The Tear Down

Soon after getting the car in the garage, I started tearing into the engine.  I noticed the cooling system was full of a white sludge. And the engine bay was covered with a white powder.  It turns out the previous owner tried using liquid head gasket sealer in the cooling system.  It really made a mess.


I got a surprise when the cylinder head was removed.  The engine had been opened up before and the cylinder head bolt holes had previously been repaired.  This was a really downer, because I planned to install inserts.  There are 2 sizes of inserts so I held out hope that I could still install the bigger inserts.  So I got an easy out and removed the thread insert.


What a disaster, the inserts were the largest available.  Now the only solution is a new engine.  Check out the cylinder in the top of the picture.  It looked like it was steam cleaned.

The engine bay was a mess from the liquid head gasket junk.  There was white residue stuck to everything.















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