I have 1963 with a stock 390, with 155k miles, previous owner told me engine was rebuilt at about 100k miles.
Car runs fine, does not overheat, blows no smoke, burns very little oil,
There is no oil in the radiator, there is no mystery disappearace of coolant (like my chev and cadillac always did) and there is no coolant in the oil pan, so the I don't think the water jacket in breached.
BUT.... there are a lot of oil leaks from the engine. I checked with a mirror and lamp and found the passenger side cylinder head appeared to be leaking a lot of oil from the head gasket/block interface.
Why would the head gasket surface be leaking so much oil ?
It really dribbles. Two 6" dia puddles every time I park the car after a drive. Looks like leaks from both heads, thanks for your advice
Andy
Car runs fine, does not overheat, blows no smoke, burns very little oil,
There is no oil in the radiator, there is no mystery disappearace of coolant (like my chev and cadillac always did) and there is no coolant in the oil pan, so the I don't think the water jacket in breached.
BUT.... there are a lot of oil leaks from the engine. I checked with a mirror and lamp and found the passenger side cylinder head appeared to be leaking a lot of oil from the head gasket/block interface.
Why would the head gasket surface be leaking so much oil ?
It really dribbles. Two 6" dia puddles every time I park the car after a drive. Looks like leaks from both heads, thanks for your advice
Andy
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