Un even fuel burn???

[texasvector]

I know you changed head gasket but have you checked the head to be true? I know sounds crazy with a gasket but water can pass in a very small area, it happens.

nope....wouldnt i see this in compression checks??

[tux974]

nope....wouldnt i see this in compression checks??

Maybe not with a very small pressure spray. That plug sure looks like a water wash...heck, I do not know....

[patchesII]

Has that sleeve ever been replaced?

[texasvector]

I'll look into it tux....I got another set of heads I can swap

Dunno eric....just aquired rotating assembly couple of months ago

[tlwjkw]

what does tha "pocket" and divider look like?

[texasvector]

what does tha "pocket" and divider look like?

???? not following?? pulling divider when i get home if that what you mean

[tlwjkw]

head chamber, "pocket" water/steam will have it as clean as tha plug....

[texasvector]

Got the divider plate off...I don't see any signs of water....exhaust going out block just looks richer than port side.....port side is dryer

Starboard side drys up when it reaches tuner

[texasvector]

Erik ...from what I can tell....that sleeve looks to have been replaced.....there's a lip around ports that other holes don't have

[TEXAS20225]

???? lip??? you mean top of sleeve or you can see the thickness of the sleeve at the exhaust port??or its hanging inside the opening of the port?? If its a steel sleeve with a flange on top ?? thats old school repair if thats what it is i personally hate them( my opinion) it ruins the block so nothing else can be installed not even a new nic sleeve cuz the sleeve holder is too short !! you have to replace sleeve holder, only two people who can do it is James Perry and Ruck it could also be leaking between the liner and sleeve it wont show on compression

[texasvector]

ForGet anything I said.....melted #5 piston down. Pulled divider and head and found wood chips plugging the water passage on #5 & 6....**** my luck.....

But yes #5 exhaust passage doesn't look as smooth or factory as the rest.....don't matter now...prolly resleeving and nik block now!

[texasvector]

And agreed..my pmax had a flanged sleeve that stuck deep in my behind. ...ill run from over block with a flanged sleeve from now on

[TEXAS20225]

wow you popped it???? too bad man sorry for your misery i hate that kinda stuff

[texasvector]

No but hot aluminum on cylinder walls...checking for roundness after I tear it down

[StratosVT]

So you ran it knowing something wasn't right after trying to figure out what was going on all week or was it already toasted???