Thread: Coolant Leak,Big Dramas

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that the gist of it...

the compressed air goes in through the plug hole and you just listen for it escaping where it shouldn't.

A film of soapy water over the exhaust will help you find an exhaust leak

remove the air inlet ducting to as close to the intake manifold as you can

dont forget to check both the dipstick and the rocker cover for escaping air

putting a meniscus on the coolant fill helps there too.

judging by the photos, and ALL jokes aside, a water injection unit of some sort might be just the thing for keeping the engine squeaky clean... thoughts?

so true,its a bit hard to see in the pics but it looked like it had just been honed.this one really has me stuffed,i cant think of any real explanation with out pulling it all to bits.

Sorry to hear the bad news.

Does sound like a slipped, or even a split liner.

Havent had that discussion since the last time I got caught spraying water into a diesel to decoke it.....


ITs got merits but what if something goes wrong?

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Are the V8 liners wet or dry type?

Dry. The cold liners are pressed into a heated block. As you can see from my earlier pic, the liners are very thin.



That's the same cylinder as in my pic. Check very closely for any difference in the level of the block face and the liner. They should be exactly the same.

You could have a slipped liner and it just happened to lift back up to the top of the bore when you turned off the engine. Now that it's running again and the engine heat gets it moving again?

What Head Gasket did you use on re install, maybe gasket damaged near a water jacket, did the old gasket have signs of where water had entered?