coolant leak in an A

[Dan in Mich]

I'm getting a little bit of coolant into the left cylinder after it sits awhile,has new head gasket and the head was resurfaced. None of the bolts were taped going into the intake/exhault manifold,is this a possibility. thanks

 

[Brown Green]

Could be a crack in the cylinder. I've always used permatex on the head studs also, never had a leak.

 

[Dan in Mich]

Sorry i should have mentioned,head was checked for cracks w/resurfaced

 

[Brown Green]

But did they check the cylinder?

 

[Kurt_JDB]

Try re-torquing your head. I had the same thing happen after the rebuild on my unstyled B and that fixed it.

Kurt

 

[cole in mo.]

If you retorque the head and still have the leak, and you pull the head to see why, look at the top of the cyl at about 11:00, somebody may have over tightened the head and cracked the cyl, if its now visible, try spraying some wd40 in the water passage and see if it seeps through.

 

[toot]

Run, get temp up, then re-torque. Also, use some stop leak in the coolant by all means. Worth a try instead of taking it down then possibly wasting your time and a good head gasket. Try the simpler things first.