Why me? Blown head gasket?

[Photon440]

Headgasket = coolant in oil. Can't see it doing oil in the coolant.

I've had that. Oil pressure is usually higher than the coolant pressure. Open up the radiator cap and find white scum from the oil.

 

[Billccm]

So I've seen excessive use of Bars Stop Leak make the coolant look black and oily. Could that be a possibility in your case?

 

[David Womby]

So I've seen excessive use of Bars Stop Leak make the coolant look black and oily. Could that be a possibility in your case?

Thanks but no. I've never used anything like that. Coolant now looks clear.

I think I may risk taking car for a run then recheck coolant and oil for signs of contaminations.

David

 

[66Newport]

Coolant looks good. Your plugs say you are running on the rich side though (on all cylinders). Have you looked into that?

 

[David Womby]

Coolant looks good. Your plugs say you are running on the rich side though (on all cylinders). Have you looked into that?

Long, drawn-out and, so far, failed war with the SummitRacing 8600VS carb on that issue.

David

 

[66Newport]

Long, drawn-out and, so far, failed war with the SummitRacing 8600VS carb on that issue.

David

Care to elaborate? Failed war sounds like a lot of sht has been thrown at it.. Do you have another carb to go back too for testing?

 

[David Womby]

Care to elaborate? Failed war sounds like a lot of sht has been thrown at it.. Do you have another carb to go back too for testing?

It has always run rich and the right combination of timing and carb tuning has been elusive. I may have damaged the power valve as I did have backfires through the carb at one point. I have a replacement to fit and see if it helps. I've also read that the idle feeds can be reduced with a kit from Summit that may help. After that, it's time to buy a replacement (no, I have nothing on the shelf).

David

 

[hunt2elk]

Yeah, those plugs look like it is running quite rich.