Oh no! December 01, 2011, 08:28:30 PM Bad luck follows my car guys.... Just finished putting new tires on the car was driving home. Got on the gas hard to see how the new tires would hold up and the motor didnt.... Lots of smoke, coolant in the oil, coolant coming out from under valve cover gasket on drivers side in the back, white foamy oil/coolant along firewall center of car. Would that be intake gasket or head gasket if its kicking it out there? Or cracked aluminum head.... I hope i just had some bolts come loose and blown the gaskets since ive been having issues with the bolts coming loose. I was able to get out of traffic when the temp hit 225 and shut it down.... uggh.. Quote Selected
Oh no! Reply #1 – December 01, 2011, 08:35:53 PM water AND oil on the firewall? almost sounds like you blew the intake gaskets out the back.. but from under the valve cover gasket? that's an oddity.. Quote Selected
Oh no! Reply #2 – December 01, 2011, 10:26:38 PM I had to tighten the valve cover gaskets yesturday, the bolts in them were so loose you could turn them by hand. the oil and coolant is mixed in that creamy tan color and sprayed up on bottom of hood and on firewall. the driverside valve cover you can see coolant escaping from the gasket between the heads and cover, the cover bolts loosened back up again in less than 75 miles.... Quote Selected
Oh no! Reply #3 – December 01, 2011, 10:28:16 PM I checked the oil dipstick and it has coolant in it. Checked the radiator and same milky there to. Quote Selected
Oh no! Reply #6 – December 01, 2011, 11:20:19 PM Pay my way out there and I'll even bring my own tools. Figure it would take me about 36 hours or so to drive. Quote Selected
Oh no! Reply #7 – December 02, 2011, 01:38:50 AM You have coolant coming from between the head and valve cover? Or did I mis read something?At the very least, HG...if coolant/oil mix coming from between the head and valve cover itself...it's either got some serious pressure forcing it through a valve guide or up along the push rods....or cracked head...hopefully it's just the gaskets..sounds like the bad luck I've got. Quote Selected
Oh no! Reply #8 – December 02, 2011, 01:59:19 AM sounds to me like you need to pull those heads and have a machine shop check them out Quote Selected
Oh no! Reply #9 – December 02, 2011, 02:33:54 AM You need a crank case evacuation pump. Guessing boost is sneaking by the rings. How many miles are on the engine? Quote Selected
Oh no! Reply #10 – December 02, 2011, 02:44:19 AM oh, this car is boosted? detonation may have been the cause than.. also, are you running head studs or bolts? i'd recommend using lots of loctite when putting it back together Quote Selected
Oh no! Reply #11 – December 02, 2011, 06:03:32 AM How fair is it from Martinsville to Va Beach. Bring your heads to me, I'll take care of you. I can pressure test them and mill them for you at my freind's shop. Quote Selected
Oh no! Reply #12 – December 02, 2011, 11:25:54 AM I've never took a motor apart before. I'm going to be stuck doing this at the house. With limited tools and knowledge. I'm just going to pull the drivers side head off and see how bad the damage is. If its just a simple gasket i should be able to fix that i hope. Any advice on doing this work? Bruce M. i'm on the opisuite side of the state. Its at least 4 hours if i had the time i might have taken you up on this offer lol... Quote Selected
Oh no! Reply #13 – December 02, 2011, 11:35:56 AM beings the heads are aluminum, i would highly recommend having them checked out by a machine shop.. it's always better to be safe than sorry lol Quote Selected
Oh no! Reply #14 – December 02, 2011, 02:19:45 PM It's not too hard if you've used a torque wrench before :).I hope that you didn't wipe out the bearings. With that much water in the oil I would be worried about the condition of the bearings. Quote Selected
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