I'll tell you the "what caused it " story later. I had thought my fans had quit, temp started getting hot. Stopped car and the dual fans weren't working. Let it cool down and drove it about 1/2 mile back to office to check it out. Did have a questionable wire and fixed it so the fans were working but I saw smoke coming out of breathers, then looked at temp gauge and it was heading up quickly so shut it down. Checked oil and we got the milkshake going on. Yesterday was my first 3000 mile oil change after my last head gasket. It's been sitting about 6 hours and towed it home. I emptied radiator and I've dropped the vanilla (anti-freeze) milkshake and filter. Yeh, I was going to get rid of the anti-freeze next week. I added some fresh oil and ran it two minutes and dropped it. It now looks like a chocolate shake. I probably going to just pull the motor like I did last time. Questions; Should I do an oil cleanse or seafoam cleanse again? What about my turbo bearings?
Milkshake!! Blown headgasket cleanup advice
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Sorry to hear about your woes.....
I would like to know what head gaskets you were running.... either time... and what surface prep did you have on the heads?
I decided on Cometics.... but some say I should not... cause they won't blow.... but something else will that is more serious... Razor calls this the fuse....
Just curious which gaskets you have.....
Good luck with your R&R.
I would like to know what head gaskets you were running.... either time... and what surface prep did you have on the heads?
I decided on Cometics.... but some say I should not... cause they won't blow.... but something else will that is more serious... Razor calls this the fuse....
Just curious which gaskets you have.....
Good luck with your R&R.
cometics wil blow and if they do other parts are going with it. http://www.turbobuick.com/forums/1353643-post6.html
Feelpro 1000's for this time. When I had the motor rebuilt I had two stock gm gaskets on both sides, they were good until my alky quit towards the end of the track. I didn't have any water in oil but I pulled motor had the heads shaved again, put new bearing in and used the 1000's. I had just been to the track Saturday and made three passes and things looked good. I thought I was a little rich so before I left this morning I changed my tranlator from 14% rich to 10% rich. When I punch it, it popped a couple of times but didn't show any knock. Later today I got on it two more times and it still backfired. Got to stop light and thought I smelled smoke, looked at temp and saw it at 210 or 20 so I shut it down and coasted to parking lot. I just thought it was my fans. I have only changed the oil one more time than the headgaskets. I am sick! I'm going to consider cometics.
I just cleaned up my milkshake. Make sure the pan, block, all oil lines, valve covers, intake, front cover etc etc. Have lots of brake fluid or something to get all the foam out of everything.
Good luck, my bearings and cam were ok because of RMI instead of Anti freeze.
Good luck, my bearings and cam were ok because of RMI instead of Anti freeze.
Don't run cometics unless your heads AND block are 100% trued. I found this out the hard way when I put on cometics over the winter and I've never had my block touched. The gaskets leaked oil and water like crazy. Went back to the Felpro 9441PT gaskets and not one single drop of anything. Put them on 100% clean and dry, torque accordingly (make sure you use the permatex thread sealer in the white little tubes on all threads of each bolt or stud).
I've gone through about 6 sets of headgaskets and can now get the entire motor torn apart, cleaned, and assembled in one day's work!
That's actually pretty sad
I've gone through about 6 sets of headgaskets and can now get the entire motor torn apart, cleaned, and assembled in one day's work!
That's actually pretty sadI've only pulled my motor out once. All the other times I just leave the block in the car. It's alot easier to work on a motor on a stand obviously but on these cars, if you are somewhat athletic, you can do this job with the motor in the car quite easily.
If you have head STUDS, you cannot pull the heads out of the car with the motor in the bay, you have to take the studs out and then remove the heads.
If you have head STUDS, you cannot pull the heads out of the car with the motor in the bay, you have to take the studs out and then remove the heads.
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I use Fel-Pro 1007 head gaskets. I've had good luck with these.
My pan gasket was leaking so I'm thinking I'll just pull the whole motor again and check everything out. I'm wondering if I should try a different cam. I have an atr 313b cam. I think it is 208/201. Any suggestions with my combo? Maybe my friend in Florida can hook me up with some champion head too.
Do the 1007's have some copper or something in them?
Do the 1007's have some copper or something in them?
