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Engine Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Old Feb 22, 2007 | 01:34 AM
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Where the head meets the block there is this rust forming and there is oil down the engine and exhaust. What Can I do?
 
Old Feb 22, 2007 | 02:00 AM
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clean the rust off, and then clean the oil off... lets start with that
 
Old Feb 22, 2007 | 02:26 AM
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just go get some engine degreaser and clean it all off, then you can try and determine the source of the crud
 
Old Feb 22, 2007 | 04:04 AM
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RCJ your such a smartass sometimes.[8D]
 
Old Feb 22, 2007 | 10:30 AM
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well come on man... if i came on here and was like "guys, there is a glob of dirt on my carbon fiber hood, what should i do?" am i going to get a realistic answer?? if he was asking about the source of it, where it came from, how to eliminate it... then i would be a little more tactfull but jeez.
 
Old Feb 23, 2007 | 05:18 AM
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Yea so i got bird poop on my sunroof, what should i do?
 
Old Feb 23, 2007 | 10:13 AM
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yea yea we get the point. i wasn't trying to be a TOTAL smart *** when i posted that reply, i was simply telling him what to do first lol
 
Old Jul 8, 2007 | 12:39 AM
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Well lets see, first of all i did that abot 50 times i replaced gaskets all over the engine, and quess what it still leakes what could i do?
 
Old Jul 8, 2007 | 01:21 AM
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You COULD buy a new car? j/k If you replaced all the gaskets... could it be like a hairline fracture in the block? You do a compression test?
 
Old Jul 8, 2007 | 02:01 AM
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My guess would be that the head surface isn't flat and needs to be resurfaced or the head studs need to be replaced...they need to be replaced anyway if you replaced the head gasket because of stretching. The head should have been checked at a maching shop for warping.
That would be my guess, since you stated the you've already replaced all the gaskets with no mention of getting anything machined. Maybe you did, maybe you didn't, but that's pertinent info too, Joe

If it was machined and new head studs were used then check your head studs and make sure they are still in torqued correctly.
 

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