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Hi guys

 

I was wondering if you could provide some feedback on the picture below?

First 3 cylinder seem to be leaking oil and coolant as this area was d-greased and clean 5 days ago and now this has appeared.

Cars running inconsistent and is not liking part throttle up shifts, pop pop pop from in the engine bay area, coolant level is slowly dropping but not mixing with the oil.

 

Car pops hot or cold at part throttle (50%) up shifts , all the usual things have been checked and are fine, coils, plugs, hot and cold side bolts, no vac leaks. Could be tune related as car was E85 tuned in December and its much cooler now.

Is this weeping kind of normal or is the motor done?

 

Thanks

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I wouldn't put it on a dyno as it's unnecessary for diagnosis and potentially damaging to an already distressed engine.

 

If you can clearly see that it's leaking between the head and the block and by the sound of it, burning coolant which can also be checked, you should go through the process of appropriate repair/upgrade sooner rather than later.

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^^

 

I tend to agree. I don't however think its burning coolant as the plugs look really good, everyone of them and no white smoke at all from the exhaust pipe when cold or hot. I think it maybe pushing some compression out the side of the block causing the erratic running and the oil/coolant leak, as their is no evidence what so ever of the coolant mixing with the oil. However you would assume the cooling system would be getting pressurised if this was happening.

 

I wonder if I can get away with just doing the head or if its new engine time

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You mentioned in your first post that it is losing coolant but not mixing with the oil so it is either burning or leaking out.

 

I know you'll see orange on the plugs with petrol burning coolant but perhaps the e85 cleans the plugs. I don't know for sure but it can't be hard to find that info. 

 

You can work that our yourself anyway. You know for sure it's losing coolant one way or another and misfiring so there clearly is a problem. 

 

If you are thinking it may need a rebuild then that is more than likely a separate issue. Unless it's leaking from a cracked block I'd say a head fix would be sufficient. Do a wet and dry compression and leakdown test first if you're worried and if that comes back fine then just do the head.

 

If you're at very high km you may want to rebuild anyway with mild upgrades while it's apart but that's up to you. 

 

I wouldn't drive it any more than necessary as the leak could progress around the gasket. When you get coolant in the oil it'll start to develop further issues that can go bad pretty quickly.

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sell it while it still rips skids  :P

 

that's what I did with my old BF. still ripped skids, not my fault when everything blows up a few weeks later.

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