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I had a gasket that looked like that one. Check the head for cracks. Mine was in the intake port above the valve.Here's the damage. Still scratching my head on this one. The gasket appears to be good around the coolant ports but I had about a quart of coolant in the intake when I pulled it. It appeared to be isolated to #5 & 6cyls. No antifreeze in the cyls so I assume it migrated its way past the rings and into the pan from sitting. The good news is I rolled it over by hand and the cyls look good, don't see any cracks or pits so hopefully it will have a heartbeat again soon.
The machine shop hasn't found any cracks or damage other than .002-.003 out of flat on the rear head. Anyone see one blow like this or ideas?
Thanks, Mike.
New heads are available for $400, ask me how I know.Hopefully for what the machine shop swindled me out of they are good. They said they mangafluxed them and found nothing and went over them with a fine tooth comb and all they found was valves need ground and slight warp right at the back of the rear head. I guess I'll keep my fingers crossed they are good and that the previous owner didn't hydrolic it and bend the rod. I think he's being honest as the antifreeze I found in the oil was isolated to the rear sump only. If he had ran it, I would think it should have had some in both sumps. Also when I rolled it over to look at the sleeves the pistons appeared to come up to the correct height...
mike
I assume that is on the lower filter hsg...no air cleaner assy on at the time. The 2x was directly against the upper adapter where the filter would seat. I rechecked all the connections and they are good and tight so I'm not sure where it got its air, but it did.While you are at it; plug the fording attachment point on the back of the air cleaner. That's why it wouldn't shut off with the 2x4.