Valve cover holes have coolant in them?

[mikeljmoore]

So just bought a 1989 MJ 4x4 4.0. The valve cover was so lovely being held on with RTV because someone was cheap and didn’t buy a gasket. As I was scraping the excess off I noticed coolant inside the driver side cylinder 4 area. Just wondering if this could be just a head gasket or something much simpler. Thanks for any help!

 

[WJCO]

WTF? At least it's fresh and short term. It would be much more intermixed if it had been going on for awhile. If cover is still off, rent a pressure tester from your local auto parts store and pressure test the cooling system and find out where it's coming from.

 

[mikeljmoore]

WTF? At least it's fresh and short term. It would be much more intermixed if it had been going on for awhile. If cover is still off, rent a pressure tester from your local auto parts store and pressure test the cooling system and find out where it's coming from.

Oh yeah it’s off still lol. No way am I wasting time to put it on to take it off again. I just want to get it on the road already.[emoji24] but I think that’s probably a good start. Thanks man.


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