So I pulled the head off today…and this is what I found.
First things first. This is what I immediately saw after removing the head
I found coolant down in cylinder #2 & #3 =[
I looked as closely as I could at the cylinder walls/sleeves and didn’t see any cracks, scoring, or any signs of leaks which made me feel a lot better
Onto the head gasket. At first sight I didn’t see an immediate tell tail failure spot. After talking to a friend I sent the photos to, he pointed it out. Apparently the black stuff on the gasket is a sealant type material and if you look in between cylinders 2 & 3 you can see there is none of that black material left.
Apparently that was the failure point, which makes sense why I only have coolant in cylinders 2 & 3. Cylinders 1 & 4 are completely dry
Now this is the part where I got nervous again. When looking at the bottom of my head I noticed the exhaust valves looked pretty bad and on the cylinders that were leaking I see what appears to be pitting on them.
From what my friend who I sent the photos to told me, that is just a bunch of carbon build up due to the coolant being in there. The valves on cylinders 1 & 4 don’t have that look to them, and on cylinder 2 it’s not that bad. It’s on cylinder #3 that it looks the worse and that is the cylinder that had the most coolant in it.
My plan moving forward right now is to take the head to a machine shop and have everything checked out on it. If anything needs to be replaced, even the valves, I will replace them.
All in all I’m really glad I caught this when I did and that it isn’t anything worse than a blown head gasket. Everything will get cleaned up before it’s put back together, the head, the tops of the pistons, and every gasket or seal on the head will be replaced as needed too. I’ll post back when things progress
Thanks, na the front of the block is dirty. I need to respray that, but I’m out of paint right now. I’ve been busy cleaning up my wiring harness and engine bay a little. I’m waiting on my parts to show up for the head gasket.
I got bored today and cleaned up my coils. They’re gonna get dirty again the first time I drive so not really sure this was needed
Yep, not gonna give on this project. Set things back time and money wise, but it’ll still get done. I’ve been meaning to get out in the garage and start ripping the head apart, but it’s college football bowl season and I love that shit lol. I need a tv in the garage and I’d be set
Haven’t posted in here in awhile. All of the turbo build stuff like all of that ^ is being posted in the turbo section.
I figured I’d post this just to keep this thread from vanishing.
Got super bored today so I decided to detail my ferrari…I mean my beater daily. Nothing looks better than shiny rust. This was the first time it had been washed or vacuumed in…since last summer I think. Looks like a pos inside and out, but drive and runs flawlessly (knock on wood), I love this car.
My da is still down with the head still off the motor =[
If someone would have told me that a black and yellow engine bay could look good in a red car I probably would have laughed at them, but damn your car sure wears it well.
lol thanks I appreciate it. I didn’t think it was going to look good at first either, but it worked out well. It wont be black and yellow when the turbo set up is all done though. The cam gears are black, the valve cover, fuel rail, and compressor housing will be powder coated bronze, the spark plug cover will be black, the turbine housing and wastegate will get ceramic coated black, and i’m still debating on weather to wrap all the intercooler piping in that dei titanium wrap, or have it powder coated bronze as well. Not sure yet
Just another random shot of the gauges, just cause I love how they look lol
