Ford 8n radiator fluid leak - How Bad?

[aa799]

Good Evening. After turning up my tractor this evening I had it running for about 30 minutes. During that time I noticed a lack of power, so I started poking around while it was running and I saw this:


Appears to be radiator fluid spitting out of a bolt that holds on the metal tube for running the spark plug wires.

How bad is it guys?

 

[azranger]

What color is you oil? If it is milky looking it ain't good.

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[8N Ren]

You said you had done a tune up, did you fill the rad to the top with coolant or water? Only ever fill to cover the top of the core so the system can work properly. If you did fill to the top then it's just spitting out excess that's not needed and will stop on its own when the engine finds the level of coolant that it needs.

During the tune up did you remove the plug wire tube? I bet that bolt that holds it goes right into a water jacket and you need to make sure it's tight and probably could use a dab of rtv or something similar.

And as azranger mentioned check your oil too.

 

[aa799]

Oil doesn't appear to be milky. As for the tune up, checked plugs, wires, and distributor (gap and coil).

I did not remove the plug wire tube during the tune up. I did fill the radiator fluid back up after I found the leak because the leak seemed to drain it quite a bit.

I did try to tighten the bolts that hold on the wire tube but they were already tight.

You think I can rtv it and be fine? What about teflon tape, just ran out of rtv.

 

[Soundguy]

looks like you have water coming up that head bolt then up the tube bracket.

if that is correct.. it will lilely be a head gasket job

 

[aa799]

Ordered a soft head gasket + other gaskets. Wish me luck.

 

[Soundguy]

post back

 

[Looking4new]

Ordered a soft head gasket + other gaskets. Wish me luck.

Not to be a smart azz here, but Good Luck!

 

[Kirk-NJ]

After running with the new gasket don't forget to retorque the head.

Kirk

 

[aa799]

Thanks guys, I'll keep you posted.