In <s3fad81b.097@OFFSMTP.hboc.com>, Matt Kulka wrote:
>
>>DBHMGB@aol.com wrote:
>> Gotta question. I'm finding a small amount of coolant puddling at the
>base
>> of spark plug #2 on the 72 BGT. Can coolant seep from around the
>plugs?
>
>>> "Christopher G. Moog" <cgmoog@worldnet.att.net> 08/17/97 12:42pm
>replied:
>>> Bad news its probably a cranked head. Real common on air injected
>>>heads. The crank is somewhere above #2 and will only leak when
>coolant
>>>is pressurized (hot engine).
>>>
>
>Maybe not. I was reading a John Twist article from the Scions of Lucas
>page. He says "The rule is, all rebuilt B series engines weep between
>the block and head, between the 2nd and 3rd spark plug. Some actually
>piss." He remarks that the leak is around the head gasket, not a head
>crack.
If the coolant is puddling around the spark plug, there is no way for
it to get there from a head gasket leak unless you have discovered the
lost lode of upsi-daisium. Twist is referring to weeps down the side
of the block, not puddling in the spark plug hole. Sorry, you've got
a cracked head.
A. B. Bonds
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