Guess who needs a headgasket

Things were going great, really they were. Deuce has seen about 500 miles this week and was running great till i noticed a bit of a loss of power just before arriving at ASTFU's place today. Wasn't worried, figured it was time for new filters. But then when i left to head home i noticed i was smoking a bit more out the stack under load, white smoke. Was thinking, oh great now my turbo is gonna crap out. Kept on trucking till i started to smell an oil burning type smell. Everything under the hood is coated in oil, covers the insides of both fenders and i have lovely little droplets all the way back to the tailgate The burning smell was some of that windblown leakage hitting the manifold. Not entirely sure where its all coming from in order to get such great coverage but the sides of the block are real wet with oil and the heads are much drier. Looks like i don't need to worry much about rust on the underbody as its all covered too. Checked the dipstick and i was 6 quarts low . Topped off and took it real easy to get here to work. Guess what??? i'm several quarts low again. Drips oil all over the place when running and lets out an unhealthy white cloud under acceleration but otherwise sounds perfectly normal abeit a little lacking on power. This should be a real fun project

yeah, yeah i'll get you some flippin pics when its light out tomorrow

Sorry to hear this Scooter.

That's a real bummer.

that's a raw deal right there. I don't even want to think about having to do something like that with mine. You keep Murphy at your place...or send him back to Alabama with wreckerman

WM can have him, this is the last thing i need at the sec as i have a big parade to do next saturday.

sucks to hear. Good luck with fixing it! It's a good thing, replacing headgaskets. You get to know your engine a lot better.

Maybe i can find a local "stunt double" deuce to sub in on the parade next weekend. Can't just cancel.

why cant you just pull the head and replace the gasket?

I can, but hell has a better chance of freezing over in the next week. Just not enough time.

Wish you were closer i would lend you a truck for the parade.

Its the thought that counts

Soooo, anyone in the northeast gonna help me out here??? I'll pay for your fuel and feed ya lunch. All you gotta do is show up and drive in the parade with a few banners tied onto the truck and a bunch of guys from the sportsmans club in the back.

scooter, would love to help but will not be around. I say get that A1 fired up!! Also, did you figure out where the fuel drip was coming from?
BC

Fuel drip was easy to fix, just tightened up a loose fitting No chance in hell the A1 can be parade ready in 6 days. Well, not 6 days where i have to work 5 of them. FYI for anyone wondering that parade is next SUNDAY morning.

Wish i could, but its a long way...

scooter01922 said:

No chance in hell the A1 can be parade ready in 6 days. Well, not 6 days where i have to work 5 of them.

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If a deuce can drive and stop, it's parade ready.

Well......no drive, AND no stop.....so its nowhere close.

The last time I had a grid square on Murphy he was in the Dodge with Capt and Woody when lighting hit the truck.....just a quirk that my tanker was on his trailer.