dried coolant?

[jmdst28]

had my engine rebuilt and supposedly hot tanked and cleaned. discovered this after pulling some leaking freeze plugs is this just dried coolant or something worse? i hope this doesnt clog up my coolant passages and radiator. any help would be appreciated.

 

[97marooneclipse]

That looks milky like a leaking head gasket.

 

[motozachl]

Eww I've seen something like that on a VW oil cap before

 

[jmdst28]

i hope its not the HG cause i havent even started the engine yet to pressureize it yet. found this after I filled car with coolant it began leaking from the freeze plugs. removed plugs and found this i have a email into the shop that built my engine but have not heard anything back from them yet.

 

[97marooneclipse]

Well if you haven't started it I'm sure it's not HG. I've seen it under oil caps also on alot of new cars. I work at a dealership.

 

[jmdst28]

i dont think its a HG either but if this place claimed to clean my block wouldnt all of this crap be removed when it was hot tanked? My build has turned into a nightmare. Any other opinions?

 

[motozachl]

Could be assembly lube but idk that seems like quite a bit to me

 

[321]

I would think that it would be cleaned if it were hot tanked. Also I would be a little scarred if a freeze plug comes out easily.