Just trying to figure out what you guys would do. The block is O-ringed so I dont want to just go on to putting another head gasket on it. I have never re torqued the head since I put the built motor together in the garage, It has Arp head bolts in it so do you guys think it would be worth a shot to try a re torque? It only leaks about a half dollar size of coolant on to the garage floor after i drive it. I guess only when its geting pressurized. any help is greatly appreciated fellas. Also the head gasket is OEM.

 

Where is the coolant leaking from?

 

Retorquing in my experience yeild results maybe 30% of the time. Considering you have never done this it might not be a bad idea.

It could be that you are using a OEM gasket, every motor I have ever run with Orings either used a cooper gasket or special gasket with an oring integrated into it to mate up with the channel in the head/block.

Maybe some others can chime in.

 

If you're looking at the motor from the front of the car its on the back corner(left side) below the back runner of the exhaust manifold. I know quite a few people have used oem gaskets and had good results. If I have the block o-ringed do I have to do anything like re 0-ringing the block if i was to install another headgasket?

 

are u positive the leak isnt coming from somewhere else? like a coolant line or something?

 

I thought it could have been comeing fom somewhere else but I really cant think of anywhere else it would come from. thats the lowest part on the head so maybe it could be seaping from the intake side maybe. its hard to see the coolant parts on these motors though, ya know.

 

any update with this?