P.S. if you really have a blown head gasket, the radiator can be easily over pressurized and damaged by combustion gasses so fix it quickly.
Jarrid Gross Gross(at)unit.com ---------- From: John Souders To: EJMW; alpines Subject: Re: Head Gasket? Date: Tuesday, June 18, 1996 12:39AM
You wrote:
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>Even when cold my cooling system leaks due to what I would imaging is
>excessive pressure created by the blow by of compression gases.
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Where is the leak. Gasket problems will typically cause the engine to
appear to be boiling, with gas bubbles in the water. Water will come
from the overflow pipe. When the engine cools, it often draws water
into the cylinder(s). This is noticable on starting.
>The headgasket is new and I think I installed correctly, maybe not.
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>the head was also recently rebuilt and I think is ok.
>I also lose power on exceleration due to what imagine is a loss of
>compression?
If you are losing power due to a gasket, you will know it. You will be running on less than 4, and is usually very noticable at idle( missing cylinder, rough).
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>Any Ideas?????
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>thanks
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>Eric
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>'62 ser II
>'81 Lancia Zagato (still for sale)
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