Like always turbo car problems

[1quick]

I found my starting problem to be a grounding issue, but this morning upon fixing that I found I have a much bigger problem, I'm burning coolant and also leaking it into the oil, the car has run all together for less than 5 minutes, should I be worried about the bearings being shot already? And I've never had a bad head gasket or lower intake gasket but I was only pulling 9lbs of vacuum and its normally 13-14, I have mls .074 4 layer gaskets they were used from my other motor cleaned up copper sprayed each side of each layer and arp head studs and bolts torqued to arp spec using the proper sequence, I'm betting on the lower intake but I don't have any experience with a leaking lower would it burn enough coolant to smoke out my garage? And make a bad looking oil milk shake, I opened up the ports on the lower intake gaskets some to match the ports and they didnt seem to lign up right not from the modifications but the alignment pins seemed like they were holding them 1/16-1/8 inch too high if I remember right

[MENTION=53]Turbocharged400sbc[/MENTION]

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[The Broken Regal]

oh fuck no dude, shit I hope everything is ok

 

[SleeperLS]

I had this exact issue when i first got my car back together. The garage was smoked out really really bad and my oil was a straight chocolate milkshake. It took a minute for the LIM sealant to swell up and keep the LIM from leaking coolant. After i changed the oil and ran the car for a minute, the coolant leak never came back. I got lucky. Sounds like LIM issue to me at least. Time for a coolant leak down test or even a compression test to see what the issue might be.

 

[1quick]

I'm thinking I may have gotten to aggressive trying to match the lim gaskets to the ports, more worried about the bottom end, I didn't see any metallic in my milk shake

 

[10sec]

As long as there wasn't load on the motor, the bearings should be ok. If you were beating on it, you could have hurt one, but I doubt you were as it's a fresh build.

 

[1quick]

I haven't even drove the car yet, I was going to let it idle up to temp so I could change the oil and noticed it smoking bad

 

[10sec]

Yea, them bearings will be ok. Shit happens, fix it, and smoke HK.

 

[1quick]

Compression is good on the front bank fingers crossed for the rears I don't feel like doing head gaskets again

 

[1quick]

Good on the rear also, fucking car, going to get new intake gaskets, what to people do with ported heads for gaskets? They look like restrictor plates on the heads I have lol but I don't want to touch them now

 

[GTPpower]

I agree...sounds a lot like the intake gaskets. I would think your motor is ok. Just make sure you change the oil a couple times.

 

[02BlueGT]

Good on the rear also, fucking car, going to get new intake gaskets, what to people do with ported heads for gaskets? They look like restrictor plates on the heads I have lol but I don't want to touch them now

As long as you leave aluminum inside the O-ring in the gasket you should be fine. The rubber/silicone o-rings are what seal, the Aluminum is just a structural element. You can port them, it shouldn't cause any issues unless you hit the rubber/silicone.

James has some secrets to get a better seal on the LIM gaskets, PM him. Also, maksue you follow torque sequence on the LIM bolts.

 

[1quick]

I already dumped the oil and put good in, ill change it again twice after the lim gasket job, I have to go kick the guy in the balls that screwed up the alternator

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

5 gallons of e85 and a match

 

[Wild White Pony]

Sorry to hear this quick, if you need to borrow a cylinder leak down tester or an airlift coolant system leak detector let me know I have both you can use before you fire up that engine again.

 

[1quick]

I bought intake gaskets earlier they are felpro metal gaskets I don't really like the way they look but fuck it, I also took the alternator to the guy that I always take them too and he said whoever took it appart and put it back together totally fucked it up, it was going to cost more to fix this one than it would to buy a new one, that bastard, even the case that I had powder coated was cracked from ware he half ass pressed the berring in, so I decided to treat myself by purchasing a car hauler today got a pretty good deal on a brand new one winch stand electric brakes and all that jazz

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

fuck those gaskets, gm all the way

 

[SleeperLS]

I have a alternator 1 quick. relatively new as well. in good shape. let me know if you are interested. Also have a LIM you could use if yours is causing issues. that shit is yours cheap if you want it.

 

[RICH17]

I bought intake gaskets earlier they are felpro metal gaskets I don't really like the way they look but fuck it, I also took the alternator to the guy that I always take them too and he said whoever took it appart and put it back together totally fucked it up, it was going to cost more to fix this one than it would to buy a new one, that bastard, even the case that I had powder coated was cracked from ware he half ass pressed the berring in, so I decided to treat myself by purchasing a car hauler today got a pretty good deal on a brand new one winch stand electric brakes and all that jazz

Pics of hauler?

 

[1quick]

What are the zzp lim gaskets they are like gm knock offs or something, the hauler is just all black and shiny I just put a deposit on it not picking it up till Wednesday, thanks for the offer sleeper I'm going to try my luck at having napa pay for a new one since it was his guy that broke mine, and pending I don't drink too much beer I'm doing the lim gaskets tonight, I want to get this broke dick turbo car drive able again

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

if it aint green and black hit back

 

[1quick]

It seems to be smoking out the exhaust again, should I bring it up to temp and see if it clears up

 

[1quick]

Do heads, valve size/port size affect manifold vacuum

 

[02BlueGT]

Do heads, valve size/port size affect manifold vacuum

It can, did you put in a cam too?

 

[10sec]

FWIW my ST5 idled about about 13in/hg. Stock was ~20.

 

[1quick]

I am still running the st5 cam, pulled 12-13 last year, this year I went from the l26 9.6:1 compression to an l67 with thick head gaskets I figured about 8.3:1 and the stage 3.5 zzp heads now I only pull 9lbs vacuum, I wasn't sure if that was normal or I had a big vacuum leak some ware