 Overheating after swapping 5sfe head, need some guidance! |
 Apr 25, 2015 - 1:49 PM
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So after finding a valve seat in my cat, me and a friend who is a mechanic swapped my 5sfe head, torqued all headbolts down to specification, resurfaced everything before putting new headgasket on, etc. after finishing it ran great for all of 10 minutes then started overheating and when we stopped and pulled the radiator cap off coolant was volcanoing. I'm still a noob/learning a lot of this stuff and I know it is a broad question but does anyone know where we may have went wrong? from what I've been told it is probably the new headgasket being blown but I want to know if anyone else has experienced this before i waste money/time sending the head in to get milled. Any help is greatly appreciated
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Apr 25, 2015 - 2:33 PM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
We'll start with the easy stuff first, did you let the coolant burp? Did you replace the thermostat? If it were the head gasket you should have oil/coolant contamination or white smoke out of the exhaust.
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Mattattack Overheating after swapping 5sfe head Apr 25, 2015 - 1:49 PM
Mattattack QUOTE (Box @ Apr 25, 2015 - 3:33 PM)... Apr 25, 2015 - 3:37 PM
Box Next time let it run without the radiator cap off ... Apr 25, 2015 - 4:03 PM Smaay you found a valve seat in the CAT? what did th... Apr 26, 2015 - 1:22 AM Box I thought it said valve seal, so I went right over... Apr 26, 2015 - 2:36 PM Mattattack Problem seems to be solved, just ended up needing ... Apr 28, 2015 - 6:42 PM Box Glad to hear it was something easy afterall. Apr 28, 2015 - 8:47 PM |
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