pressuring cooling system on a ea81

dirty skirt · Post by **dirty skirt** » Sat May 06, 2006 5:36 pm

ive got heaps of pressure in my cooling system and coolant appearing in the right rocker cover so im definant that its the head gasket i was wondering if its easier to leave the engine in the car or take it out do the heads crack in them or will i be able to just throw a head gasket kit in it. im going to rebuild a new one from scratch but that will take time so i just need to do for the time been. Any help would be great

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Sun May 07, 2006 12:10 pm

anyone that looks at this is gonna say its the welsh plugs in the head that leaks water into the rocker area that gives this symptom. I lifted the motor out to replace these but I'm sure others have done 'em in place. see if you can find a wonder product to seal temporarily while you rebuild another donk. I had success with Silverseal on my radiator joints during the week. there is also Sealtabs http://www.workin4u.com/seallock [email protected]

BaronVonChickenPants · Post by **BaronVonChickenPants** » Sun May 07, 2006 1:10 pm

If its welsh plugs it can be done in place by removing a rubber plug from the wheel arch.

Jordan.

coupe · Post by **coupe** » Sun May 07, 2006 1:46 pm

Hi mate if its the welch plugs then as the Baron has said you can do them in the car through the chasiss holes .
If you need to do the heads you can do them in the car, its time consuming compaired to taking out the motor and doing the heads.
Ive done quite a few in the car, the problem area is if its the passenger side head and youve got air con. and when you torque the heads the middle bolt requires a cut down socket to apply tension. But all the hard work can be done through the holes. The worst time it took for me was 2 days to do 2 heads im a fan of if you fix one then do the other it the same time.
I you want a temp fix while you sort out what to do then use
'Metalic seal up' you can get it from REPCO its about $8.00
Sealup will not clog radiators or anything other than the hole it just fills the hole with powdered metal in solution .
People poo poo these products and ive had to clean up some shocking messes from some products, but this is a good product that was recomended by a head recon company i used.
I just repaired the head on my gassed EB ford after i put this product in 5 years ago so that was a good run.
Good luck Pete

dirty skirt · Post by **dirty skirt** » Sun May 07, 2006 3:42 pm

cool thanks guys that helps a bit i better get on to it

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Sun May 07, 2006 9:39 pm

so that's what those holes are for !!

Subafury · Post by **Subafury** » Mon May 08, 2006 9:29 pm

yeh Chem-i-Weld or the metallic seal (which is the newer versioni think) works good. ive used that on mine and been good so far for about 6 months. a mechanic said it can last a month or like 5 years. its a good cheap fix in my books

dirty skirt · Post by **dirty skirt** » Tue May 09, 2006 8:39 am

it was the welsh plugs leaking thanks guys 4 the tips