Well, I got the valve cover off tonight.

[Paranoid]

Got the valve cover off and plugs #1 & #5. All I had time for tonight. Cranked her over after disconnecting the fuel line and coil. Nothing came out of the plug holes. Didn't take a shot of the plugs but #1 was black and #3 a tan color. #1 was not fouled. The was no miss during idle the last I had her running.

I'm waiting for delivery of a leak down tester and will try to do a compression check tomorrow.

No sign of coolant in there.

Wonder what that red thing is in the upper left corner in this picture?

Here's the link to my original post. http://corvetteactioncenter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74303

The engine is a newly rebuilt 454 with aluminum heads, LS-7 head gasket.

 

[IH2LOSE]

Where is the intake gasket why is it not visable like the on on my cars?

 

[Wilkinshc]

I can't see the intake gasket, did you just use perma-gasket? Might be the problem right there.Nice bug thou

 

[Paranoid]

I can't see the intake gasket, did you just use perma-gasket? Might be the problem right there.Nice bug thou

Here' the intake gasket I used, Victor Reinz 95007SG. You can only see the gasket in the center of the manifold.

 

[JL66REDCPE]

I think a picture of the intake manifold below the carburator would bve appropriate to see if there is any oil laying on the bottom. I would suggest you pull the carb and look.

 

[Paranoid]

I think a picture of the intake manifold below the carburator would bve appropriate to see if there is any oil laying on the bottom. I would suggest you pull the carb and look.

Could it (intake gasket) be sucking oil from the valley?

 

[Kid_Again]

Can't help but I have the same problem with my small block. I'll be interested to see your diagnosis. What did make a difference for me was replacing the factory intake with an edelbrock manifold. I have DART Iron Eagle heads. When I swapped the manifolds, I saw nothing that would suggest that I was pulling in oil from the lifter valley. It APPEARED that I was pulling oil in from the PCV valve but that's not the case.

 

[Rowdy1]

Rocker Bolts

Take a small mirror and look at the rocker bolts in the bottom side of the head. I said in the other thread it was my head bolts but later corrected it as it was not but the rocker bolts that weren't sealed. Pulled them out one at a time sealed and replaced them, no more leak or smoke and I had a lot of both prior to finding the problem which drove me crazy for a week. Keep us posted as to what you find.

 

[Kid_Again]

Take a small mirror and look at the rocker bolts in the bottom side of the head. I said in the other thread it was my head bolts but later corrected it as it was not but the rocker bolts that weren't sealed. Pulled them out one at a time sealed and replaced them, no more leak or smoke and I had a lot of both prior to finding the problem which drove me crazy for a week. Keep us posted as to what you find.

Very good point. Thanks.

 

[Paranoid]

Take a small mirror and look at the rocker bolts in the bottom side of the head. I said in the other thread it was my head bolts but later corrected it as it was not but the rocker bolts that weren't sealed. Pulled them out one at a time sealed and replaced them, no more leak or smoke and I had a lot of both prior to finding the problem which drove me crazy for a week. Keep us posted as to what you find.

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Rocker bolts? Can you Explain? How do I use a mirror to see them?

 

[Rowdy1]

On My heads.............

The rocker bolt threads are drilled all the way through to the inside of the head. With the intake off using a small mirror, like the one on a rod that swivels, get it as close to the intake and exhaust ports from the top with a light and look for oil where the threads are.