CGT cooling woes (help!)

[Eyvind Spangen]

On Thu, 27 Jun 2002 12:20:21 +0200, you wrote:

>> > Patient: '86 CGT
>> > Symptoms: Blows its coolant without running to a hard boil. Fluid
>> > comes out the reservoir cap.
>>
>> It needs a new cap.
>
>On mine, I've tried three caps, they all blew. Then I got myself a
>brandnew one. Started spilling coolant on the very first hot day.
>Now, I guess it's normal...

I had the exact same problem on a 100 TDI.. Turned out to be a blown
head gasket or a cracked cylinder head. (cracked cylinder heads
extremely rare on gasoline I5 engines, but pretty common on diesels..)

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