[DeTomaso] Mayonnaise on the dipstick

[Dave Londry]

Yes that performer intake has no water channels Tomas
- but doesn't the intake gasket block off the water channels that were 
used with the Ford intake?
dave



Tomas Gunnarsson wrote:
> Dave,
>
> You can rule out #1 as the Cleveland doesn't run water through the intake.
> Unless you have a different engine that is...
>
> Tomas
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On Behalf Of Dave Londry
> Sent: den 2 augusti 2010 20:15
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> Subject: [DeTomaso] Mayonnaise on the dipstick
> Importance: High
>
>
> Just checking over the Pantera yesterday before we set off on the big
> Rocky Mountain Tour on Tuesday.
> It's 200 miles since I changed out the stage 2 break-in oil.
>
> I pulled out the dipstick - the level was good, but there was just a
> tiny fleck of mayo at the end.
> The optimist in me says - pcv valve fault - just collecting a bit of
> condensate.
>
> I checked the anti-freeze level, but it's hard to tell with the overflow
> tank.
> It's maybe down but no more than a pint and I'm not sure I had all the
> air out anyway.
> I started it up with the cap off - no bubbles and there's nothing white
> in the exhaust,
>  so neither exhaust nor oil are getting into the coolant.
>
> Onto the lift, let it settle for a half-hour and take a cup of oil out
> of the pan.
> Just turning a bit of a chocolate colour - oh shit!
> I let that settle and got  maybe a teaspoon of green in the bottom.
> So it's clear, coolant is going into the anti-freeze and at a very slow
> rate.
>
> Off with a valve cover and there's no sign of mayo or cheese at all.
> Check the headbolt torque and intake torque and they're both OK.
>
> So I'm thinking
> 1. Intake gasket just not sealing of one of the cooling channels.  The
> intake is a Performer so it's dry.
>     I can get that off, get a gasket tomorrow morning and still make the
> show.
>
> 2. Front cover / waterpump gaskets not sealing. No way I can make that.
>     I had to wait for the present gasket set to come in.
>
> 3. Buy a leakdown tester to check for a head gasket leak.
>     I'm not sure such a slow leak would show and that'll leave me
> changing the head gasket anyway.
>
> Damn - it's running so fine.
> Anyway - can anyone correct my thinking here??
> Any kind of magic would be fine.
>
> tks
> dave
>
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