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B20 Guzzling Coolant 140-160 1971

posted by  someone claiming to be mechanic on  Mon Apr 29 11:27 CST 2002 [RELATED]

With that much water, did you see white smoke coming out the exhaust?

Did the engine sound like it was missing? Start the engine and pull one plugwire at a time to try and identify which cylinder is bad. If so, pull the spark plugs, you should be able to see coolant on the plug or plugs affected. It sounds like you have water getting into at least one cylinder.

Your timing would not have caused this. I think you have at least a blown head gasket.

At the very least, you should drain the coolant, change the oil, start and run the engine for a few minutes to remove water from the bearings and such. Just dont run the motor long enough to get it hot. I would shoot some wd 40 into the sparkplug holes too, until you get the time to remove the head if that turns out to be the problem.






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