Robert,
you should not use any goop on the head gasket from all I've read.
I also have been told that there shouldn't be valve stem seals on the
exhaust valves, partly to lube them a little I think.
I forgot the preceeding posts. Do you have any indication whether the
valve stem clearances were right and valve stem seals were actually
installed?
As an aside, a buddy had his Fiat head assembled by a mchine shop. He
supplied all the parts incl. stem selas. After he installed the head, the
endgine soon started smoking. It turned out that the stem seals installed
had no resemblance to the once supplied and were a loose fit on the
guides. They slipped off and the engine started to smoke.
You could pull the valve cover and have a look.
Ulix
On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, robert weeks wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm wondering about the head gasket on my car since the exhaust keeps
> smoking pretty heavily even after putting close to 100 miles on the new
> head. I've always put head gaskets on dry any then torqued down the head.
> Whenever I'd end up dissassembling an engine the gasket would have stuck to
> the block. When I pulled the old head to put this new one on I noticed that
> the gasket wasn't stuck down, it was just sitting there loose.
>
> I installed a new gasket when I put the new head on, should I have used
> some type of brush on gasket adhesive on the block side of the gasket?
>
> Also, all the heads I've had in the past, always had oil seals on the
> intake as well as the exhaust valves. The machinist said this wasn't
> nessassary and he did just the intake valves. I understand why this should
> work in theory, but since this engine smokes so much and the only thing I
> changed was the head, I'm wondering if maybe they all need seals just for
> good measure.
>
> No oil in the water, no water in the oil, new head, copper competition head
> gasket, ARP bolts torqued to spec, 2000 miles on the block, smokes like the
> Marlboro man.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robert
>
>
>
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