compression tests

[ricematthews]

Pat:
Losing coolant with no visible sign of leakage could also point to a head
gasket, but it could also leak in a hard to see place such as the heater
core.   Did you retest that cylinder after squirting some oil in as Fred had
suggested?  This would eliminate rings.
-Mark

----- Original Message -----
From: <pflynn11 at juno.com>
To: <ricematthews at msn.com>
Cc: <pflynn11 at juno.com>; <munrof at sympatico.ca>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: compression tests


> I was not driving the car when it over heated, as far as how it was
> running before hand ..I guess you could say as good as you would expect a
> 16 yr old slush box to run. However I was losing a slight amount of anti
> freeze with no visible signs of  leakage.
> pat
>