Water Leak
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Topic: Water Leak
Posted By: Shawn
Subject: Water Leak
Date Posted: 11 Feb 2010 at 9:37pm
| I have an Allis Chalmers "C" that has water leaking out of the exhaust manifold when running. I fill the radiator with water and it is gone within a half an hour of use? Is this likely a cracked head, block, or worse? There is no water in the oil, however the previous owner claims that he put a new head gasket in it, and it still leaked? Any help would be appreciated. |
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Posted By: Denis in MI
Date Posted: 11 Feb 2010 at 9:50pm
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Could be a cracked head, sleeve or just a blown head gasket, some body else might know more for sure, I am just saying things that would make sense to me. ------------- 1938 B, 1945 B, 1941 IB, 1949 C, 2 1938 WCs, 3 1950 WDs, 1951 WD, 2 1955 WD45, 1957 D-14 |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 11 Feb 2010 at 10:17pm
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Some bolt mounting holes in the W series are drilled through into the water jacket. It could be the case in your situation that the water is getting past a stud and running out of the manifold. ?????
------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: Denis in MI
Date Posted: 11 Feb 2010 at 10:19pm
I forgot about that, had a ford n do that and the coolant was actually gettin in to the intake ------------- 1938 B, 1945 B, 1941 IB, 1949 C, 2 1938 WCs, 3 1950 WDs, 1951 WD, 2 1955 WD45, 1957 D-14 |
CTuckerNWIL wrote:Posted By: archangel_cpj
Date Posted: 11 Feb 2010 at 10:42pm
| open the radiator while running before it gets hot and see if you got compression getting in to the cooling system... If you want to try to cheat it out you can put in some alumniseal will seal a small leak around a stud but you know a c is pretty easy to pull the head and Im bout willing to bet its a head gasket.... If you were making oil (water in oil system and oil level rising) Id worry bout crack A head gasket will reveal itself.... If it was me Id try the alumniseal you have no heater core to plug up so you will be fine if it works your out 3 bucks... |
Posted By: archangel_cpj
Date Posted: 11 Feb 2010 at 10:44pm
| read the post again I would think a cracked block would be obvious unless its internal???? still try the alumniseal or simply replace the suspected bolt...... |
Posted By: Shawn
Date Posted: 13 Feb 2010 at 11:00am
| Thanks for the input! I suspect that if a new head gasket has already been installed it must be something else. I think I will try take the head bolts out one at a time and put thread sealer around them. That won't cost me anything but time. If that don't work then maybe I will take the head off and and see if it is cracked. |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 13 Feb 2010 at 7:47pm
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Try sealing the manifold bolts first. Some of the tapped stud holes may break into the water jacket. ------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |