I have a 85 Gl 4x4 wagon with AT. I just did the heads and now I get "milk" in the air breather. What direction do I need to go to now?

Should have said Milk is coming up from the valve cover hoses.

How's it running?

 

Check your spark plugs to see if they're wet.

spark plugs dry,... runs but even the dip stick is milky.

Any steam coming from exhaust or dip stick tube?

 

Is it rough when it first starts?

 

Does it look like coolant level is dropping?

No

Yes,... carb needs overhauled, original.

Yes

How many miles since you did the HG?

4 miles. yes, 4!

4 miles. yes, 4!

 

Hmmm... Did your car overheat, if so did you grind the surfaces before you put it backtogether? Sorry for all the questions, just trying to narrow things down.

sounds like you got a hg leak. sorry man. RV:dead:

sounds like you got a hg leak. sorry man. RV:dead:

 

Yeah... Guess I should have just ripped that band aide off.

If you had the heads milled, and the block is flat, and you cleaned the block...did you by chance mix up the bolt tightening sequence? Or do like I did, and say "oh I can drive the mile home without putting the alt/power steering on...", forgetting that the same belt drives the water pump? (I damn near had to do it again, I was lucky as h*ll).

If it is no miles, then the milk shake could be (residual) from the earlier failure - not sure though. Did you drain the head/block also prior to replacing the gaskets. I just did my head gaskets and used the Beck & Arnley ones. These looked just as the original ones I took out. So I am following the retorque regimen for the original gaskets (if you follow the procedure, it is quite arduous and inconvenient; basically between the initial oil/filter change and torque, you complete the process again at 0 miles (after idling to warm up and cool), 300 miles and 1300 miles after the head gasket replacement). Which gaskets did you use - Felpro permatorques? Did you use OEM intake manifold gaskets, or at least torque those to 15 ft-lbs. If your engine did not heat up after replacing the gaskets, try and retorque the bolts again after draining the engine oil (and block/heads also if necessary).

 

Not too much information to go on here as yet. Hopefully you can sort this out. Good luck.