[DeTomaso] Mayonnaise on the dipstick

[Asa Jay Laughton]

Stock 351C heads do not have water passage outlets to the intake.   
Period.  Unless of course someone butchered a set of heads to let  
water out but then it wouldn't go anywhere because -all- aftermarket  
intakes for the 351C are dry.

Water outlets via the front of the block just above the timing cover.
Coolant flows through a convoluted series of passages from the block  
into the head and then back OUT of the head into the block and out the  
top of the block a the thermostat.

In theory.... you could remove the intake and start the engine by  
dribbling gas in the intake ports and NOT have any coolant escape the  
engine.

Asa Jay




Quoting Dave Londry <davel at emspace.com>:

> 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-----
>> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
>> [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On Behalf Of Dave Londry
>> Sent: den 2 augusti 2010 20:15
>> To: DeTomaso Forum
>> 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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