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Ouch!

The pot is stirring once again me thinks...

*puts hands up and walks away*

I dont have a straight edge so no i did not check but the car hasnt been overheated at all, well not that i know of and the head was plugged up (water galleries on outside as im running twin sidedraughts and no water galleries on the manifold) and the head was pressure tested and decked then so im assuming it cant of warped in at least 200k of running!
The stud holes im not sure i didnt look in them but the head bolts only had oil residue on them when i pulled them out...

Chris1200t, I have an A15 head (H89) so do these heads im pretty sure feed thru the rockers and smaller head bolt and just up thru the rod holes.. anywhere else?

Im going to pull the head tommrow and see if i can see anything else, its a pain in the arse but its what we have to do to keep our Datsuns alive hey!

Bugger it to hell...

Go the 20v i reckon, theres been a fair few people modded the 1200 ute with the 4AGE 16v, gettin kinda boring

Sounds the goods but remember to do something different!

Cheers
Dave

Yup, changed the oil. Topped it up with the oil i use everytime, Castrol GTX.
Talked to the David Gray (my main man at the engine shop) and he says that a good test will be to get it to operating temp then whip the rocker cover off and look on the rocker ass. or underneath the rocker cover for beads of water, isolate the area (front or back) then we know where its coming from.
Im most likley gona have to pull the head again to get it pressure tested to see if theres any cracks in it at all... not looking forward to this!

I also thought that maybe the water pump and timing cover gasket mite be shagged thus letting water in but highly likley as i cant see any oil or water dripping from the bottoms of either.

Oh there isnt any welch plugs in the front of the a series is there? like behind the timing cover? I cant remember and i dont have any donks stripped down in the shed...

Getting confusing now

Thanks for the replys guys, i took the tops of the carbs off and sucked all the fuel out and gave them a clean - blew air thru all the jets cleaned them then put it all back together. I also adjusted my tappets (ex - .35mm & in - .30mm) and whacked it all back together.
It runs fine now thank god!

But... i still have quite a milkshake going on under the oil cap.
I replaced the head gasket on sunday and there didnt seem to be any cracks at all on the head or rusted marks on the deck of the block/head so i duno how this could be happening

What are other causes of water getting in the oil or causing a milkshake? Im completely stumped..

Dave kinda happy

Cheers james, its come up pretty good but really needs a clean and polish!

Any more ideas bout the carbs guys? It just wont idle and splutters everywhere, do they just need drying out or have i upset something when i turned them upside down still with fuel in them? There was fuel gushing out the top when i had them off & upside down, just didnt think it would harm them at all

Cheers
Dave

Oh and the meet, i duno but im damn keen for one aye!

Ok i made a stupid mistake today, i took the carbs off aswell as my head to replace the head gasket (has been making more milkshakes so i bit the bullet but the gasket didnt to seem to be blown but we will see) and also to make the inlet and extractors flange the same thickness.
But what i screwed up is the carbs still had fuel in them and i was turning them upside down and all around the place, so im guessing my float has changed and the carbs are flooding yeah?
Ive tried to start the motor again but unused fuel keeps on being shot out the end of the carbs and it wont idle or hardly rev.

What can i do to fix the prob? Do i need to dismantle them both or leave it to dry out or what?

Im a silly fool

Cheers
Dave

It wasnt actually that bad for me, i got a full overhaul of both my carbs: acid bathed, re jetted, syncronised, new gaskets/seals, throttle shafts checked etc. and new brackets/linkages made up all for $250. I bought the carbs for $300 with manifold so its pretty good compared to plp selling a pair for over $500

If you ask your local good parts store they should be able to get in jets and gaskets for dellortos (what i have) webers etc.

Dave

Oh my god i aint going back either...
I got my ute back from the tuners today, i couldnt be more pleased

Just the INSTANT response of the engine is priceless, its most definaltey a huge increase over the A15 i had in the sunny.
This cam is well suited for the twin 40's i have hanging off the side too..midrange power is awsome

Theres a nasty 'tick' tho coming from the back of the engine ive noticed, the tuners didn say anything but just on the way home i noticed it. Its not tappets but it sounds like its coming from the heater vent or PCV system... any ideas??

Im soooo happy right now

Pics coming.
Cheers
Dave

Sorry to hijack ur thread tommy

Sounds the part dude! Is there anything else done to your engine party from extractors, cam and carbs?
My utes in at the tuners atm and im wondering if i should pay for just one power run ($77) as i dont have the money to pay for dyno tuning (bout $160 and hour!)

Get those pics up definatley!

Cheers
Dave