The easy driveway method to check for a head leak into the coolant is to
remove the radiator cap, fill the rad all the way to the very top, start the
motor and while gently goosing the throttle, look for bubbles to come up to
the top. Bubble production will go up with throttle setting.
Regards,
Glen Byrns
'59 bugeye
'59 Morris Traveller (Winifred)
> At 10:11 AM 7/11/2001, DLancer7676@cs.com wrote:
> >Yep! That is how I have it. I don't have the connection to the intake
> >manifold at all. But then, Mine has been detoxed. My next move will be
to
> >check compression to see whether the head gasket is suspect, or the head
> >itself.
> ====
> David,
> Possibly a local repair shop can check the anti-freeze for HCs? I
> believe that's what they do when a gasket is suspect.
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