Posted by doehmke on October 01, 2013 at 19:03:55 from (74.5.83.25):
Fired up one of my F20s after totally redoing the engine, to include having the head gone through and all new valves and surfaces ground, magnafluxed, etc. Also, the shop repaired a crack by one of the valves. Engine runs very nicely, but I watch coolant seeping out from under the manifold gasket's bottom edge, just to the left of the 2nd manifold stud from the front of the engine. It is very slow in forming individual drops, which drop one at a time down side of the block.
Don't have any coolant getting into either the crankcase the crankcase or manifold and carb from what I can tell.
Any thoughts on if this might be a manifold stud turned in too far and coolant from the water jacket is seeping out the bolt hole? Would high temp sealant on the stud threads possibly take care of this? Any other ideas short of pulling the head and having it rechecked or replaced?
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