Looks like the gasket might have been kinked before fitting. It also looks like the head might be eroded where it was leaking. I think I would wipe it on some fine wet and dry on a surface plate to check that before reassembly. Gasket sets are a substantial expense, these days - you don't want to be using two where one would do.
> On 07 August 2018 at 10:04 Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Ever since I replaced the motor in my car, I've been having coolant > issues. There have been some leaky hoses, which were solved, then > another would start leaking. One only leaked while under pressure, and > that was a very fine pinhole stream. For the most part there were no > puddles under the car. There was no CO that showed up in the coolant. > The compression test results were quite good, with only one cylinder > being a few pounds higher than the rest. The motor had the after market > head gaskets, with the exposed bit (which showed they were replacements) > looking quite clean, as if they had been replaced along with the new > water pump and timing belt which I found when I took the front cover > off. A couple weeks ago, I gave up, and ordered the $300 worth of parts > to replace the head gaskets. Money that I had "saved" when the motor was > outside of the car and it would have been convenient. > > I got the heads off last night and this morning, and sure enough there > was signs of exhaust leaking into the water jacket, which would have > pressurized the coolant and blown it out the overflow tank, just as it > seemed. The coolant system being basically sealed is why the leak > didn't show up on the compression test. > > Just to keep it on topic, here are some photos, devoid of artistic > merit, of the cylinder heads etc. I've got them pretty much cleaned up > now, so with luck I'll have the car back together sometime tomorrow. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157672026815098 > > My whole experience with this car has been a continuing series of > lessons on how expensive it can be to try to save money on cars, and > especially car work. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
