Posted by Mr. Farmall A on August 04, 2014 at 00:05:46 from (68.32.185.8):
In Reply to: Blowing head gaskets. posted by Roger46 on August 03, 2014 at 13:53:09:
Roger46 said: (quoted from post at 13:53:09 08/03/14) No one has said anything about the sleeves. I had
a problem with blowing head gaskets on my Super C
and found that the sleeves were protruding too far
above the block deck. I ended up measuring how
much each protruded above the block with a
straight edge and feeler gauge and then pulled
them and had the sleeves machined off to get the
correct protrusion which should only be a few
thousands. The first thing to check though is to
pull the sleeves and see if the grooves are clean.
Was this engine recently overhauled? If so I
would certainly suspect the sleeves.
As far as I know the motor hasn't been overhauled and the sleeves are probably original. Is it possible for old sleeves to get pulled up a little somehow? But it is looking more and more the otherwise fine running motor is going to need a rebuild just to fix the block deck.
This post was edited by Mr. Farmall A at 00:09:35 08/04/14.
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