Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2001 22:39:40 +0100 From: danny <dannynopsamia-espresso.com> Subject: Re: Someone break it to me slowly...
Unlikely to be either of these answers. In fact both answers strike me as completely uninformed, sorry! If it was a faulty thermostat the car would start fine when cold, with no real pressurisation in the expansion tank until warm. The block is cast iron (if the same as a 9000), so a blown cylinder head gasket/warped head is the most likely result of overheating. This could prevent the car from starting, as the gasket/warp could be bridging cylinders, allowing them to fill with water. Not the end of the world, a new gasket set and a head skim more than likely, but a mechanic needs to confirm that before embarking on a head gasket job. To get more clues, you need to find out what is in the water. This can either be fuel/air or exhaust/air, depending on where the head gasket has blown - adjacent to an inlet or exhaust valve, or both. There are simple test kits that will tell you what's in the water. If the car started and was running rough after the overheating this would also indicate a head gasket or warped head, and also indicates that the engine wasn't seized. How far into the red area did the temp guage go? Just in would be the gasket - to the top of the red would probably indicate a warped head as well, in my opinion, and I'm nothing more than a DIY person (who's done a few head gaskets!) Regards, Danny http://www.gaggia-espresso.com (a purely hobby site) http://www.dannyscoffee.com (UK advert for my mobile espresso service) swap Z for above characters in email address to reply "Kenneth S." wrote: > VIKINGMAN wrote: > > > > "thompson" <thompson146removethisnopsamail.com> skrev i en meddelelse > > news:tmqsn15cbhphc1nopsam.supernews.com... > > > I'm wondering if it is the end of the line for my 88-900T. > > > > > > Last night while driving home the thing overheated BIG TIME. I didn't > > > notice the gauge and by the time I pulled over the car was stalling and > > > steam was everywhere. For a moment I thought maybe it was on fire but it > > > was just a ton of steam. I've never seen anything like it in my life. > > Got > > > a tow home. Even started it to move it from the street to the driveway > > when > > > it got off the ramp truck. It started kind of rough and ran a bit rough. > > > Only ran it for about 30 seconds though. Let it sit overnight and this > > > morning filled the water and tried to start it. I'm scared because I > > can't > > > get it to start and the cooling system seems to pressurize while it is > > > turning over. If I loosen the cap on the reservoir while trying to start > > it > > > the water will come bubbling out! Have I blown it? I am seriously > > bumming. > > > :( > > > > > > Any thoughts to save my baby would be appreciated! > > > > I'm sorry to tell you this, but yes! You've probably got a ruined > > engineblock! > > > > Cheers! > > Isn't it possible that he just needs a new thermostat? --
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