Hey there,
I just finished my first engine build and did the break in -- I'll probably make a different post about that experience... many questions. Everything looks good, I want to now move on to dialling in the idle, but I have one concern.
At the coolant ports around all sides of the intake manifold I noticed it the gasket looks wet and overnight as temperatures change it will sweat some coolant... Just a few drops. The coolant level hasn't been affected, oil looks fine and I have no indication it's a severe leak internally. I notice this every morning and it has been a few days since I ran the engine.
All manifold bolts are torqued to 35ft/lbs. They needed to be retorqued after break in. And I put thread sealer on the bolts when building.
I suspect this isn't normal and folks recommend I re do it, but I really don't want to... Am I boned?
Thank you for your time,
Ben
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