[Vwdiesel] Head Gasket

[Terry Briggs]

I suppose thats why I pay attention to the gauges on the dash. But to 
answer your question, you can make such a device from basic parts from 
a parts store and radio shack. For example, take an after market  
thermostat controller, the type that goes in line with the rad hose. 
instead of hooking it up to a fan, have it go to a relay with a buzzer 
attached, when it reaches the trip temp, it will close the relay and 
scare the crap out of you.
On Aug 31, 2006, at 3:07 PM, jeremy wrote:

> Is there a devise on the market that you can hook it up pararrel to 
> your water
> gauge so when the water temperature reaches certain danger point it 
> will sound
> the alarm to alert the driver? It would save all these heads/engines 
> and
> unnecessary heartburns.
>
> --- William J Toensing <toensing at wildblue.net> wrote:
>
>> I had a blown head gasket on my 1981 Dasher diesel which was unusual. 
>> The
>> exaust port had blowen to the outside but I suspect yours is either 
>> ingesting
>> coolent into the engine , exausting exaust gas into the cooling 
>> system, or
>> both. If you see any black sludge in the cooling system in is a sign 
>> of a
>> blowen head gasket. Overheating can cause the head to warp & blow a 
>> head
>> gasket. Borrow or buy streight edge to see if the head & or block is 
>> warped.
>> As I recall, if it is warped over 5,000 of an inch it should be 
>> resurfaced,
>> although if warped too mush, if may not be useable. I am not an 
>> expert so if
>> anyone disagrees with me, take their advise, not mine. However, I 
>> would think
>> there is a good chance you won't have to overhaul the whole engine, 
>> if it was
>> sound before your son overheated it. My stepdaughter did the same to 
>> my
>> diesel Rabbit & destroyed the engine.
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