[V6-12v] Bizarre Cooling System Problem

[James Whitehouse]

Curiouser and curiouser!

On 31/5/05 2:08 pm, "Wilfried Link" <wilfriedlink at yahoo.com> wrote:

> No other symptoms at all. System and engine function
> serenely otherwise. Will have 2Bennett put 4-gas
> tester in coolant reservior to test for hydrocarbons,
> as well as do pressure test.
> 
> Wil
> 
> --- James Whitehouse <jamescarstuff at aol.com> wrote:
> 
>> Yeah that's true - I'd forgotten about the spring in
>> the stat. A leaking
>> head gasket would make sense if a coolant channel
>> were blown. Any other
>> signs of a head gasket failure (bubbles in coolant
>> expansion tank, oil in
>> coolant, gurgling noise on cool-down, etc.)?
>> 
>> James
>> 
>> 
>> On 30/5/05 9:25 pm, "Clive Young"
>> <cyoung1661 at rogers.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Guys
>>> Don't think it is a stuck closed stat. James you
>> are correct in that it
>>> would boil over very quickly. Also there is a
>> spring in the stat acts like a
>>> pressure release to prevent this.
>>> 
>>> A suspect engine from a wreckers ? gotta be the
>> head gasket. Wilfred get
>>> any warantee?
>> 
>> 
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