Subject	I finally found my boost leak :(
Posted by	Madhatter10-6 on April 02, 2008 at 9:30 AM
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Message	Well after about a 7 hours of searching / fab work last night, jmw23712 and I finally found the boost leak that has been driving me insane for MONTHS! I first thought it was my AAC that was leaking so we made a custom plate to put over the hole on the back of the plenum to completely eliminate that option / have more room to feel around and there was still that annoying HISSSSSS sound coming from slightly below that area. Turns out to be the drivers side head gasket.... which sucks :( For those of you that have had this problem and fixed it...is it better to go ahead and pull the engine and then tear it down....or is it fine to just start removing things with the engine still in the car? Also, any danger in driving it with the leaky head gasket short term? Thanks! My Space Red Point Fitness Madhatter10-6: 1991 Twin Turbo Stage: Sneaky
Follow Ups	I finally found my boost leak :( - Madhatter10-6 09:30:09 04/02/08 Re: any danger in driving it with the leaky head gasket - onewheelf4 09:51:09 04/02/08 Did you do a compression check? - aliaZ 10:07:39 04/02/08 yup, that's what I'd do. - ZEngineer 10:25:42 04/02/08 Are you sure that's not a vacuum leak? (n/m) - Dave N 10:23:04 04/02/08 i really don't think so....heres where its coming from - Madhatter10-6 11:07:14 04/02/08 oopsie - aliaZ 11:12:15 04/02/08 i feel really stupid right now :) - Madhatter10-6 11:14:36 04/02/08 better than changing the head gasket :) (n/m) - Guapo 11:20:21 04/02/08 w3rd :) (n/m) - Madhatter10-6 11:23:38 04/02/08 Just think, if that's the valve cover gasket, imagine - en5 14:19:52 04/02/08 hey now... my engine doesn't have a leak. (n/m) - Tu 11:15:23 04/02/08 thanks for use of the pic, wonderd who owner was :) (n/m) - Madhatter10-6 11:24:33 04/02/08 jinx (n/m) - dpjax 11:30:54 04/02/08 LoL! - Spongerider :) 11:38:23 04/02/08 That's good news (n/m) - spicyZ 12:26:42 04/02/08 Pull the engine then tear it down. (n/m) - apudapus 10:54:17 04/02/08 Re: I finally found my boost leak :( - txq45 10:55:22 04/02/08
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