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using water
« on: February 15, 2010, 08:20:59 PM »
I have a 90 trackick that I did the head gasket in about 2 months ago. at starts up a little hard and uses a little water. I followed the directions in the FSM book and made sure the head and block had a flat surface. could there be something else that needs to be checked or did I just do it wrong. I was thinking maybe the intake gasket was bad.
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Re: using water
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2010, 08:39:05 PM »
its possible you have a cracked head,  a leaking hose somewhere, water pump leak,  it may be any of a million and 10 things.  pressure test your cooling system to figure it out.
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Re: using water
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2010, 08:41:13 PM »
Recheck the torque on the head bolts

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Re: using water
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2010, 09:14:41 AM »
is the intake gasket a possibility?
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Re: using water
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2010, 04:49:21 PM »
Quote from: wildgoody on February 15, 2010, 08:41:13 PM
Recheck the torque on the head bolts

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x2 on that..most of the times you have to go through the torque seqence at least 3 times till it checks out...
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Re: using water
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2010, 06:44:59 PM »
Quote from: jawman on February 16, 2010, 09:14:41 AM
is the intake gasket a possibility?

Ya, I think on an 8V the intake could leak by getting sucked into the engine, but
I think you would have a bad miss from that.
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Re: using water
« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2010, 09:56:40 PM »
I will check the head bolts again.
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Re: using water
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2010, 10:12:23 PM »
You should clean and lubricate the threads when reusing head bolts
to make sure you get the proper torque. Torque is the stretch of the
steel in the bolt, kind of like a rubber band, and the force keeps the
parts together.

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Re: using water
« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2010, 08:20:33 AM »
it could be the tbi gasket or intake gasket when i did my head gasket i replacer both of them and i have not had a problem yet.
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Re: using water
« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2010, 11:10:28 AM »
I just re torqued the head bolts and I am going to drive it some more and see what happens. they were all between 40 and 55lbs. after a month of being a DD
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Re: using water
« Reply #10 on: February 17, 2010, 07:15:30 PM »
The spec is 45-50, I would go a little higher like 55 max to be sure
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Re: using water
« Reply #11 on: February 17, 2010, 09:59:03 PM »
that's what I did. my other question is when it is running I was noticing the tail pipe had water coming out of it like a drop of water a second.
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Re: using water
« Reply #12 on: February 18, 2010, 08:58:04 AM »
Engine and exhaust system cold, that is normal, after it is warmed up
you should not see any water dripping, it could be blowing steam tho
and I mean on a warm day, not when it's 30* out

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