Re: Exhaust manifold removal
Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2019 6:21 pm
So I did the old water test today by laying the head flat down and filling the chamber on top of the valves with water(didn't have acetone) I placed paper towels under the exhaust ports to see if I was getting any drips. It appeared that the end of the head closest to the front of the motor that was really rusty was dripping one drop about every seven minutes. The two middle we're a drop maybe every hour and the last cylinder was dry as a bone. It's strange as that's the one that was totally full of antifreeze for the last 10 years.
I then tried placing the head on it's side and filling the exhaust Chambers with water to see if the leaked past the valves and obviously the ones mentioned above were leaving at various degrees. But here is where I'm lost. One cylinder wouldn't hold water at all at after looking at it it's port is open to the intake it appears. I'm no mechanic at all but this is very confusing.
I then tried placing the head on it's side and filling the exhaust Chambers with water to see if the leaked past the valves and obviously the ones mentioned above were leaving at various degrees. But here is where I'm lost. One cylinder wouldn't hold water at all at after looking at it it's port is open to the intake it appears. I'm no mechanic at all but this is very confusing.