Sorry, I missed the '84 Black Max. Mine's an '88, possibly the same, with
separate water jacket bolted to the head and a chromed aluminum block. You
REALLY want to take care of that engine! A scored cylinder will be around
$250-300 to bore and sleeve then add piston, rings, gaskets (another
$500-700), do the labor yourself and you'll be ready to race!
LD

"LD" wrote in message
.. .
Yes, hopefully it's a gasket! As far as the 10psi water pressure, what
rpm
are you checking at? 10psi at idle is fine. It should rise to20-30 at
2000
rpm's or up.
What yr engine do you have? Be sure and check the "air" lines running
from
various spots on the cylinders. If one of those breaks you can lean out
the cylinder and eventually ruin it.
LD
Richard R. wrote in message
...
Thanks

All ready bought the impeller. Planned on pulling the head this week.

I hope its the head or head gasket.


On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 00:19:56 GMT, "tony thomas"
wrote:

Chances are you have a bad head gasket. Some of those engines actually
had
a seperate water jacket on the head. Don't continue to run w/ water in
the
cylinder as it will definetly not last long. Much cheaper to fix now.
Head gaskets are relatively cheap for those engines (35 to 50 bucks).
Pull the head, look around and see if you can find any problems.
Should
be
able to find where the water is coming from. If the gasket - go buy a
new
one.
Also - you definetly need to change the impeller. Do the head first,
then
the impeller.

Good luck,