xgregrandomx

Yeah so yesterday i put new coolant in , and today all i needed to do was hook up my exhaust to fire up my rebuilt engine, but then i noticed coolant was leaking out of my header( the number 5 clyinder header pipe) any ideas what this can be so i know what to look for if and when i have to tear everything back down again(which i dred, considering i just finished putting it together).

and btw the all the gaskets throughout the engine are brand new and i made sure to use lots of sealant also when installing allmost everthing.

I think it is my lower intake(trick flow street heat upper/lower) gasket leaking i dont know tho any suggestions or possiblities will definitly help.

thanks,
greg

fordguy17

is your oil milky looking?

xgregrandomx

No, theres no oil in the car yet, but i think i may have found the problem after i took the upper intake off, I tigthened the lower intake bolts to the right torque spec and pattern when i first put in on, just the last torque spec in the squence was 22ft, I think thats kinda low for the lower intake so i went back and did the same pattern and went up 10more ftlbs so hopefully that stoped the leak im currently waiting to go back and check it (couldnt tell right away cuz even if the leak stoped there would still be some left over coolant in the header coming down it wasnt a huge leak either)

Tims 88GT

dont over tighten your manifold its very easy to brake, also when you used sealant on almost everything that is a no no to start that stuff is bad you need to use as little as possable, only around water jackets and that is about it, what brand gaskets did you use? if it was pooring out of the header then i would say your head gasket was not sealed. hope that helps

Scooterman

old oil?