Wrong Gasket?
10-19-2010, 04:32 PM
#1
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Wrong Gasket?
This will be my first post on the forums (besides the new members area) but hopefully y'all can help me out
I just replaced the valve cover gasket on the passenger side, I had to take out the throttle body to beable to pull the cover out and put it back on...
well I wasn't expecting to pull the throttle body so I had to quick run to Advance Auto Parts and pick up a TB Gasket, they said that there were two different types, and the only thing I could come up with is between the EGR and plenum and between the TB and EGR.
So I said to the parts guy I want the one for between the TB and EGR.
I put the gasket on and hooked everything up and started the car...no leaks!
but now I have a separate possible issue...
after the change, just today, I notice a coolant smell, but I can't see any leaks, and I figured it may have just been some runoff burning off...but it continued for a bit, and for some reason I smelled it at the intake, and everytime I rev the motor "smoke" comes out of the shorty where it connects to the "down pipe" and it still has that smell.
So I'm wondering if I got the wrong gasket and the coolant is leaking into my plenum or its just more burnoff and the exhaust flange just has a leak, but either way I don't know....help.
SOrry for the long post, but I wanted to give all the info I could, the car is a 1990 Mustang GT 5.0 and the Gasket is here...http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/web...S_966077997___
I just replaced the valve cover gasket on the passenger side, I had to take out the throttle body to beable to pull the cover out and put it back on...
well I wasn't expecting to pull the throttle body so I had to quick run to Advance Auto Parts and pick up a TB Gasket, they said that there were two different types, and the only thing I could come up with is between the EGR and plenum and between the TB and EGR.
So I said to the parts guy I want the one for between the TB and EGR.
I put the gasket on and hooked everything up and started the car...no leaks!
but now I have a separate possible issue...
after the change, just today, I notice a coolant smell, but I can't see any leaks, and I figured it may have just been some runoff burning off...but it continued for a bit, and for some reason I smelled it at the intake, and everytime I rev the motor "smoke" comes out of the shorty where it connects to the "down pipe" and it still has that smell.
So I'm wondering if I got the wrong gasket and the coolant is leaking into my plenum or its just more burnoff and the exhaust flange just has a leak, but either way I don't know....help.
SOrry for the long post, but I wanted to give all the info I could, the car is a 1990 Mustang GT 5.0 and the Gasket is here...http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/web...S_966077997___
11-02-2010, 10:57 AM
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has anyone ever bypassed the coolant lines going to the tb? will it have any negative affect? in my mind heating up the air going into the intake would rob perf.
11-02-2010, 09:39 PM
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yeah I was thinking of that, and I probably would have, but where I'm renting now I only have street parking, so I was trying to get it done quickly, it wasn't too bad with the tb off, just needed some extensions.
has anyone ever bypassed the coolant lines going to the tb? will it have any negative affect? in my mind heating up the air going into the intake would rob perf.
has anyone ever bypassed the coolant lines going to the tb? will it have any negative affect? in my mind heating up the air going into the intake would rob perf.
11-03-2010, 04:41 PM
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