Maybe this is the reason for my car running so slow this weekend at Bradenton..oil on the dipstick looks good, but this does not looks so good, all the white crap... what do you guys think, headgasket??

 

looks like water driplets, it's gotta be waterbased because it's seperated from the oil, you sure it's not moisture just setting on the cam-rails... ? isn't there an additive you can add to your preston and when you put a fluorent light it shows in the burn to see if it's the headgasket or not,.. maybe you could apply it here to see.. there was an article on it....

otherwise not sure... it sure doens't look like "ALOT" of prestone if any..."

dropping the pan is as easy as taking the valve cover off, check that to see if any discoloration..

maybe your sleeves ? many possibilities but to me that's not scary.

 

theres no coolant in the motor, just water, thats why you dont see any real signs of coolant

 

hehehe moisture man.... don't forget you probably got a breather filter on your valve cover ?

after the crankcase pressure goes away it gets vacumed in moisture which builds up ???

other than that ... i can't think of anything...

 

I'm not trying to hijack the thread or anything but holy crap, you have the cleanest drag car I've ever seen inside and out! WoW! Oh yeah, free bump!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by HotWheelz &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hehehe moisture man.... don't forget you probably got a breather filter on your valve cover ?

after the crankcase pressure goes away it gets vacumed in moisture which builds up ???

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No breather filter...hose running from the valve cover to the header..

Thanks for the compliments by the way.

 

WORD on the clean race car

 

Pull the radiator cap and look for bubbles (not MJ's monkey). That might work unless it's a small leak.

 

I had a similar problem with the white stuff and it was the head gasket!!

 

how long does the car sit for , before you run it?
days ? weeks?

 

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days ? weeks?

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It does a lot of sitting around, couple weeks at a time. This is how it looks though, after 5 runs or so this weekend. The car was off about 5-7mph its usual time the whole weekend.