Coolant Seep on Head

[Bill G]

Originally Posted by Mulletwagon

Noticed a minor pool of coolant around one of the center head studs. Rechecked the torque on all the nuts and had no take up. Do the studs thread into the water jacket or just threaded blind holes ? Not getting any coolant into the combustion chambers. Think I'll try some stop-leak before entertaining pulling the head. Watcha think ?

I have the same issue with stud #2 (referring to the Les Andrews torque chart). Just a little bit of coolant weeping up around the threads. Head nut is nice and tight, and torqued to specs. Engine was recently assembled with brand new studs. At this point, it does not appear to be causing me any other issues. I have seen this topic come up from time to time on the forum. I might take that stud out and put some Permatex on it and put it back in.