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63 Dodge Dart, now let me see;)
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With a fresh engine, piston rings definitely are not sealing. You have oil intrusion into the combustion chamber. Furthermore, there may be assembly lube from the top end (cylinder heads) that are working their way into the combustion process. It takes time for things to stabilize. Clean the plugs and reinstall them. If you repeatedly get that black coating on the ceramic, then your carb is just running rich.
Well, I don't know what I did right, but it running very well, thermostat is putting the engine temp at 195, which I don't know If I want to keep it running at 195, darn should have put the 160. A little confused on distributor vacuum. I have the timing at 4 degrees (was 8 degrees) with vacuum disconnected, but the port where I had it has little to no vacuum. If I put it to a port with vacuum, the timing light shows timing to be way off the scale, 15 degrees BTDC? I've got kind of a headache, so I'm going to take a break~ I'll be back;) Not mentioned, but has oil flow to all rockers, maybe one rocker or more is a little loud, but I can take care of that later.
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You have the distributor on the correct port if it has no vacuum at idle. That is correct. It should only get vacuum with the throttle open. I'd pull in maybe 8-10 degrees initial timing though with the vacuum hose disconnected and plugged, then reattach it to the distributor. 4 is a little low, especially with a better than stock camshaft.
Rob nailed it. Mopar is the odd ball one. Motor sounds great! Now break it in!
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Hi, I only have two more things to take care of, this is after I have ran the engine for a decent length of time, but will continue to do so periodically.
1> There is an oil leak coming from the rear main/pan area, not a steady drip, but after a several minutes of running will accumulate a drop about every few minutes, but not amounting to a puddle, any leak is unacceptable, ok, maybe a drop. Using a good light and my borescope, looks like it may be coming from one of the rear seal retainer bolts on the passenger side. I did re-tighten the pan bolts, but didn't do anything. To get to the rear seal retainer bolts, I have to remove the pan, granted that it's not the rear main seal itself.
2> after the engine had ran for a lengthy time, I moved the engine to another part of the shop, and noticed 3 trails of green(antifreeze) coming from three casting/ freeze plugs, but not dripping onto the ground~ yet. I know it's not from the studs in the head as I fixed that. With the engine stone cold, I put my radiator pressure tester on, pumped it up and it holds steady and no "leaks" came about, there or anywhere. The machine shop installed the casting plugs and didn't hit me until now, I didn't see any sealer from that installation. You guys know what I have to do if I were to replace them
Re-remove the intake/exh, ruin another expensive gasket. Or just keep running it often to see if they will seal up?
I'm "lucky" enough that If I were to fix the above things, I could put the engine back on the engine stand, however, will run it often as I said before I go that far.
dne' ;)
These are earlier pictures, just wanted you to know I didn't take the engine apart
1> There is an oil leak coming from the rear main/pan area, not a steady drip, but after a several minutes of running will accumulate a drop about every few minutes, but not amounting to a puddle, any leak is unacceptable, ok, maybe a drop. Using a good light and my borescope, looks like it may be coming from one of the rear seal retainer bolts on the passenger side. I did re-tighten the pan bolts, but didn't do anything. To get to the rear seal retainer bolts, I have to remove the pan, granted that it's not the rear main seal itself.
2> after the engine had ran for a lengthy time, I moved the engine to another part of the shop, and noticed 3 trails of green(antifreeze) coming from three casting/ freeze plugs, but not dripping onto the ground~ yet. I know it's not from the studs in the head as I fixed that. With the engine stone cold, I put my radiator pressure tester on, pumped it up and it holds steady and no "leaks" came about, there or anywhere. The machine shop installed the casting plugs and didn't hit me until now, I didn't see any sealer from that installation. You guys know what I have to do if I were to replace them
Re-remove the intake/exh, ruin another expensive gasket. Or just keep running it often to see if they will seal up?I'm "lucky" enough that If I were to fix the above things, I could put the engine back on the engine stand, however, will run it often as I said before I go that far.
dne' ;)
These are earlier pictures, just wanted you to know I didn't take the engine apart
Oil leak is either the rear main seal or the oil pan gasket. Did you put a dab of RTV in each of the four corners where the cork meets the rubber end seals? Also, if the shop did not put sealer "of some kind" on the freeze plugs, they will leak. I use a thin layer of RTV and have never had one leak.
I felt I was quite meticulous of the 4 corners and how the rear main seal retainer goes using sealer. I did forget to put anything on the two bolts which hold the rear seal retainer If weather is nice or tolerable, I'll fire it back up tomorrow and see what gives. It's fun to hear it run anyway;) Thank you!
If weather is nice or tolerable, I'll fire it back up tomorrow and see what gives. It's fun to hear it run anyway;) Thank you!
I've never put anything on the seal retainer bolts. They don't seal anything.I felt I was quite meticulous of the 4 corners and how the rear main seal retainer goes using sealer. I did forget to put anything on the two bolts which hold the rear seal retainer
hm, ok, rules that out~ I need to get it running again and REALLY pay attention, good light, borescope, etc. I will be careful;)
mygasser
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i didn't know mopar made chevy's, not seen one of them that don't leakOld proverb, It ain't a Mopar if it don't leak......
For freeze plugs I always used Permatex Aviation Form-A-Gasket Sealant Liquid, #80019. My little bottle is well over 30 years old, as it only takes a little bit to "git 'er dun"". I also coat one-piece seals on the outside with it. (Of course, the inside contact surface would get greased.)
Another item that should've been pointed out, use any RTV sparingly on the 2 pan screws that go into the retainer, too much can actually cause a hydraulic blow-out of the casting when You run the screws in tight.
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