Coolant leak

[dekker]

So after putting my motor back together and running it for a while I get white smoke out of my left side. I took the head off put in a new gasket and used a light coat of RTV to seal it. Now I'm still getting some white smoke and my base gasket is wet on that side. Can coolant leak into the cylinder via the base gasket? Any help is appreciated.

Zach

[dekker]

As far as I knew coolant didnt travel that low but I have been wrong before I just keep seeing it build up right by the base gasket!!

[man27]

So after putting my motor back together and running it for a while I get white smoke out of my left side. I took the head off put in a new gasket and used a light coat of RTV to seal it. Now I'm still getting some white smoke and my base gasket is wet on that side. Can coolant leak into the cylinder via the base gasket? Any help is appreciated.

Zach

Do a leak down test..... :thumbsup:

[BigRed350x]

Try it again without the rtv.

 

Yes, coolant can get down that low, that's what those little rubber plugs on the botoms of the cylinders are for. If one of those plugs is going bad, there is a chance you could get coolant into the cylinder. I would bet more on a head gasket leak though. I wouldn't use the rtv. If your head is clean, and your cylinders are clean the gasket will seat just fine.