HELP... BAD INTAKE GASKET LEAKED WATER INTO HEADS

[BPTTONE420012]

used a cheap set of gaskets and now my heads are full of water... how do i drain this out

 

[tetomas]

Pull the spark plugs, and turn it over, blow it out with an air hose and put it back together. Check to be sure there is no water in the crankcase before starting it up.

 

[BPTTONE420012]

Pull the spark plugs, and turn it over, blow it out with an air hose and put it back together. Check to be sure there is no water in the crankcase before starting it up.

JUST BUILT THIS MOTOR... NEVER BEEN STARTED... drained all the contaminated oil... pulled plugs and hooked a shop vac up to where the plugs go to try n get out as much water as possible... think it'll be ok?

 

[BPTTONE420012]

Pull the spark plugs, and turn it over, blow it out with an air hose and put it back together. Check to be sure there is no water in the crankcase before starting it up.

JUST BUILT THIS MOTOR... NEVER BEEN STARTED... drained all the contaminated oil... pulled plugs and hooked a shop vac up to where the plugs go to try n get out as much water as possible... think it'll be ok?

 

[565bbchevy]

If water just poured in your block without the engine ever being ran or having the cooling system under pressure then I would say there is another issue.
Even cheap gaskets would seal under that scenario.

 

[BPTTONE420012]

i hooked the hose up full blast to the radiator to test for leaks... and she leaked at the water passages from the head to the intake... i thought these cheap .060 gaskets were good enough but after speaking with edelbrock they said to use their .120 thick gaskets and a decent amount of high temp rtv... edelbrock e tec 200 heads and edelbrock performer rpm intake

 

[Fox80]

That is very strange for sure, that is a massive leak for it to get from the water port to the intake track. I agree with the above, pull the plugs and spin it over, some WD40 in the plug holes will help displace the moisture

 

[Pontiac455]

If it was leaking from the coolant port, the water would go down into the lifter valley and then into the base. There is no way for it to go into the intake runner. I would be checking for cracks.

 

[crucial118]

If it was leaking from the coolant port, the water would go down into the lifter valley and then into the base. There is no way for it to go into the intake runner. I would be checking for cracks.

If there was a .06" gap between the gasket and mating surface(with no rtv), there might. Especially using a hose with high pressure. Shop vac the runners, put new gaskets on, use rtv, and change the oil. No different than doing an intake swap.

 

[Pontiac455]

There"s no way the would be a 0.060" gap between the heads and intake if it was torqued.