Have removed the intake manifold to find every recess full to the brim with oil. This stuff is coming out under pressure... Most likely area of damage is the plug closest to the timing chain cover (other plug is TDC index access, not under pressure). I have no idea what that plug is for. Factory literature does not address it. If it is damaged, must be significant to allow water in by gravity alone. All the other recesses are holding oil, so I don't think any of them have holes after all. Recess with the plugs isn't holding oil, but it also has no lip on the timing cover side (those are the rivers of oil I observed pouring put by the water pump). Could have drained there, or could have drained back into the block. Spent most of this afternoon diagnosing a clutch problem (see other post) so I don't know yet. Didn't really know route of oil galley until I got back to the house and looked it up. If I can't engineer a carb onto my other block and get it into the car before Pigeon Forge will try to patch this one. Bill Robertson #5939 >--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, doctorDHD@xxxx wrote: > I was just wondering if you could fix those holes in the top of the engine > with "ALUMITE". I found that it does a great job on aluminum and it is very > easy to work with. www.alumite.com > > and NO I don't have a hole in my block, knock wood (or should that be knock > aluminum). > > Dave & 6530. > > > "Just Say NO, to the COUCH POTATO!"® > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/