Fresh Rebuild Coolant in Exhaust/Exhaust in Coolant - Cracked Head?

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  • digger
    R3V Elite
    • Nov 2005
    • 5931

    #16
    i think the first reply still stands.
    89 E30 325is Lachs Silber - currently M20B31, M20B33 in the works, stroked to the hilt...

    new build thread http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=317505

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    • TobyB
      R3V Elite
      • Oct 2011
      • 5169

      #17
      All I can add-

      Get it hot and try pressurizing #6 at TDC compression. (basically, do a hot leakdown test)

      My not- very- clever vote would be a crack somewhere which
      only opens up when hot.

      Is the head corroded?

      I once put together an M10 that had corrosion in a water jacket that breached into a head bolt hole,
      and only did it hot. Eventually, it left a trail on top of the head where coolant escaped from under the washer.

      If you can't find anything else, yes, I'd try a different head. Especially if the gasket seal this time looks good as well.

      Pictures always help, too, as sometimes a picture sees in ways eyes don't...

      t
      now, sometimes I just mess with people. It's more entertaining that way. george graves

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      • zaq123
        E30 Fanatic
        • Jul 2016
        • 1364

        #18
        tried this thing (link) into your expansion tank lid? if, no try it. -25 inHg of vacuum will find your crack or wherever the coolant ig going.

        https://www.harborfreight.com/coolin...kit-64985.html

        2 min test vacuum test with this endoscope into your spark plug holes

        https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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        • e30austin
          I waste 90% of my day here and all I got was this stupid title
          • Sep 2010
          • 15382

          #19
          you should post some pictures of your cylinder head. top side with emphasis on the cam line, and the mating surface.


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