If it ever happened to you, you'd know. Shut the engine off, and off it goes - pfft - pfft - pffffffff.
Head Gasket take 2
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If it ever happened to you, you'd know. Shut the engine off, and off it goes - pfft - pfft - pffffffff.
Turn the truck on after it's been sitting awhile and still cold. PFF-PFF-PFF-PFF, like an exhaust leak. listen and start feeling around for the leak. you'll feel the air rushing out. It'll be warm, but eh, such is life.
Re: Head Gasket take 2 - distilled water
Simple. Distilled water is great but basically has no lubricity. Straight distilled can't manage the dissimilar metal behaviors that will inevitably happen as traces metals or other compounds dissolve. It also will cause oxidation anywhere it touches iron.
So if you want to run distilled water at least add a simple inhibitor/additive. Water Wetter works well.
BTW - PG based coolants work well and are non-toxic.
Simple. Distilled water is great but basically has no lubricity. Straight distilled can't manage the dissimilar metal behaviors that will inevitably happen as traces metals or other compounds dissolve. It also will cause oxidation anywhere it touches iron.
So if you want to run distilled water at least add a simple inhibitor/additive. Water Wetter works well.
BTW - PG based coolants work well and are non-toxic.
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How often are warped heads found in HG jobs? I understand they can be milled but only about 0.020" max.
My '97 just lost a gasket (@ 160k miles on this engine) so I'll be digging into it soon.
ptschram
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I have NEVER removed a head that didn't need to be resurfaced. I've had them cut as much as 0.035" with no problems.
I have DI headsets at $195 shipped CONUS with bolts.
I can provide heads as well.
No clue but a resurface cured it...
Normal dealer bang me out didn't get a resurface job...
ptschram
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Probably made it worse. It killed me to watch the guys go at a head with a scotch-brite disc.
I'm glad my cousin is the head Guy at bischoff engine service! Said anything I need done,let him know.....
Yes but green is worse...
I only ever use havoline des cool. Or oem texaco. They are not all the same.
But I remember gem talking about some pule stuff that was supposed to be better...
I think the manual says to scrap'em after .020. Good to know there is a bit of extra room like the BOP heads.
Churubusco?
-Mike O
I just went by what was recommended in the manual, was that a wrong choice? What should I use?
I used Havoline Extended Life Dex Cool.
As per manual:
Use ONLY a 50% mix of water and Havoline
Extended Life Coolant (XLC) or any ethylene
glycol based anti-freeze (containing no
methanol) with only Organic Acid Technology
(OAT) corrosion inhibitors.
So a question came to mind, when milling the heads, do they have to be milled so they are exactly the same? or can you mill one .35 and one .28 or something?
just curious
just curious