Got the car unloaded yesterday and was doing my typical checklist. Got the hood opened and check carbs, belts, oil..............um, oil. Um, uh oh. Hmmm, the oil doesn't look right. Groan, started to make milkshakes.
WTH? It was fine a couple weeks back at the last race(at least "before" the last race). I red lit my first round away, so it was a very short day. I'm thinking maybe someone was looking over me for doing that?
The motor is on the 6th season already and it started with 34 pulls on the dyno. All I've done to it is change the oil in the spring. Haven't had the valve covers off in a few years. I don't even check lash in the spring anymore(why? It NEVER changes).
I thought maybe with all the rain lately it got some moisture, so I fired it up and warmed it slightly to no change. I was done for the day. Thought maybe it was intake gaskets, but after talking to the shop, my records show I put Cometic intake and head gaskets on it. I tried snugging the intake bolts, but they were still very tight. I removed radiator cap and fired it up, yup, got bubbles in the water. Head gasket time.
I'll just guesstimate something around 450+ passes, it finally needs some attention. I've got the front end off the black car finishing up the brakes, so that is todays project. Then I can get the wagon in and get the heads off this week. I've got 2 weeks to the next race so it's not a big deal right now. With no large pending issues I think I should be bolting the heads back on next weekend.
Time will tell.
