Awesome! Glad to heard its running well.

Take it on a couple good 45-1 hour drives just to make sure everything will "settle in good". After that it should be good to drive as far as you want.

I have driven 320 miles so far and everything is running smooth, but today I opened the hood and found coolant pooled on the front passenger side under the power steering pump. It looks like it's from the top radiator to block hose. I replaced it and the new ones was too long so it went over the ridges on the crossover pipe. I can't imagine the head gasket would leak that much externally in 300 miles!? 

 

 

Doubt its the HG that leaked like that. Probably the hose, Time will tell.

Did you replace the O-Rings on the crossover pipe?  It could also be from under the throttle body.  And when a hose is too long you are supposed to cut it down to size...............

I put the old radiator to crossover hose back on which wasn't leaking. I didn't remove the crossover pipe due to time pressure, but it also wasn't leaking to my knowledge. 

 

The throttle body hose looks a little rough but I'm 99% sure the leak is from the very front passenger side of the block. All those little hoses from the crossover/throttle body would cause a leak more mid-rear on the block, and the car was parked on a slight upward slant. 

 

I'll see if it keeps leaking and report back. Thanks for the suggestions! 

I wanted to ask some advice. I managed to drive 4,000 miles since the new HG but continued to loose coolant. There is now coolant in the oil again. I did a really thorough job with the repair so I'm guessing there is either a hole/crack in one of the heads or the block. I assume one of the heads would be more likely.

 

I have the opportunity to sell the car honestly but still don't feel great about passing on the problems to someone else. Should I scrap it? Sell it cheap? I could also buy new heads but if the problem persists I would really be kicking myself. I don't need the car now that I'm out west. I share my girlfriends H6 OBW. I'm still happy I took a stab at it and learned what I could.

Edited October 30, 201510 yr by ztrain727