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Coolant Leak... After GT1 cam install

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Old Aug 17, 2006 | 06:51 PM
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Default Coolant Leak... After GT1 cam install

After we finnaly finished last night around 2:30 am and 5 days of working on this i have a coolant leak. I think its coming form the LIM gasket that didn't seal properly with the RTV sealant. Is this a correct assumption? Does the gasket just need to seat into the spot or is this a replacement issue?
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Old Aug 17, 2006 | 07:11 PM
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Where EXACTLY did you put the RTV?
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Old Aug 17, 2006 | 07:39 PM
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exactly where you showed me on the pictures
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Old Aug 17, 2006 | 07:41 PM
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DId you clean off the intake bolts, clean out the bolt holes, use loctite and torque to spec?
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Old Aug 17, 2006 | 07:48 PM
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yeah we did. i think the RTV just didn't take i was feeling it and it looks like it pushed mostly out and when that coolant was coming threw it just broke threw the RTV.
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Can you actually see coolant leaking out, or did the level in the overflow bottle just go way down? If the level in the overflow is dropping, it'* because the system is purging out air bubbles in the system. No matter how carefully you fill it, the level in the overflow will drop a whole bunch over the first day or so of driving.

Unless you can actually see it leaking out, just drive it for a couple days and keep topping it off. It should stabilize after a while.
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Old Aug 18, 2006 | 12:17 AM
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we figured out what it was it looked like the LIM gasket but in all reality it was the thermistat housing. Well the thermostat O ring.... it was in there all jacked up and had a gash in the side of it. It wasn't blocking the coolant from leeking out. So it was constantly dripping coolant out when i would hit bumps and ****. lol. So im allllllllll GOOD now. Thanks
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