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i keep getting this crap all over my engine. anyone know what it is? it kinda looks like gunk cleaner.

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1980 luv sport 4x4 Just a memory now
Frame rusted from the inside. Truck stripped and now looking for a new donor in southern ohio

Are you talking about the white crap or the brown crap. The brown crap looks like oil seeping from your valve cover. I cant tell what the white crap is. It doesn't look too crappy. I hope it's not battery acid crap. Wash down the motor to get rid of all of the crap and see if the crap comes back. This way you can find the source of the crap. Im not feeding you a line of crap, it's just that im on a roll with this crap stuff. No crap, im serious.

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Previous setup: 4.1 Buick V-6/TH 350
Current setup: 400 Small Block Chevy V-8/TH 350
9" ford rear end/short bed/blue
What do Water, Electricity and Humans have in common... They all travel the path of least resistance.

Blue, you suck!

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Kuranosuke
Grampa's Driving:

1990 Luv 4X4 "Family Cab"
with the big 4 banger on 31" Dueller A/Ts

1989 Dodge Raider with some junk...

"Urban Fighter F.P.C" coming soon to a road near you...
got BOOBIES?

THAT CRAP THING IS CATCHY LOL

i've washed it down 5 or six times and it comes back yes the white crap

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1980 luv sport 4x4 Just a memory now
Frame rusted from the inside. Truck stripped and now looking for a new donor in southern ohio

I haven't a clue. Is it flaky, caked on, hard or gummy, soft, greasy? Is it easy to clean? The only thing i can think of is battery acid or maybe antifreeze residue. Could it be oxidation off of the aluminum head?

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Previous setup: 4.1 Buick V-6/TH 350
Current setup: 400 Small Block Chevy V-8/TH 350
9" ford rear end/short bed/blue
What do Water, Electricity and Humans have in common... They all travel the path of least resistance.

Holy CRAP! It's the dreaded white powder! That crap looks like...dare I say it?........ANTHRAX! Unless you or a friend have been cutting-up lines of you-know-what on your valve cover. Ok, I've run out of crap to type. BYE

Do you have that stuff in your air filter snorkel too?

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Previous setup: 4.1 Buick V-6/TH 350
Current setup: 400 Small Block Chevy V-8/TH 350
9" ford rear end/short bed/blue
What do Water, Electricity and Humans have in common... They all travel the path of least resistance.

looks like the head gasket could b leakin antifrezze or water shit out and when it gets hot forms a crust you have antifrezze in it or just water?ive seen it on a honda one time and that crap was from the head gasket leakin crap out pressure test the rad see if it holds pressure should hold at least 15 lbs the head being alum and the block being steel leakin antifrezze will make it when it gets hot not sayn the head gasket is blown but just leakin on the edge of it at the water jakets ok enough crap from me just it lol j/k put you a 4.3 v6 in it fuel injection wth a 100 shot of nos will b all good

huh....huh.....he said crust.......

enough with the crap already.....holy crap......

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03Cobra

whats a good donor engine. i've been thinkin about a 4.3 for a while

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1980 luv sport 4x4 Just a memory now
Frame rusted from the inside. Truck stripped and now looking for a new donor in southern ohio

It could be your exhaust manifold leaking. If your motor is burning the fuel clean, your exhaust soot will be a light gray. With the motor running stick you fingers by the manifold, where it bolts to the head and feel for exhaust leaks. You should be able to feel it, or hear if the gasket is broken. That is all I can think of, hope it helps.

From what i see in your pics, it looks like ya might have a corrosion problem starting. Have you checked your ground cable thats conected to your block?Have you changed your battery lately? When you figure it out , let us know what that CRAP is!!

From what i've heard, early S-10's had a 4.3 with a carb on it and a vacuum advance distributor.

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Previous setup: 4.1 Buick V-6/TH 350
Current setup: 400 Small Block Chevy V-8/TH 350
9" ford rear end/short bed/blue
What do Water, Electricity and Humans have in common... They all travel the path of least resistance.

I'm going to go with the anti-freeze theory also.

i have some white crap like that around my exhaust manifold-to-muffler flange

Only thing I've experienced that looks like flaky white stuff like that is antifreeze. Odd thing is in those pictures it looks like it is coming from the top of the head down, rather than coming out between the block and the head which would be typical of a head gasket problem. I'd look for water leaks, probably on the small hose at the front of the engine, or in the radiator. Either one would cause antifreeze to blow back across the motor and could get it all over the place.

It could still be a head gasket problem and its just moving in a way I would not expect. Might look around your frost plugs on that side of the block and the water drain plug on the block too. Depending on how airflow is blowing it around it could be coming from a lot of places. If you keep a real close eye on your coolant level and notice it dropping little by little, you know it has to be coming out somewhere.

Well, whats the verdict bcg187..??Have ya figured out what the crap is yet??!!

no, i'm guessing antifreeze. i did alot of work on her last night at work. we had golf ball hail fall last night. you should of seen me running like a little girl to get the luv into the hangar. i just did alot of body work last night. didn't even pop the hood. i'm not to worried about the motor.the damn thing won't even be in there in a month

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1980 luv sport 4x4 Just a memory now
Frame rusted from the inside. Truck stripped and now looking for a new donor in southern ohio

check your head gasket for leaks but the main hose that comes from the radiator to the intake could be the culprit i have a 4.3 v6 in my 87 long bed chevy and it did that

later

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