Alright so I’ll try and keep this as brief but also as detailed as possible. If you’ve read my old threads you might be familiar
I have a de smogged bone stock 83 60 series. 270k miles. Overheated on my first road trip. Was told it was a cracked head. Had the whole head resurfaced plus a valve job. Took it out and installed myself. Upon first test drive was experiencing the same issue, overheating. White smoke out the back. Coolant in cylinders 2 and 6
fast forward few months later. Finally got around to giving it another shot. Replaced the t stat and flushed the coolant system added some block seal and drove it for a couple days. Ran fine. No overheating. Flushed it again and added fresh coolant, changed the oil. Put about 130 miles on it all together with no overheating issues.
Was driving back to Arizona from San Diego figuring I’d solved the issue. At least for a while. About 20 miles in experienced significant power loss. Didn’t start to over heat until I pulled over. And upon further inspection found coolant literally spraying out of cylinder 1.
checked the compression, cylinder one is the only one with decent pressure at 125. Cylinder 2 at 120. And the rest of then completely dead with less than 30 each.
Now she obviously won’t turn over. Don’t know if it’s the head. The gasket. Cracked block. Or cooling system issue. I’m lost.
So I remove the head again and dig into it. Do I bite the bullet and just send the whole car to a shop and get it all taken care of. Do I look for a new motor? Any places in San Diego you would recommend.
(P.s Also something to be considered. Was having a waxy silicone like substance come out of my radiator when the engine would get hot and coolant would boil over. Have no idea what it was or is. Still. First saw it when I initially overheated about 6 months ago. )
HELP!
I have a de smogged bone stock 83 60 series. 270k miles. Overheated on my first road trip. Was told it was a cracked head. Had the whole head resurfaced plus a valve job. Took it out and installed myself. Upon first test drive was experiencing the same issue, overheating. White smoke out the back. Coolant in cylinders 2 and 6
fast forward few months later. Finally got around to giving it another shot. Replaced the t stat and flushed the coolant system added some block seal and drove it for a couple days. Ran fine. No overheating. Flushed it again and added fresh coolant, changed the oil. Put about 130 miles on it all together with no overheating issues.
Was driving back to Arizona from San Diego figuring I’d solved the issue. At least for a while. About 20 miles in experienced significant power loss. Didn’t start to over heat until I pulled over. And upon further inspection found coolant literally spraying out of cylinder 1.
checked the compression, cylinder one is the only one with decent pressure at 125. Cylinder 2 at 120. And the rest of then completely dead with less than 30 each.
Now she obviously won’t turn over. Don’t know if it’s the head. The gasket. Cracked block. Or cooling system issue. I’m lost.
So I remove the head again and dig into it. Do I bite the bullet and just send the whole car to a shop and get it all taken care of. Do I look for a new motor? Any places in San Diego you would recommend.
(P.s Also something to be considered. Was having a waxy silicone like substance come out of my radiator when the engine would get hot and coolant would boil over. Have no idea what it was or is. Still. First saw it when I initially overheated about 6 months ago. )
HELP!