I put both heads on the 3.9 v6 Dodge but did not put the bolts in or bolt them down. No pushrods in either. Everythign was clean and dry and the cylinders oiled before I put the gasket and heads on. Again, nothing was bolted down.
For a few days I had been turnign the crank by hand seeing if the balancer was reading TDC, the rotor was pointing in the appropriate direction.
Yesterday, I don?t remember why, but I took the driver's side head off. (Just lifted it off.) I think I did it because I noticed the outside of the head was wet with oil and I relaized I probably should have torqued the head down first before ptuing the rocker arms on. (I oiled the rocker arms and I think this wetness was from the rocker arms. Of course it seeped through because there were no bolts in the head.
Well, to my dismay, the back two cylinders on the drivers side each had about a teaspoon of antifreeze on top of the piston. One of these is th episton that I found coolant in before takign the heads off. (I stuck winshield washer hose in the spark plug hole and siphoned it out.)
Does this mean I have a craked block? Now worried, I lifted the passanger side head off and there was no coolant in that one.
I convinced myself last night that the coolant was probably just due to the head not being bolted down and I recleaned everythign and bolted and torqued the head. But this morning I am not so sure.
As a test before boltign the head down, I worked the crank several revolutions and did nto see coolant in the cylinders. I also but an air gun in a coolant passage in the block. Coolant came out of a lower passage but none I could see in the cylinder. (Pressure was not that high though).
If the block is cracked I guess I will have to junk it. That would be disappointing.
Also, after I torqued the head down, I pout the pushrods in and torqued the rockers to 22 ft pounds. When I grap the rockers and atempt to shake, some don?t budge, so have play and I can move them, is this normal?
I really appreciate your help!