"Ike" (untitledcarshow)
06/23/2018 at 20:49 • Filed to: None
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"Ike" (untitledcarshow)
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I mean... I really do
I don’t think it is.
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> Ike
06/23/2018 at 21:41 |
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2.8 V6 = head gasket in your future at some point. But it’s probably a good idea to do all the lines anyways - even if that’s not your leak source.
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Ike
> someassemblyrequired
06/23/2018 at 21:59 |
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Yeah, I know it’s probably coming. I just hope it’s not the first thing I have to do! I will replace the lines up front for some piece of mind.
Do you have fiero experience?
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> Ike
06/23/2018 at 23:20 |
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Lots of experience with the 2.8s in high school, as many of our beaters had 2.8s, but my only Fiero experience is when my Dad took
me to the Pontiac dealer to check one out when they came out in ‘84 - they were pretty rare where I grew up.
I had a thought on the source of the oil - it may be leaking just because it’s been sitting, but the 2.8s don’t have great valve cover gaskets - and they often leak spectacularly when they’re older .
The time my head gasket went I got huge amounts of white smoke and big power loss. Generally they are pretty robust - usually good for 150K or so, but you can see much less if it’s overheated at some point in its life. If you do end up needing to pull the heads, access is pretty good, and the heads are pretty robust (I think they’re iron, even in the HO engine in the Fiero). I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s an engine in job, even in the Fiero (and especially if you fully remove the engine cover).
Another thing to check as well since there’s a long travel between the rad and the engine is the section of cooling pipe running between the two - some Googling shows there’s a vulnerable coolant pipe that sometimes gets crushed/corroded that might leak/cause poor flow. And it sounds like the bleed proceedure is a little different too - see this:
https://www.fierostore.com/Tech/Default.aspx?Id=433