gasket on.. and then the Intake!! The usual leak is the water ports in the front or rear of the heads.. not sealed by the intake manifold!! It is Cake to repair.. and EVERYONE has done this at least once!! cool??

Just me.........................

Thumper

 

[85_SS_302_Coupe]

Thumper pretty much covered it. I've also had good luck with the blue silicone front/back gaskets along with RTV. Just don't jump to conclusions and blame the carb swap itself

 

[wildstang90]

What all is there to doing a efi to carb set up. I am building my car for a mainly strip set up but I am trying to do it with as little cost as I can get by with.

 

[importkiller90]

ok i got it does it matter that this intake does not have the water ports on the back of the intake? and just so i got it put a little rtv on the intake ports. the first time around i used rtv on the front and rear valleys

 

[85_SS_302_Coupe]

I put RTV around every opening in the heads...i don't take chances. I've never had a leaky intake either.

 

[importkiller90]

thanks alot for all your help ill let you know how it goes