Technical Yep, water coming out of the tailpipe on my 230 six

I ran a bottle of Blue Devil through the paces today. Let it cool down, started it up again and there is the water coming out of the tailpipe. So today, off comes the head and then I'll check the gasket, straight edge the head and block and then go from there. I'm beginning to think that a small V-8 may just go in as soon as I find one.

 

How much water? If a car sits it can build up a lot of condensation in the exhaust.

 

You might want to straighten up that wiring a little while you are in there.

 

And hook up the vacuum advance while you are at it.....

 

Water dripping out is normal after a cold startup. Water dripping out after warmup is a problem. But any excuse to go to a bigger motor works for me.

 

for sure.

How much water? how long does it last?

 

What others have said above. Is water still present after everything is up to operating temperature? Including the tailpipe(s)? Condensation is normal even on a nice day.
-Dave

 

New wiring harness, still not hooked up. That comes later.

 

Lasts for as long as the engine is running. Wet spark plug.

 

Tell us about that shroud lol

 

well, that's a bummer.

 

Hi. Where that fan shroud had been noched out looking in there appears t be a couple of end wrenches laying on top of the water pump? That could get dangerous if they decided to fall with the engine running. Jimmie

 

Well I got an idea that any excuse to upgrade is a good one. I once put the 6 and transmission out of a gremlin in a '53 F truck because the 6 volt battery went to crap.

The straight edge on the head is not a bad idea but I have changed head gaskets on lots of old engines that check out fine other than the gasket let go. I don't think I would spend a lot of time thinkin about a reason for the gasket to be bad.

Actually the later model 6 developed an ignition problem when was a good reason to put a 352 FE in the truck which lost a freeze plug which made it a good idea to stick a 390 in there. Any excuse to upgrade is a good one in my book.

 

Carry on then. Sorry. I was having trouble figuring out where all those wires in that area could be going. And yeah I agree a V8 would look a whole lot better in there.

 

While looking for a fan shroud online to fit the radiator that I bought from a HAMB'er I welded up a piece of my old Mitsubishi Mighty Max pick up truck.

 

And no mention about the roller coaster fuel supply plumbing?

C'mon guys, let's make sure we cover all the bases.....

 

Before pulling the head, have you even considered checking the head bolt torque? Maybe a cylinder leak-down test?

 

And if you do a leak-down test, DO NOT do it on a hot engine. Also remove or loosen the radiator cap and maybe throw a moving pad or a fender cover over the top of the radiator.

 

Come now.....Never seen a Chevubishi before?

 

In this case I believe that would be a water slide......