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The studs were replaced with shorter studs, no change. I had to give up on the motor, it's cracked in the block or the heads, maybe the block since it's three cylinders on one side and one on the other? Oh, and yes. Norway has VERY different laws. I announced it as a working, expertly rebuilt...

Darn (moderated by myself...)... The head gaskets were replaced with standards, and the engine was put together again, and exactly the same happened. It's so bad that the hoses to the radiator were close to bursting! He is going to do a compression test during the weekend, I will get you the...

mr.Spoof, the engine never saw any fluids (except for the oil that was used to lubricate when assembling it) until the buyer put it in and started it. It was stored dry. I will let the guy know. For you who did not see the first posts, I sold the engine. It's five hours drive from here.

Ouch... That sounds scarily expensive. But should it run perfectly for a minute first, before stuff happens? And more important: Wouldn't that release coolant into all six, not three on one side and one on the other side?

Yeah, I was actually wonderring about that... ;)

It was coolant, he was totally sure. At first the engine ran like a dream, it started very easily and for a minute it all seemed perfect. Then it started to smoke a bit, and then more and more, until a few seconds later the coolant killed the engine. They tok out the plugs, ran it on the starter...

ek02, thanks! Here it is: You can see the water coming up as from a train. EarlBrown (glad some things doesn't change in years, like your avatar! ;) ), I can't see there coming any water into the system, the engine has not been stored outside or anything. But it has been standing two south...

How do I share an mp4 video here? it sais "the uploaded file does not have an allowed extension".

http://rjcracing.com/product/head-gasket/

Nick, it was according to the wisdom at the forum back then the best gasket to use if I wanted to push the pressure a bit (which I wanted back when I was going to put it in my Starfire). But I think the actual problem may be that the studs are too long. I just spoke to him, and he told me that...

Would that be fixable when the thing has been standing for 1,5 to 2 years with the silicone sealant both on the studs and on the Bulletproof gasket?

Yeah, I dream about that. :) My mechanic used the torque in the manual from RJC racing, and he has as $1200 torque wrench with a bleeding compass! But still, if he had misunderstood the numbers, that could be it. I'll get the video of the engine spewing today, and then I'll post it.

I actually got the part number from this forum. ;)

Jerryl and ek02, ARP studs, 123-4201. Original everything for the engine, so the heads have to be correct. It came fully assembled, was broken down and rebuilt. The only replaced major component is the carb, which was changed from one with electronic stuff to the pure mechanical one a few years...

Oh, Jerryl. Didn't se that mistake before now: it's leaking on four of six, so all three on one side and one on the other side, not all six. That should really rule out cracking, I hope...

Yeah, that's of course possible. But this was not his first turbo engine, so I would think he knew what he was doing. This was at the start of the run-in. It would be no point in damaging a working engine when he was planning to use the car for a trip this weekend. And would an over boosting...

He said he had to change the oil, so I'm assuming there's something in it. He offered me to send somebody to look at it, so I doubt that it's a scam. But he also said that he had a video of the thing. I will ask to get that.

That makes me scared to hear... But they shouldn't be, they were inspected before mounting, and the engine has been stored without any water or anything in it.

I had a mechanic (a very good and experienced one, who's worked a lot on rally engines and similar, but of course not on the V6 Turbo, almost nobody in Norway has done that) rebuild my 1983 Turbo (an engine that had been standing in a shop since '83 and until I bought it), which I was going to...

Great, thanks a lot! Then I will do that!