trouble shooting

[wingski]

Originally Posted by mike657894

check compression and generator and battery connections. a blown head gasket will let you run for ten minutes then 2 cyl will stop sparking due to coolant build up. if you have a loose gen connection and your battery loses connection your car will back fire and drive with nearly no power. it could be something else but I would check those two first.

All the head bolts were about 40 foot lbs. when I got it. I tightened them to 50 lbs, but there is a little bit of seepage from #8 head bolt. The previous owner was either weak or had no idea what he was doing, and that scares the crap out of me. I didn’t check to see if I had liquid coming out the exhaust when I fired it up. I will. Does it make a difference that the radiator has Evans waterless engine coolant in it because it does?