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First start up of re-man head + Edel Intake & carb install today. Got initial time going ok and actually ran pretty good - BUT...

Quite a bit of steam out tailpipe. Lots in fact. Ran no more than a total of a few minutes (probably less than five min total) in say three sessions to adjust carb + time a little, but the coolant is steaming out the tailpipe.

See anything wrong here? (I 86'd the little orange seals BTW.)

Stem is normal on a vehicle that has sat for a while. The steam is condensation boiling out of the muffler line and muffler. I wouldn't worry unless the steam continues more than ten minutes or so.

Pressure test the cooling system. If you have a leak that'll show it up.
Vehicles condensate for quite a while on a cold start-up but I would expect a non-catalytic system to clear up pretty quick as there's no cat to trap the initial heat.

OMG..I'm on a Dodge thread!!!!

If it doesn't smell sweat like coolant than its all good.

Now I think I am pulling coolant into exhst via exhst mani bolts that penetrate into water jacket. Like I got 'em scrambled and did not use correct washers or partially stripped threads or all three.

Seems to be coming from R. side only, which is where I think I screwed up bolts& etc. Might pull bolts + goop with copper RTV.

This thread schooled me: http://ramchargercentral.com/vehicle-help/steam-out-the-tailpipe-of-a-318/

Only the outside holes penetrate the water jacket, and it does look like that's a stud in the one that you can see in your pics. Be interesting to see if your problem does indeed lie there.

Deep breaths.



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Okay

Are you sure you are burning coolant??????

If so, How are you sure?

Now keep in mind how long it can take for all the condensation from sitting so long to burn off. Also keep in mind the weather we have been having in Socal today. I followed a '10 Mercedes 500 something series for a mile and a half today, and the thing was steaming like a dog turd on a snow pile, more from one exhaust than the other.

I once had a broken stud on my passenger side exhaust manifold for months, and then when I went to fix it, the EZ out broke inside the stud.

Think Curse fest to end all curse fests. I bet the sound waves are still orbiting the planet 6 years later. I drilled it out as best I could going through many cobalt bits, and tried to re tap it in place, manifold still on. Somehow I managed to get it to grab something so I backed it out smeared the new bolt with copper rtv and torqued it down. Six years later I lose no coolant.

But even before this, I lost no coolant.

I would not tear into it until you drive it for a while, on a warm sunny day.

Oooommm. Oooommm. Thank you for your thoughts! I assure you my Socal mellows are well in place. I will step back and consider before any hasty type action and appreciate your welcome suggestions. Namaste.

Aannd, just checked the driveway puddle - is 'neath driver side tailpipe only (I have duals). Maybe this means I didn't torque front head bolt enough - the one it is impossible to get a torque wrench on...but Oooommm! Lemme sleep on it.

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