For all of the credit I've given to RTV as a header gasket material, I've just had my first failure.. ( used the grey sht instead of the copper...my mistake)
Had a weird thing happen yesterday before taking the car out when I went to start it..it wouldn't crank. Acted like it had a dead battery. ( which it didn't)
After a couple hits with the key, it finally rolled over and then started cranking normally,...but it took several cycles before it started.
I think there was water in a chamber.
When the engine did start, the headers were smoking like they had oil on them, and some of the v band flanges had either dripped water out or were oozing sizzling water during the first minute of warm up.
Didn't smell like antifreeze,...I think that there is a lot of condensation forming..I'm gonna pull plugs out of it and crank it when I get home tonight and see what blows out.
See......it don't matter....even when the thing is running as good as it is...it still does stuff to me to ensure that I'm working on it.
Had a weird thing happen yesterday before taking the car out when I went to start it..it wouldn't crank. Acted like it had a dead battery. ( which it didn't)
After a couple hits with the key, it finally rolled over and then started cranking normally,...but it took several cycles before it started.
I think there was water in a chamber.
When the engine did start, the headers were smoking like they had oil on them, and some of the v band flanges had either dripped water out or were oozing sizzling water during the first minute of warm up.
Didn't smell like antifreeze,...I think that there is a lot of condensation forming..I'm gonna pull plugs out of it and crank it when I get home tonight and see what blows out.
See......it don't matter....even when the thing is running as good as it is...it still does stuff to me to ensure that I'm working on it.