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Old Apr 16, 2011 | 12:13 PM
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Default Blown head gasket or something else?
The last time I had my track car out it started smoking very badly (white smoke). I did a compression check and all cylinders are at 165 PSI except for number 2 which is at 90 PSI. Also when I pulled the plug on that cylinder it puked out coolant.

I just pulled the intake mainfold and I have coolant in the intake manifold valley too.

I'm getting ready to pull the suspect head right now but just wondering if there is anything else I should be checking?

How obvious will a blown head gasket be?

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i do think you have a blown gasket,now i woul like to know why
Did you overheat the car on the previous days this happened ?
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i do think you have a blown gasket,now i woul like to know why
Did you overheat the car on the previous days this happened ?
Yes, the car over heated during my electric water pump installation testing (dumb *** move on my part).
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Some other members may chime in but my take is that you do have a blown gasket
If you have the $ it might be a good time for upgrades
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I would agree, Blown head gasket.
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Originally Posted by Calderone
Some other members may chime in but my take is that you do have a blown gasket
If you have the $ it might be a good time for upgrades
Currently a 383 stroker dynoed at 450 RWHP. Probably good enough for now!
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have the haed checked,may need resurfaced
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Originally Posted by bykerboy
Currently a 383 stroker dynoed at 450 RWHP. Probably good enough for now!
450 RWHP ? i would love to have that
currently im considering the 383 upgrade,what's your specs?
Congrats , you have great power !!!

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Sammy is right.

Suspect a blown headgasket.

Do both banks or headgaskets.

Might as well because the intake manifold has to come off anyway.

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Originally Posted by 87 vette 81 big girl
Sammy is right.

Suspect a blown headgasket.

Do both banks or headgaskets.

Might as well because the intake manifold has to come off anyway.

Brian

It was definitely a blown head gasket. Here are gory details.





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i was able to see the pictures,damn that's ugly ! but hopefully nothing major
happened to me some years ago.
like tblt44 said, check the head's surface just to be safe
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450 RWHP ? i would love to have that
currently im considering the 383 upgrade,what's your specs?
Congrats , you have great power !!!

Heads ported and flowed, long tube headers, 58MM intake, and special ECM program.
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450 rwhp nice. What kind of heads?
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How long did you run the motor? Antifreeze destroys bearings. You might want to drop the pan and replace the bearings while you are at it.
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