integraturbo

IS ANY ONE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THERE HEAD GASKET ON A TURBOED LS MOTOR. I JUST RECENTLY REPLACED MINE AND NOW I AM FINDING COOLENT ON MY OIL.I A 3MM HEADGASKET.

Death_to_Thieves

Not me. is it an OEM gasket? how much boost? you have headstuds?

integraturbo

YEAH ARP HEAD STUDS. THE MOTOR IS FULLY BUILT, BUT IM HAVEING PROBLEMS WITH HEAD GASKETS IM THINKING THE DARTON SLEEVES WHERE NOT INSTALLED RIGHT BC THE SLEEVES DONT SIT FLUSH WITH THE HEAD AND IM PUSHING 15POUND OF BOOST DAILY.

platinum00

What do you mean they dont sit flush with the head. Do you have pictures.

Have you check the block and head for warpage using a straight edge and a feeler gauge?

-platinum

yakuza

is your caps key STUCK or something? Majority of us here enjoy good hearing, so please stop shouting and loose the CAPS.

integraturbo

well lets say the head gasket is on the block my sleeves sit lower then the head gasket and the head & block are not worped. Ill have pic's in a few day for u guys.

ABK

well that's the way you measure to check to see if block/head are warped, and too see if you sleeves started to sink. Was the motor ever overheated? You might want to pull the head off and check for warpage. Did you torque the studs right?
Is it cometic head gasket? If so is the a reason behind it because the motor has to be built, too high of the compression?

platinum00

If your sleeves sit lower then your block deck you are never going to get a good seal. If I understand you correctly your going to need to get your sleeves fixed.

-platinum

integraturbo

im going to send it back to the machine shop to get it fixed

ABK

you should check first because you don't know what you need to fix. If you could tell just by looking at the sleeves that they are sitting lower then the deck your car would not start and your engine would take like 4 gallons of coolant to fill it up, lol.