thanks, if im selling the car before i have to do the gasket, I will let the buyer know.
Yes, you need that gaskets between the adaptors and heads. I don't care what any body says, you need them! The sooner the better. That would take care of your problems. Make sure your adaptor ports line up with the ports on your head. That goes for the gasket that you purchase as well. Your O ring gaskets on the intake side should still be good to reuse. You said you have the PI intake, that is the one with the integrated O ring gaskets on the intake, correct? You probably will need a new set of spark plugs as well. Take care of this problem before you sell the car. You don't want the buyer coming back to haunt you! Do it right! Good luck, Tommy.
i took the thermostat out today and im gonna put a new one in it along with a new resevoir cap to try to rule that out. the gaskets inside where the thermostat sits looked ok to me but im starting to lean more towards intake because im seeing more antifreeze sitting in the valley below the intake.
I can almost guarranty you that the coolant is leaking between the adaptors and heads. You are burning up your coolant as it is getting into your exhaust ports. With the smoke coming out from your tail pipe, you probably see anti-freeze coolant as well. The only thing that will resolve your problem is to install the required gaskets between the adaptors and heads. Good luck, Tommy.
im still leaning towards head gasket man, mine was just like yours, and didnt spit out billowing clouds of smoke or sputter until the gasket BLEW completely. It was just problematic like yours for a while until it fully blew, and the coolant gushing out was due to the fact that exhaust gases were getting into the coolant.
i mean i tried everything: coolant flush, different mixes, having the fan constantly on, new tank cap, new 180 degree t-stat, etc. Arizona summers didnt help either lol
hopefully, this isnt whats happening to you, but dont turn a blind eye to the problem or dont ignore it for too long because you can really screw up your engine if you let this go too far. Thankfully, my heads didnt warp or anything when mine went, i immediately had it torn down and sure enough the head gasket was bad.
try to figure out how to get to diagnostic mode, it really helps in seeing whats really going on in the engine.
wait did you read off the actual temp from the little odometer screen though? once youre in diagnostic mode, you can push and release (quickly) the reset button to cycle through the settings, and one of the screens should be degress celsius. let me know if you've found this screen yet, like i said the actual needle gauges do a poor job at showing changing conditions.
yea, i did the new cap as well, its nice knowing that once you do find the problem, you have all these new parts on the car that wont fail for a while
im not too sure as far as mods, besides porting your heads or going built.
what i do suggest you do if you do pull the heads, is check the timing chain tensioners for broken plastic and replace gaskets, including the manifold gasketsits good preventative.
sorry for the late reply but it was the head gasket. car runs awesome now and not sprayin anymore antifreeze from anywhere
thanks alot guys!
sorry for the late reply but it was the head gasket. car runs awesome now and not sprayin anymore antifreeze from anywhere
thanks alot guys!
how much did you get it fix for ? why dont u try to get your moneys back from the guy who sold it to u, I would beat the hell out off him or ...............her....na just slap the bitch.
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