Coolant on top of Engine block? '85 base
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that's the one.
it's purpose was to aid starting in freezing temperatures. a decent concept, but dubious efficacy. i think it was supposed to keep the jets from icing up. once i learned that they could be removed with no consequence, i never kept one on any of my FBs - and i lived NYC for years, not to mention, i went to school about 4 hours upstate for two and a half years. if i was going to get ice in the jets, i'm pretty sure it would have happened.
it's purpose was to aid starting in freezing temperatures. a decent concept, but dubious efficacy. i think it was supposed to keep the jets from icing up. once i learned that they could be removed with no consequence, i never kept one on any of my FBs - and i lived NYC for years, not to mention, i went to school about 4 hours upstate for two and a half years. if i was going to get ice in the jets, i'm pretty sure it would have happened.
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Well your both correct... In that starting the car makes it **** coolant. I have a carb rebuild kit and wanted to get the emissions off. It looked like the coolant was coming from the passenger side of the block and leaking onto the ground. I could t see where the exact leak was, but when I removed the carb I saw the puddle. I'm thinking the puddle is overfilling and just spilling down the side of the block. Got a link to the gaskets and direction to find the O ring? I'm still taking emissions off so I haven't started to pull the carb apart yet, but from the outside I see no o ring
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Well your both correct... In that starting the car makes it **** coolant. I have a carb rebuild kit and wanted to get the emissions off. It looked like the coolant was coming from the passenger side of the block and leaking onto the ground. I could t see where the exact leak was, but when I removed the carb I saw the puddle. I'm thinking the puddle is overfilling and just spilling down the side of the block. Got a link to the gaskets and direction to find the O ring? I'm still taking emissions off so I haven't started to pull the carb apart yet, but from the outside I see no o ring
replace the intake manifold gasket and O-rings. as for where the O-rings are located, when you take the manifold off you will see it clearly. coolant goes into the intake manifold through a port on each of the rotor housings - directly above each exhaust port (maybe 2-3 inches). when you remove the manifold you will likely see them rotted and mangled.
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