Corksil

hey, i tapped the hole and plugged it with a 3/8"-24 tap/plug.

it leaked.

how should i re-do it? i can't afford a bunch of headgaskets so i want to do it once and be done.

should i get a 1/2" NPT tap and pipe plug? I don't think there is anything between 3/8" and 1/2" pipe plugs made or available....

all i know is that my 3/8"-24 allen head set screw with teflon didn't hold and seems to be leaking. thanks.

88_hatch_ls

are you sure it is leaking from that spot???

Corksil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mP9msmEYd4

88_hatch_ls

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MiNDTRiP03

That **** looks like some sort of stop leak fluid.

alteredimages

that deff looks like stop leak and alot of it

Corksil

i don't use stop leak. never have. bought this motor at 160k miles (b16, swapped in b20 block shortly after)

no stop leak has ever touched this motor, ever. nor will it. ever.

stop leak sucks

am i the only person familiar with 'emulsification'?

'the formation of a mixture of two liquids, such as oil and water, in which one of the liquids is in the form of fine droplets and is dispersed in the other.'

'the mixing of two substances that are not normally mixable with the use of a substance that can mix with each.'

'the blending of two or more usually nonblendable substances'

IN OTHER NEWS: WHEN OIL AND WATER MIX AND ARE WHIPPED TOGETHER IN A WATERPUMP SPINNING 7 THOUSAND RPM - YOU GET WHAT YOU SEE IN THE VIDEO

in all seriousness. that video shows oil in my coolant, that's all.

which means my oil plug is faulty (not-plugging) or headgasket is bad, but those would be different symptoms.

so i have emulsified oil in my coolant.

which means oil leak.

which means oil plug in head is faulty.

which means i'm asking the same question again.










I tapped a 3/8 -24 machine screw hole in my oil passage, and it leaks.

apparently i need a pipe plug. NPT (national pipe thread) and machine screw thread/pitch don't match up

what should i re-tap the hole to? in NPT....

alteredimages

if it where oil and water it would be brownish red color not silver i have been an ase cert mechanic for over ten yrs and the only time i have ever seen it silver is when stop leak has been put in just cause you didnt dont meen that some one else hasnt. not trying to be rude but thats all that i have ever seen do thet to coolent and turn it silver unless you have a bad head gasket and got alot of meatle ****ing around in your motor from a bearing or some thing i dont know what else would possibly do that other then stop leak. what dose your oil look like have you done any kind of leak down test??

92shade

that is not from tapping the head for a b20v or lsv the only thing that would happen if it were to leak is it would leak externally not into coolant are u sure u got the right port? if you look at where you tapped where the head meets the block you should be able to see the plug