97stanger

Well, I brought my car to a show last weekend and it just didnt have the power it should, it also seemed to be popping out of the exhaust. So, first instinct was to check the plugs. I go to check the driver side front plug and there is coolant completely up to the top of the plug in the chamber. I checked all of the other plugs and the passenger side was completely fine, and 3 of the 4 plugs on the driver side were completely flooded with coolant. My first thought was that I blew a head gasket. My dad and I checked it out some more...we didnt notice any smoke coming from the exhaust, we dropped the oil and there was no separation from oil with any other fluid...called around and my tuner thinks I just blew an intake gasket. He said that a blown head gasket wouldnt have enough pressure to fill the entire chamber with coolant.

Now the only problem is taking two plugs out, we accidentally pulled out two of the timeserts with the plugs. We are going to re-tap the heads just to be safe, but it didnt seem to cause any harm. I'm going to start with replacing the intake gasket and hopefully thats all it is....what do ya guys think?

uberstang1

How did the timserts come out, I thought once those puppies were in they are in.

Blackvenom01

well i agree with your tuner that it is the intake! def not the head gasket

Blackvenom01

its prolly cracked the intake manifold rather then gasket but look it over good when you pull it

97stanger

that would really suck if it did, but I'll inspect the intake when its off. due to it being ported i guess theres always a possibility of it cracking. Well, the dummie I am never put antiseize on the plugs so it pulled two of the timeserts out. I bought some JB weld for the two timeserts, and this time around I'll put antiseize on the plugs.

uberstang1

Alot of people give mixed reaction on the antiseize thing, i guess with inserts its def a good idea, but I don't put it on my plugs either.

97stanger

yeah I didnt originally, but was told I should have. It makes sense because the plugs were in there GOOD, so hopefully there isnt any crazy damage to heads, thats all I'm really concerned about. An intake can be had for cheap