[Vwdiesel] Coolant and head gasket

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/30/2009 9:09:22 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
tgott at hotmail.com writes:

> How tight did you get the zip tie in the head. I am asking to see if you 
> warped your head if you tighted it to much. 
> 

  More likely to damage the head gasket I'd think.
  I found with my Rabbit running a 92C(?) stat, that if I had just 
water in it (flushing it out one day) it would boil and the thermostat 
never open.  It not only needed the cap on but the coolant mix as 
well, to keep the "hot spots" from boiling before the overall temp 
was high enough to open the stat.  Then that boiled vapor would 
either keep the stat from opening or air lock the system.
    Loren


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