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Old 08-17-2003, 03:50 PM
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Default Coolant from Side pipe????

Well,
351W Rebuilt completed,.... Time for break-in......
After about 15 minutes of running (Temp holding at 165).....
The motor began blowing anti-freeze out the Drivers side Side-Pipe.......Along with white smoke.....

I checked the 5,6,7,8 Plugs...... # 5 was very wet.
So,... pulled intake back off..... (thought it could be intake gasket).... while I was there, I removed the Header and checked head torque.... (thought; head gasket) all was fine.

Looking into the chamber of #5, it was flooded with green coolant. I dried it out and and replaced all the intake gaskets (cafefully) and reassembled everything.

Drained all the old oil and replaced with fresh.

I started the car,...... SAME THING??????

Any ideas or suggestions???

BTY,...... before 1st start up, I had wired the distributor to 302 Firing order....... DUhhhhhhhh
And had a couple back fires, (obviously),... then I figured out what I did..... Could this have caused the problem??

thanks.

RZ
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