Coolant leak on small motor, bum cylinder top?
Coolant leak on small motor, bum cylinder top?
92 v-max4
it has 1 head per 2 cylinders.
I found I had a warped head and a machine shop took .006 off the head. Put back on, still leaks from another spot. Discovered the cylinder itself has a detent, or indentation on top outer edge. What can be done to fix this. Can some be milled off the cylinder to make it flat again? If so, I am guessing the other side thould have this done also?
Thanks
it has 1 head per 2 cylinders.
I found I had a warped head and a machine shop took .006 off the head. Put back on, still leaks from another spot. Discovered the cylinder itself has a detent, or indentation on top outer edge. What can be done to fix this. Can some be milled off the cylinder to make it flat again? If so, I am guessing the other side thould have this done also?
Thanks
Got my problem narrowed down a step further......
Took heads off, and found a .020 height difference between the cylinders bolted on the sled. The leaky one being .020 lower.
Took the other heads off on the good non leaking side to confirm, and they are set at the exact same heights of one another. Thus making sense and not leaking.
So thats my problem. When I torque the heads down, that gap is causing enough of a difference to leak because of the offset.
Now, could I have caused this problem? I was trying to remove stuck cylinder stud bolts, and I hit them repeatably with a brass hammer. Could I have compressed the base gasket .020?
Please tell me what my next step should be?
Thanks
Took heads off, and found a .020 height difference between the cylinders bolted on the sled. The leaky one being .020 lower.
Took the other heads off on the good non leaking side to confirm, and they are set at the exact same heights of one another. Thus making sense and not leaking.
So thats my problem. When I torque the heads down, that gap is causing enough of a difference to leak because of the offset.
Now, could I have caused this problem? I was trying to remove stuck cylinder stud bolts, and I hit them repeatably with a brass hammer. Could I have compressed the base gasket .020?
Please tell me what my next step should be?
Thanks
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