Upper Intake Failure Supercharged Series 1
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i am leakin radiator fluid on one side and oil on the other and i saw radiator fluid on top of the intake and it also looked like it mixed in my reservoior (spelt wrong) is my lower bearings gone since i am letting it sit over night since that is the only choice i have
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You don't have an upper intake, you have a supercharger! The super replaces the upper intake... You've possibly blown a head gasket. Oil is not a symptom of a banged up upper intake either.
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trhe head gasket was what I was trying to think of when the radiotor and oil leaked out. Now that its really coming to me, did you check the dipstick to see if your oil is mixed with anti-freeze? If not check it in the morning and see if your oil looks grey then yeah, you have a small problem.
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i am leakin radiator fluid on one side and oil on the other and i saw radiator fluid on top of the intake and it also looked like it mixed in my reservoior (spelt wrong) is my lower bearings gone since i am letting it sit over night since that is the only choice i have
Don't drive it.
You will have to begin a careful teardown of the upper engine.
What mixed in what reservoir? I assume you mean oil mixed in your coolant overflow reservoir. Check your oil for coolant contamination. It will look whitish color if coolant has gotten in. If there is water in your oil then it is a head gasket.
Remember that your oil pressure is a lot higher than your coolant pressure, so most likely just the oil has gotten into the coolant and not vice versa if the leak is at the intake manifold / supercharger.
My initial guess is you have lost a seal between your supercharger and intake manifold. That has to come off first before your heads, so you may not have to go any further than taking off the supercharger without having to take off the heads.
Where exactly is the oil and coolant leaking from?
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If you did blow a head gasket it needs replaced. Not a light job but not technically difficult. It'* pretty labor intensive, not something i recommend if you haven't done it before. Took two people about 4 hour to do it on BADSSEI. Went something like this...
disconnect neg battery
Remove valve covers
Remove rockers
remove pushrods
remove fuel rail/injectors
remove supercharger
remove intake manifold
remove heads
replace gaskets
reverse
Flush coolant
Change oil
Mind you there was a lot of other little things at least on the series 2 like removing the alternator to get acces to the rear valve cover, removing the intake to get the SC off, etc... The above is not intended to be a walkthrough just a general overview of ome of what will be involved.
disconnect neg battery
Remove valve covers
Remove rockers
remove pushrods
remove fuel rail/injectors
remove supercharger
remove intake manifold
remove heads
replace gaskets
reverse
Flush coolant
Change oil
Mind you there was a lot of other little things at least on the series 2 like removing the alternator to get acces to the rear valve cover, removing the intake to get the SC off, etc... The above is not intended to be a walkthrough just a general overview of ome of what will be involved.
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Originally Posted by 2000SilverBullet
i am leakin radiator fluid on one side and oil on the other and i saw radiator fluid on top of the intake and it also looked like it mixed in my reservoior (spelt wrong) is my lower bearings gone since i am letting it sit over night since that is the only choice i have
Don't drive it.
You will have to begin a careful teardown of the upper engine.
What mixed in what reservoir? I assume you mean oil mixed in your coolant overflow reservoir. Check your oil for coolant contamination. It will look whitish color if coolant has gotten in. If there is water in your oil then it is a head gasket.
Remember that your oil pressure is a lot higher than your coolant pressure, so most likely just the oil has gotten into the coolant and not vice versa if the leak is at the intake manifold / supercharger.
My initial guess is you have lost a seal between your supercharger and intake manifold. That has to come off first before your heads, so you may not have to go any further than taking off the supercharger without having to take off the heads.
Where exactly is the oil and coolant leaking from?
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Well if you have oil in your coolant its probably your head gasket. They really arent too bad to do, well the rear head isnt the easiest. But it does get kind of expensive, Ive done one for about $500 including machine costs, there was a crack in the gasket allowing coolant in the combustion cylinder and other way around it burned the head so I had to get them milled .020 =(