Texas Gushers!

[AnvilheadTX]

I pulled the two bolts that hold the heat shield/wire loom to my block last night and much to my suprise coolant came gushing out of the holes. Is this supposed to happen? I drained the radiator a bit and the gushers stopped.

On a side note, one of the bolts was too short and was never threaded into the block.....could this have an affect on operations????

 

[Brian Bell]

It's quite possible. Where were the bolts at? In the head or on the side of the block? I think that most of the head bolts either to thru the water jacket and intake/exhaust ports. All of the intake/exhaust manifold bolts are in the water jacket.

 

[old]

If the one bolt is to short yes it can cause a problem with the head gasket blowing because of improper torque on the head. All head blots need to be torqued down to the correct FT/LBS or it can cause problems
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