L31MaxExpress
I'm Awesome
I drove the van for 3-4 hours this afternoon. I parked it, then noticed a small coolant puddle forming. I looked up under it and had coolant dripping out of the starter. I cannot tell if its leaking from one of the two head bolts or the gasket itself. At the very least I am pulling a valve cover, adding some more sealent to the head bolts in the area and retorquing the gasket. More than likely the intake and head will have to come off. If the head is coming off, I will be porting the marine intake and installing it while I have it apart. I retorqued the heads on it after I had heat cycled it a couple of times on the stand. First time I have ever had a head gasket leak on a fresh SBC. The block was decked, the heads were milled and it has 0.028" thick GM head gaskets. I put thread sealer on the head bolts. Has me scratching my head for sure.
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