[V8] New visitation with my V8: it's back and running again!

[dsaad at icehouse.net]

Nothing sucks more than to painstakingly torque all those expensive new gaskets 
inplace - only to still have the problem you started with.
I hope you nail it soon - although I would like a set of those 
fancy "yourapeein" headlights!!

Dave





Quoting "Roger M. Woodbury" <rmwoodbury at downeast.net>:

> THAT'S the good news!  Unfortunately, that is the ONLY good news.
> 
> The right cylinder head is still leaking someplace.
> 
> The leak is behind the right side timing belt cover, right where it is
> impossible to see anything.  The rear of the timing belt cover cannot be
> removed and the lubrication system pressurized, so a portion of the
> front of
> the cylinder head and block is blind.
> 
> There IS a little place in the front of the cylinderhead casting that
> was/is
> suspect.  It's a little rough, but doesn't look really rough.  Could be
> that
> it has become porous with now, 90k on the engine.
> 
> It could be that the head was off once before in its life.  We cannot
> tell
> for sure, but it is possible.  Could be that when replaced, the head was
> torqued down and hydrolocked, allowing (worst case), the block to be
> weakened, and ultimately, to crack.
> 
> Now that everything is clean, clean clean....the next step is to run a
> dyed
> oil through the engine under pressure and then tear off the front of the
> engine shrouding,, timing belt assembly, and so on, and reinspect.
> 
> The other "good" news, is that the mechanic is now working "off the
> clock".
> He wants to find out what is going on, just as badly as I do.
> 
> Maybe next week, mid week, we'll know.
> 
> Worst, worst, worst, worst case, and I'll have some reallly good
> European
> headlights up for sale.....but not yet.
> 
> Roger
> 
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