Blown head gasket or head?
Blown head gasket or head?
There must be something wrong, there‘s water in the number 2 & 3 cylinders. It’s a pity too because I got the engine running evenly and well. Now I think the plugs are water fouled.
Anyway I’m determined to do as much of the work as I can, but this is my first rodeo so to speak. I have had a head off before only to inspect the cylinder heads on a dead engine. Anyway I can’t remember that it was that difficult and the manual makes it look straight forward. I imagine there’s an even chance the head is cracked. Is there anything I should know before getting into this?
Uh - oh ... That's not good!
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Originally Posted by
Nemo von Klepper
Blown head gasket or head? There must be something wrong, there‘s water in the number 2 & 3 cylinders.
F-134 or L-134 engine?
If you have the L-134, you don't have that big of a job in front of you. Tape the plug wires out of the way, pull the plugs and start undoing head bolts around the perimeter toward the center of the head. Persuade the head to come off and give things a good looking over. I hope you have a blown head gasket, but in the long life of the '48 - it did have a cracked head when Dad drove it as a flathead.
I would defer to gmwillys' opinion here, but if you do have a blown head gasket, it might be worth getting the head checked for flatness or warping before you put it back on. Warping could have been why the gasket failed.
And, as always - a picture or two helps the rest of us know just what to look for when we have the problem.