Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 16:00:47 -0800 From: "White Flame (aka David Holz)" <white-flame!!!nopsamemove!!!cities.com> Subject: Re: Blown Head Gasket question
HomePaul wrote in message <19990305003245.13524.00005620nopsamh1.aol.com>... >Sounds like you've had some good experiences overall. > >The degree of seriousness in the land of leaky head gaskets depends on where >the leak goes. If the leak is into the cylinders or other passages, it's very >bad; those are the cases where the car might overheat or mix coolant with oil >in the sump. Yeah, both cars that I'm talking about had antifreeze in the oil for years. Still ran cool, great mpg, good power. Go figure. >In my case, the coolant leaked out of the engine, closest to cylinder #4. The >leak got bad enough that I finally had to just deal with it. Weld a plate across the seam to stop the leak? :) White Flame (aka David Holz) http://fly.to/theflame