Cylinder head rust

[Durango318]

Hey guys, was looking at my gamefisher 15hp cylinder head today and noticed rust coming from in-between the gasket and the head on the bottom cylinder, should I worry about this, should I change the gasket?, motor seems to run fine didn't notice any water on the plug last time took it out. Thanks for the help.

 

[robert graham]

Re: Cylinder head rust

Gaskets can "weep", different than "leak". Keep an eye on it and change gasket if/when it gets worse or starts to worry you.

 

[Durango318]

Re: Cylinder head rust

Iam guessing the cylinder head and block are aluminuem right? So the rust must be coming from one of the cylinder head bolts? I will try to post picks of it tonight

 

[mrcrabs]

Re: Cylinder head rust

the engine is aluminum but the cylinders have steel liners, if your outboard is a sears gamefisher by Chrysler, force (225-xxxx) I would just put a new headgasket on to be sure...its a cheap do it yourself job. If its Tecumseh built (217-xxxx) you might have to search for a head gasket or ask Eskaman2008, he did have some awhile back.

"one ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"