eric wissing Posted April 24, 2007 Report Posted April 24, 2007 I started my car up this afternoon. I had pulled the manifolds and took care of the exhaust by pass issue. No Leaks!!! Of course I forgot the heat shield and had to go back and put that on. I did see some steam coming off of the right side of my radiator towards the top. ??? Is this normal? Nothing was leaking that I could see. I am no mechanic. This is the most work I have ever done to a car besides some oil changing and a little bit of maintenance here and there. All of you folks here have been a great help. I could not have done it without this help. Muchas Gracias, Eric Quote
Normspeed Posted April 25, 2007 Report Posted April 25, 2007 That's great Eric. As far as steam, smoke, funny noises, let it run a bit, drive it if possible, and a lot of that stuff may just go away. After working on a motor hand-to-hand, you could have oily handprints on manifolds, excess water on the radiator core after filling, etc. If it's a real problem it will persist. Quote
eric wissing Posted April 25, 2007 Author Report Posted April 25, 2007 Norm, I got some strange smoke from the anti-seize goop but it dissipated pretty quick. I had to cut off the exhaust pipe fron the manifold to the muffler. The nuts were too frozen to deal with and I didn't want to get a torch that close to the car. I ran it in the garage and used a fan to blow the fumes outside. Still not a real safe thing to do. Thanks, Eric Quote
Guest rockabillybassman Posted April 25, 2007 Report Posted April 25, 2007 Doing things that are not 100% safe and proper things to do is part and parcel of messing with old cars! Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted April 25, 2007 Report Posted April 25, 2007 I run my car in the garage at times..in the paint booth is where I store it when not painting anything...use the exhaust fan when I do so. Same with the motorcycles as I rarely take them out on the road either..but they get started once in awhile. Would never do this without the exhaust fan for sure. Quote
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