Its lives.......kinda

[bagdranger]

hey guys need a little help. Got my 85 2.8 back up and running. After a terrible slung rod athrough the block. Got new block, redid the heads (again) and had a buddy port my heads and intake. Got an issue now and just need to get opinions. So I got the truck running and took it for a drive to the car wash, no more than 10 miles round trip. Issue I have now is there's coolant in the oil. I'm thinking either head gasket or intake gaskets are to blame. The truck runs fine just over heats a bit. Ill be getting it pulled apart tomorrow and have new head gaskets just incase. Any ideas?

 

[dangerranger83]

Sounds like a gasket problem or somethng wasn't tightened to specs. Sounds like intake gaskets to me.

 

[jhammel85]

I would also assume that a gasket wasn't torqued properly. Sorry man, I would stop driving it right away and check that out. No one likes doing a rebuild twice!

 

[bagdranger]

Thanks guys. Thats what it seems to me too. And ive only driven the truck once since its been back together. Its been sitting for the past few days til I got the time to look at it. Goin to take it apart today and ill let you guys know the outcome. thanks.

 

[bagdranger]

Alright guys, update is she is fixed. Replaced the intake gaskets and all is well. Hopefully I caught this problem early enough to keep from future damamge. Goin to do another oil change soon to make sure i got all of the coolant out but as of now all it well.

 

[dangerranger83]

Glad we could help get her back on the road.

 

[bagdranger]

Indeed. I had an idea of what i thought just glad to know that other people had the same opinion as me. Thanks guys.