Campeck

well. After a stripped intake manifold bolt, antifreeze in my eye, and 50,000 ft pound head bolts I finnally got the head off.




After struggling with that it was mostly smooth sailing...


The head will be rebuilt. and a new headgasket is on the way. Because this just wont do.




I mean, that's ALOT of water. and the hole is plainly visible inbetween #2 & 3 cyinders.






Ashton

Yabo

makes me want to tear open my engine, just out of fear

Yabo

btw, one question. if you find that.. is it imperitive that you get the head worked on?

Porsche-O-Phile

No, but a good idea. You can get a valve job done and if you're really interested port / polish the head. From what I've been told that can give you about 20-30 h.p. right there. You could even shave it some to boost compression, but find a shop that knows what the hell they're doing first - and make sure you run high-octane gas!

Serge944

It sucks that youre having all these problems...but at least its all going to get sorted out!

Eyal 951

Yea, having problem after problem sucks... wait, isn;t that owning a 944?
~Eyal

83na944

Yep, I think you found the problem.

Joe Jackson

That hole in the gasket is not what dumped all that coolant into that cylinder. Notice, the fire rings are still intact. That's what keeps your compression in and the coolant out. If the gasket was indeed blown, those rings would be distorted. I'd check to make sure your block or head is not cracked. That's A LOT of water to leak in even if your headgasket was severely blown, which it doesn't appear to be.

Yabo

I guaruntee that when he reads your post joe, his heart is going to sink..

I would not sleep after hearing that.

Manning

You sure all that water didn't get in there when he pressure washed his engine?

83na944

Uh-oh, you may be right, Joe.

Devon, I'm sure you're right.

Bhj0887

Well, maybe...ummm, yea. It looks to me like you might have a bigger problem. I think you should take Joe's advice and search for cracks Probably the head...they're not too expensive on ebay.

83na944

Look at the fifth picture. Do you think there's a hole in the block under the hole in the gasket? Maybe its just a shadow.

Joe Jackson

There's sure is a hole, but it's one that should be there. Underneath the gasket, the block is all open in that area. Over the years, the coolant and water mix will eat away at the gasket leaving holes in the area and also some corrosion and metal loss on the cylinder head. No big deal in most cases.

3 liter blocks are not open in that area as the cylinder walls are tied together unlike the open individual cylinders in the 2.5 liter blocks.

83na944

Joe, so the space around the cylinders is filled with water, right? Then a cracked block would be a crack in one of the cylinder walls?

In the picture of the head, the area around #2 & #3 appears to be more dirty. Think this is contamination from coolant?