[s-cars] Re: Coolant leak

[Ed Walsh]

Thompson, thank you kindly for your help.

I was thinking that would be my next step, barring
any definite solution.  The FUNNY thing is, the car
didn't smoke at all today.... not in the AM, nor on my
way home from work.... Now, it could be the HOT
weather
here in the N.E. sealing a head gasket/etc. while
the engine is "cool".  However, I bet there is
something more to it than a relatively small ambient
temp increase.  I mean what is 10 deg F. to an engine
that sees 300 deg. F on a routing basis?

Ed

> --- Thompson Smith <carreragt at rennlist.com> wrote:
> > Ed,
> >
> > FWIW,  I have a 1984 urq that was exhibiting the
> > same symptoms as your S4
> > when cold. Seems that when I got home from the
> daily
> > commute I would pull
> > into the garage, shut it down and somewhere inside
> > it dripped coolant into a
> > cylinder - du to built up pressure. The next
> > morning, after about five
> > minutes of driving it would clear itself up and
> run
> > fine without any white
> > smoke. So, I bought some "Bars Leak" tablets. Ya
> ya
> > ya... Crunched one up
> > into a powder and opened the top radiator hose
> that
> > goes into the head -
> > dropped it right in. Added a few tablespoons of
> > coolant to this concoction
> > and buttoned her back up.
> >
> > Since doing this I have not added ANY coolant AND
> it
> > runs much better. I
> > used to have to top off the coolant overflow tank
> at
> > least once a week. I
> > would reccomend at least trying this for a start -
> > might be your head
> > gasket.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Thompson
> >
> > 1993 //S4
> > 1984 urquattro
> > 1976 Porsche Carrera 3.0
> > --
> >
> >
>
>
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