Not normal at all. Are those leaks from the LH head gasket area? What year is block? You might need to tighten a pipe plug in the LH side of blockbehind the cylinder heafd.
Not normal at all. Are those leaks from the LH head gasket area? What year is block? You might need to tighten a pipe plug in the LH side of blockbehind the cylinder heafd.
Unfortunately, each of those 4 pictures is a different corner of the block. Both left and right heads, front and back. It appears to be coming from the head to block mating surface on all four corners. The block is a marine engine from 1995 I think. I don't have the casting number off hand but I can get it. I had a machine shop go through it and bore it 30 over due to some rust from water sitting in one of the cylinders. It's a good shop and I trust their work. They decked the block and heads for me so there should not be any warpage to worry about.
It occurred to me just now that I might want to clean it off and see if it's actually leaking. A couple of weeks back, I had a heater hose burst. I suppose it's possible that some coolant ran down the corners of the block. I'm going to wipe it down and see if it comes back before doing anything drastic.
Definitely hose everything off before making any decisions.
Do you know what was installed for a head gasket? Steel shim type or composition?
I used a composite gasket from Enginetech.
that's really fresh oil, buddy. you must have pinched or damaged a gasket during installation, mistorqued something, missed some RTV'd corners that some GM gaskets require, or had mating surfaces not...uh...mating. clean it, run it drive it, and check again, but i think that engine is coming back out to be re-gasketed.
That is really odd all four corners have leaks. Oil through the head is merely a static drain back into the motor. Water on the other hand is pressurized. Doesn’t appear to be water though. Is it blowing out the intake valley and finding a leak path, if not the head gaskets would be highly suspect and didn’t seal properly.
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