I have a coolant leak on the drivers side back header bolt. These are brand new patriot heads. do they tie the coolant jacks into the header bolt holes? My bolts are only 3/4 to 1" long and the flanges on my pacesetters are 3/8" so there is no way I got the bolt in to far. Any ideas?

 

damn
that sucks
I wonder if it could be a crack in the head

 

I have read about others having this problem also, I can't remember where. I know it was with Patriot though.

 

PM gunnar@patriot. He ought to be able to help if anyone.

 

A guy on SSS.com had that problem too. Sorry to hear that man since you just got it up and running. Heads swaps are fun

 

it just seems to be one problem after another. My fans still do not come on by themself and the coolant problem now. I havent even install the tranny yet, I just hope for the best with the tranny.

 

I was thinking about ordering a set. What heads did you get? Stage 3?

Danny

 

stage 2 LS6 heads. I am wanting to know what they are going to say about this. I could just put some pipe compound on a longer bolt and be done with it, but I want to know if there were ment to be like this.

 

I know that ported heads will often have the water jacket cut into on the intake ports....that's why ALL good head porters tell you to silicone the rocker arm bolts to prevent coolant leaks into the intake, but I'm not sure i've ever heard of a water jacket being cut into on the exhaust side....I guess it's possible but it'd have to be one hell of a port job to remove that much material.

I'd be looking into the possibilities of a crack or gasket leak.......

 

could they have just tapped the bolt hole to far in? I just want the heads to act right and not leak out all my coolant