lilpooh21186

So after building my motor my self it has turned out great only 1 cel from the knock sensor that i broke. It would also buck under partial throttal but a manual advance in timing fixed that ( IM na for now) . So now that i have 250 mi on my motor i decide its time to give it more frequent beatings and my ------- headgasket starts to leaks oil!!!!!!!! theres oil going down my tranny and across my exhaust manifold to the other side of my block i have a cometic 030 mls head gasket w/arp's has anyone else had this problem if so is there a quick fix? What are you other hmters using for head gaskets? The shop pulled my dowl pins out so they could rerface could this be the reason it leaks?

USS

Did they put the dowel pins back in? If not, that's your problem.

lilpooh21186

no i put them back in the only thing is i dont know if i may have put them in the wrong way eventho i thought they just slip in either way

BoostedBSeries

:1 they go in either way. you should have used a stock head gasket.

lilpooh21186

Yea i was told that today to use a stock hg with copper spray. i toruqe my arps to 65 like it says to but the kid also told me to go around 90 What do you guys torque your arp's to

WTF

my motor sees 10psi with arp's (i think i did +10ft'lbs over stock recommended) and a $40 fel pro mls didnt even resurface anything no leaks

lilpooh21186

yea mine are right at stock torque b/c arp says 70lbs but then it has a caption that with aluminum motors go 65 but il will see tomarrow im going 85

E-b0la

ARP reccommends those torque specs for a reason...

The only thing I might do is add The error percentage of the torque wrench to the spec just to ensure it is on the tighter side rather than the looser side, but 85lb-ft over a spec of 65lb-ft? that's a little excessive. Remeber metal expands when it gets hot.

just my $.02

omniscient

Just double check everything that can leak oil like the distributor, vtect selnoid, cam cap. Whatever you may have. I thought my headgasket was leaking oil as well and me being a dumbass I replaced my headgasket and it still leaked, it turned out to be my distributor seal. My motor leaked the exact same way yours is.