Bryan,
I think you forgot the beer sacrifice...:->
Sounds like either just plain bad luck or a defective head gasket. Perhaps
a piece of debris got in there without you noticing. Having done this
probably a dozen times over the years on different cars, I can't recall
this ever happening to me. Seems like you did everything right, but you'll
be able to tell more when you break it down again. I would check to make
sure that you don't have a cracked cylinder head too. That would have
simailar symptoms.
Gerard
At 12:47 PM -0700 8/17/99, Bryan Vandiver wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>Well it looks like the joy of getting my bugeye on the road is 'short
>lived'. As
>I was working on trying to create a better ground connection for my horn, I
>noticed oil on the side of my newly rebuilt and running 1275 motor
>(doah!). It
>appears to leaking down from under the head, and some is being sprayed on my
>exhaust manifold. I probably have less than 100 miles on this fresh complete
>rebuild :-(
>In any case, I'm not sure exactly what I did wrong.. I used one of the
>'copper'
>head gaskets from MiniMania, and an ARP head bolt kit. The head bolts were
>torqued to 45lbs using the ARP 'special' grease. The engine was first run for
>15-20 minutes at 2500 RPM, and then taken for three test drives about two
>weeks
>later(each drive was no more than 5-10 minutes). I re-torqued the head
>after the
>third test drive while the engine was still hot (45lbs) (25lbs for rocker
>nuts).
>I don't know exactly when the head started leaking oil, so I can't say if
>it was
>before or after re-torqued the head.
>I also looked in the radiator, and noticed some oil there.
>I guess I'll go the MiniMania sometime this week and pick up another head
>gasket, and start again, but does anyone have a suggestion on what I did
>wrong
>the first time?? did I not retorque the head soon enough.. Not enough torque?
>Should I use a different type of gasket? did I forget to say the proper
>Lucas/BMC prayer before hitting the road?? animal sacrifice??
>
>Regards
>Bryan Vandiver (59-bugeye)
>San Jose CA
G G Gerard Chateauvieux
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