Coolant leaking into motor

[Airsmitty]

hey guys! I was riding my banshee fresh off a rebuild and being a young dumb kid i didn't think to retorque the headbolts after a bit o riding. the head came loose and i was leaking coolant so i tightened it with a wrench and limped it back to camp. I went and got the head properly torqued and it ran great for a while then i look back and there's a huge cloud of white smoke following me. I took it apart ti find that hy-tech atv had used gasket seal instead of my inner o rings. So i took it home and bought new o rings for my trinity head and ran great but there was still a hint of coolant leaking into the left cylinder. I took it all apart again and put my stock head on which had no problems when i last used it, and shee's still smoking out of the left bank. I really don't think both of my heads are warped. So my question is, where else can coolant get into the motor? Could i have blown a base gasket? And can the Jugs be warped? Thanks alot!

[racer]

base gasket has nothing to do with this scenario. yup, you can warp the jugs. pull them off, and remove all the studs. then take them to a machine shop to have them lapped.

 

if you wanna try it yourself you need a thick piece of glass and a large piece of fine grit sand paper. i think i used 240 last time. place the jugs, head sealing surface down on the sand paper, which is on top of the glass to assure that its <FLAT!>. flat is the key word hear, you are looking for dead true flat. so the thicker the glass, the better. then move the cylinders in a figure 8 motion on the grit. that motion is necesary for it being flat. use a good tapping oil or similar lube on the grit.

 

another thing. when i have trouble getting my head to seal i leave the base studs loose and torque the head. then torque out the base studs.

[sheefreak]

another thing. when i have trouble getting my head to seal i leave the base studs loose and torque the head. then torque out the base studs.

 

Interesting,.....never thought of that.

[Shee-Male]

if it's a bad head or warped it will usually overheat and push out a bunch of coolent.

Also be very careful, because if coolent gets into the cylinder you can hydo lock it and cause big damage.

[Airsmitty]

thanks a ton guys! as i said before i don't think the heads warped because it does the same thing with the stage 4 head as it does with the stock head that had no problems when i took it off. I think i just broke the seal because those tards used gasket seal to seal my head on. I'm gunna try loosening the jugs and squeezin that head on before i get it lapped. THanks alot guys i appreciate it. I'll keep you posted

[racer]

if youre taking things to the shop have it all lapped. the head shells, the jugs, the domes, anything that has a mating surface need to be flat enough to cut drugs on. no shittin.