Should I continue to ignore this?

**Grimace** · 13th March 2014, 08:56 PM

Ok so I have finally today fixed a couple of minor issues with the rangie that have been nagging me for years.
Then I popped the engine bay and took a look at something else that's been on the back of my mind for about 6 months.

You see at Fraser Island last year I discovered a coolant leak. But it's an odd one. It is escaping from the middle head stud (arp) up via what looks to be the thread :O

See image attached... Soo as per title, should I continue to ignore this?
Also what the most reasonable explanation for such a leak?

Cheers
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**bee utey** · 13th March 2014, 09:09 PM

Cracked head, seen plenty like it over the years. It won't fall off but the leak will get slowly worse. Either get it welded one day or find another head and swap it when you've got other work to do on the engine. A bit of stop leak will hold it for 6-12 months too. It's got nothing to do with the combustion chamber so won't cause trouble unless you run low on coolant.

**Grimace** · 13th March 2014, 09:40 PM

cheers Bee Utey, was not what I wanted to hear!

I assume this has probably got something to do with my booty fab install procedure, as the heads are reco stage 2s from RPI with a bit more flow/port matching done locally.

This started not long after it was assembled. The engine has never got all that hot either!

Meh, will bin it for a LS one day

**Grimace** · 18th March 2014, 04:44 PM

crap already looking at LS and 6L80e engine combos

This could turn out to be a constly excersise

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