Head gasket problem...Perhaps not

Found this in one of the PS magazines while looking for the Airpak vent info.

Bjorn

More good info CT. Keep it comeing........ Im takeing notes

Wonder what they define as "a short time"....................5 minutes, 10 minutes, operating temp, etc..........

Multi fuel problem...check it after a run to the Post Office and it should be done by then.. ACE

It talks of water, not oil. I have a small amount of oil leakage from the front head...Also on the right side. Does oil count as normal too? I know just about everyone has some oil leakage, but does the Army consider it normal? Why does this engine need the vents?

The gaskets I just took off were the multi piece type. There are only holes in the gasket for oil and coolant passages. The new style, one piece gaskets are like a Fel Pro head gasket for a BB Chevy..only blackish, not blue. They have a perma seal strip around the push tube cavities and grommets made into the gasket for all of the oil/coolant passages. As soon as I lifted the head off the studs, oil ran out of the gasket area, right where the oil leak I had was. The deck was clean around both of the oil passages feeding the heads indicating that the leak had been there a while. I think the older, multi piece gaskets are prone to leak by design...no grommets around the pressured passages. I also had the little tssst,tssst, tssst compression leak at the #1 cylinder "fire ring vent". It never went away and the oil leak was getting worse the more I drove it. Hopefully it will be fixed now. I'll find out tomorrow!